Account book, 1819-1873.

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Account book, 1819-1873.

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Account book, 1819 Mar. 19-1831 Aug. 21, including a record of accounts such as stock sold in the Selma Land Company, stock transfers, foreclosures, rules of sale, land ownership, and land sales, as well as copies of correspondence, minutes of the meetings of the company stockholders and commissioners, and proposed developments, including street diagrams for the town. In the latter third of the volume is a record of land ownership, 1831 Oct. 31-1873 Jan. 13, described by section, township, and range (4 pp.). At the very back of the volume are some 1852 surveys.

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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