Administrative files, 1871-1874.

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Administrative files, 1871-1874.

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This series consists of applications and recommendations, correspondence, and pardons and petitions. Topics discussed include such subjects as railroads, land, the Freedmans' Hospital, the Alabama Hospital for the Insane, legislature controversy, the state penitentiary, and state finances, including bonds. Among the financial records are materials that relate to Lehman, Durr, & Co., New York, financial agents for the state of Alabama.

1.5 cubic ft., (1 record center carton and 1 archives box).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Penitentiary.

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Alabama. Governor (1872-1874 : Lewis)

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Alabama. Insane Hospital.

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Freedmans' Hospital.

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Alabama. Legislature

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A plank road or puncheon is a dirt path or road covered with a series of planks, similar to the wooden sidewalks one would see in a Western movie. Plank roads were very popular in Ontario, the U.S. Northeast and U.S. Midwest in the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Alabama Legislature petition MSS. 0039., 1849, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) Authorities: Alabama Legislature. Acts of Alabama. Pl...

Lewis, David Peter, 1820-1884

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