Administrative files of Governor William Wyatt Bibb.

This series consists of general correspondence of Governor Bibb, which includes information on Cahaba; the port of Blakely; the state's finances; the Tombeckbe Bank; the state milita and arms shipments; and state and national politics. Of particular significance is an authorization, dated Janua...

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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/7650
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Summary:This series consists of general correspondence of Governor Bibb, which includes information on Cahaba; the port of Blakely; the state's finances; the Tombeckbe Bank; the state milita and arms shipments; and state and national politics. Of particular significance is an authorization, dated January 12, 1820, for the first money to be paid out of the governor's contingent fund. The series also contains informal letters from Bibb's friends Charles Tait, Nathaniel Macon, and William Rufus King. Transcripts are included.