Excerpts from THREE CAPITALS: A BOOK ABOUT THE FIRST THREE CAPITALS OF ALABAMA by William H. Brantley.
The first passage includes an excerpt from an address by Governor William Wyatt Bibb to the Alabama Legislature in November 1818, in which he explains why Cahaba was chosen as the site for the state capital. The second passage includes an excerpt from an address by Levin Powell to the Alabama Senate...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/1800 |
| Summary: | The first passage includes an excerpt from an address by Governor William Wyatt Bibb to the Alabama Legislature in November 1818, in which he explains why Cahaba was chosen as the site for the state capital. The second passage includes an excerpt from an address by Levin Powell to the Alabama Senate in 1825, in which he explains why the capital should not be permanently located at Cahaba; he specifically mentions problems with flooding, since "Cahawba is on a low situation, and liable to be inundated by the waters of both the Cahawba and Alabama rivers." |
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