Papers, 1853-1860.

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Papers, 1853-1860.

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This collection contains correspondence, typescripts, and speeches. The correspondents include Hooper writing to someone identified only as Jackson; William F. Samford to Mathew P. Blue; and other letters to and from Bolling Hall, C. C. Comer, Jeremiah Clemens, and A. J. Pickett. The subjects discussed include States rights, the political scene in Ala., the status of the Democratic Party, relations between Ala. politicians, the U. S. Congress, the Ala. gubernatorialship, and the possible establishment of a new newspaper, the "True Union Office." Also included are two speeches; one concerning journalists, the other by Jeremiah Clemens on unionism.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Hall, Bolling.

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Samford, William F. (William Flewellen), 1818-1894

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Clemens, Jeremiah, 1814-1865

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Clemens was born on 1814 Dec. 28, in Huntsville, Madison Co., Ala. He attended LaGrange College and graduated from the University of Ala. in 1833. He studied law at Transylvania University, was admitted to the bar in 1834, married Mary Read and opened a law office in Huntsville. He fought the Cherokee Indians that same year as a private in the U.S. Army. In 1838 he was appointed U.S. district attorney for the northern district of Ala. He fought in the 1842 Texas revolution as a lieutenant colone...

Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814-1863

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American lawyer and politician. From the description of Autograph signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel, Washington, D.C., 1857 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584435 Lawyer, Ala. legislator, and secessionist. From the description of Letter, 1858 June 15. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479565 Attorney, editor, and politician, William L. Yancey was for many years a resident of Greenville, South Carolina. ...

Pickett, Albert James, 1810-1858

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Albert James Pickett was a planter and historian in Montgomery, Ala. From the description of History of the City of Montgomery : typescript, 1852. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498627 A. J. Pickett was a planter, historian, and author who resided in Montgomery County, Ala. His "History of Alabama" was published in 1851. From the description of Papers, 1799-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122498707 ...

Clay, Clement Comer, 1789-1866

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U.S. senator and representative and governor of Alabama. From the description of Clement Comer Clay correspondence, 1832-1834. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453575 Clement Clay, playwright. From the description of The new dominion, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122576255 ...

Blue, Mathew P. (Mathew Powers), 1824-1884.

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Seibels, John J. (John Jacob)

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During the 1840s members of the Seibels family lived in several locations in the southeast. The father, John T. Seibels, lived in Columbia, S.C. Son Emmet was a teacher in Mt. Willing, S.C. and son John Jacob was a lawyer and planter in Montgomery, Ala. From the description of Letters, 1841-1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122567912 ...

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Hooper, Johnson Jones, 1815-1862

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Johnson Jones Hooper was an author and editor who began his writing career in Charleston, S.C. Hooper then moved to Alabama where he read law and edited several newspapers. In 1852 he established the "Whig" Montgomery Mail and edited it until 1861 when he was elected secretary of the Provisional Confederate Congress. Hooper also authored "Some Adventures of Capt. Simon Suggs..." (1846) and other humorous stories. From the description of Papers, 1853-1860. (Un...