Letter from Mrs. P. E. Collins in Cahaba, Alabama, to Governor John Gill Shorter.

In the letter Mrs. Collins explains that most of the men in the area have gone to war, leaving the women, children, and elderly men unprotected; of particular concern are the unsupervised slaves on the plantations. She asks the governor to excuse James Nunnalee from military service so that he can o...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/2117

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