Three messages delivered by Governor Thomas Bibb to the General Assembly of Alabama.

In the first message, dated November 9, 1820, Bibb mentions the late governor, William Wyatt Bibb; the new state capital at Cahaba; the state militia; the appointment of a river examiner; the settlement of accounts between Alabama and Mississippi (concerning Mississippi Territory finances); a loan s...

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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/7667
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Summary:In the first message, dated November 9, 1820, Bibb mentions the late governor, William Wyatt Bibb; the new state capital at Cahaba; the state militia; the appointment of a river examiner; the settlement of accounts between Alabama and Mississippi (concerning Mississippi Territory finances); a loan secured by the state with the Planters and Merchants Bank of Huntsville; and census returns. In the second message, dated November 22, 1820, he discusses the sale of lots in Cahaba and the resignations of public officials. In the third message, dated November 20, 1821, he talks about the Tennessee and Cahaba Rivers examiner.