Letter, 1863.

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Letter, 1863.

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Letter, 1863 Dec. 10, from J.F. Smith, Lowndesboro, Ala., to Thomas Whetstone Smith, address unknown. In the letter Smith discusses the health and activities of relatives (especially of his wife and himself), the plantation, the fast day in Lowndesboro and the fact that the slaves were forced to work on that day, Christian salvation, the evangelistic Montgomery Protestant Episcopal church service conducted by Bishop Wilmer; Elias and Dank Goodson, and his fear of "yankee domination".

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Smith, Thomas Whetstone.

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Smith, Martha T.

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Smith, J.F., Rev., 1821-19 .

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Smith was born 1821 Sept. 5 near Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Ala., to Thomas and Mary (Scott) Smith, taught school for several years, and in 1845 was licensed as a Methodist Episcopal minister. He was ordained the next year. He married Martha L. Hightower in 1847, and they had several children. In 1859 he joined the Protestant Episcopal church and before 1863 became a minister of that denomination, with his first charge being that of Prattville, Autauga Co., Ala., and Lowndesboro, Lowndes Co., A...

Protestant Episcopal Church (Montgomery, Ala.)

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Goodson, Elias.

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Wilmer, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), 1816-1900

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Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Alabama. From the description of Richard Hooker Wilmer papers, 1852-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 664678770 Richard Hooker Wilmer (1816-1900) was an Episcopal priest in Virginia and bishop of Alabama, 1861-1900. Wilmer was born in Alexandria, Va., and was educated at Yale University and the Theological Seminary in Virgina. His father was William Holland Wilmer. From the guide to the Richard H. Wilmer Papers, ., 1821-1898,...

Goodson, Dank.

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