Correspondence sent and received by members of the Bolling Hall family from 1866 to 1886.

These letters discuss Reconstruction and economic conditions in the state; political matters such as suffrage, the Alabama Democratic and Conservative Party, and Hall's candidacy for U.S. Congress in 1865; the deaths of his sons, Bolling and James A. Hall; the emigration of other sons to Colora...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/18881
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Summary:These letters discuss Reconstruction and economic conditions in the state; political matters such as suffrage, the Alabama Democratic and Conservative Party, and Hall's candidacy for U.S. Congress in 1865; the deaths of his sons, Bolling and James A. Hall; the emigration of other sons to Colorado in the 1870s; agriculture and farming; and railroads and real estate (particularly the Elyton Land Company).