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St. Alban's Church Communications (1 of 2)
Folder containing documents, correspondence, lists and photographs relating to St. Alban's Church in Gainesville, Alabama. -
Wilson, John G., Bankruptcy, 1868
Families -
Lending Library Page, survey, 1958
Libraries -
Huntsville Chamber of Commerce City Directory, 1940
Huntsville Tours -
The Alabama Reunion Space Celebration, 1989
NASA and MSFC -
Document certifying the sale of property from Lewis Douglass to I. Schiffman and Co.
This documents details the sale of property of Lewis Douglass to I. Schiffman and Co. and the accompaning prices. The sold property includes horses, mules, and donkeys. -
Copy of "Tale of the Old Times: When the Train Stalled" by Arnold Pollak.
A copy of a story written by Arnold Pollak titled "Tales of the Old Times: When the Train Stalled." This article recounts a time when Pollak's train was stalled in Texas and, being told it would be two more more hours before it started moving again, he engaged in trading fish and wanted to trade the samples for a new cigar jobber. When the train started moving before he was done, Pollak started running but unable to catch the train, Pollak's friend Oscar Goldsmith pulled the rope to stop the train. Handwritten note reads: "Copy from the Tobacco Leaf N. Y. of May 29/26". -
Request for Stock Holders Meeting of the Huntsville Land Company.
A request calling for a general Stock Holders Meeting of the Huntsville Land Company issued by Oscar Goldsmith. The second document contains signatures of Oscar Goldsmith and Solomon Plant with a handwritten note that reads: "Please sign this and have Mr. Plant sign". -
Planters Warehouse & Storage Co. Grade Marks.
Grade marks as specified for Planters Warehouse & Storage Company in Huntsville, Alabama. Handwritten note: Anderson Clayton Grades. -
Handwritten calculations.
Written on Phoenix Assurance Co., Ltd. letterhead, these pages contain handwritten notes and calculations by W. W. Newman that begin in the 1890s and runs through 1903. -
"Papers relating to Richmond Steele Matters."
Written on Wheeler Construction Company (Vicksburg, Canton and Yazoo City Rail Road.) letterhead, this letter addressed to "Gentlemen" is badly burnt and difficult to discern the subject matter. It appears to have been signed by Crawden & Newman of Huntsville, Alabama. The back contains a handwritten note that reads, "Papers relating to Richmond Steele Matters." -
"Street Assessment Matter."
This envelope contained various receipts and handwritten calculations and notes pertaining to the building and assessment of the new street proposed by William Thomas Hutchens. Receipts include totals for paving the streets of Monroe and West Clinton, and the assessment notices of the completed streets. -
Letter to Mr. Newman from Corinne Legier Gleason.
Gleason writes to Newman about the letters from Mrs. Pitcher, asking if she could borrow them. She also mentions her brother, Robert, and his health. Gleason attaches a copy of a notice of land for sale in the letter that was taken from the Washington Intelligencer a few years earlier. The notice of land for sale details a tract of land "being in the whole about one thousand acres," called Benfield located in Charles County, Maryland by private contract. This document gives insight into land value in the area, as well as the neighborhood and house that sits on the land. The end of the document includes the next three owners that the land was sold to in 1817, 1835, and 1935. -
Envelope of "old family papers."
This envelope has "old family papers" written on the front as well as multiple stamps. The back includes three stamps from Huntsville, Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia. -
Property of Hutchens & Murdock.
These documents list the real estate owned by William Thomas Hutchens and Andrew J. Murdock, a list of stocks and bonds, and a contract between Hutchens and Hutchens & Murdock to lease two lower floors, basement, and grounds of a building owned by Hutchens & Murdock for the price of $40.00 per month. -
Handwritten note regarding debts owed.
This note outlines the procedure that would occur following the payment of all debts against the firm of Hutchens & Murdock. -
Handwritten document of payment agreement from G. A. Plummer.
Hutchens & Murdock agrees in the original text to pay $161.73. The text that is written on top of the original states that Plummer had received $25.04 in full payment. Various other illegible notes remain. -
Probate court settlement of debt.
This document details the settlement of the estate of J. B. Parker. The back has calculations of amount owed to Hutchens & Murdock by Plummer. -
Handwritten documents proposing the establishment of a new street.
This document contains an illustration of the proposed new street and a written proposal of its location and purpose. -
Handwritten documents proposing the establishment of a new street.
These handwritten documents contain the plans and proposal for a new street that would be known as West Arm Street. The documents also include illustrations of the proposed street layout and dimensions. -
Rent of J. S. Christian.
Handwritten calculations of six month rent from October 1, 1938 to April 1, 1939.