Letter from James Goode Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, to Charles William Tait, Columbus, Texas, 1855-08-12

Letter from James Goode Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, to Charles William Tait, Columbus, Texas, 1855-08-12

This document is a letter from James Goode Tait to Charles William Tait, his older brother. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, and James, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama, were two of the sons of James Asbury Tait. The letter discusses the recent local election and fa...

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Main Author: Tait, James Goode, 1833-1911
Format: Electronic
Published: Auburn University Libraries
Subjects:
Plantation records
Online Access:http://content.lib.auburn.edu/u?/taitfamily,991
format Electronic
collection Tait Family Papers Collection
building Auburn University Digital Library
publisher Auburn University Libraries
topic Plantation records
spellingShingle Plantation records
Letter from James Goode Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, to Charles William Tait, Columbus, Texas, 1855-08-12
Tait, James Goode, 1833-1911
fulltopic Plantation records
Agriculture--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Slavery--Alabama; Slave records--Alabama; Farm management--Alabama--Records and correspondence; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Wilcox County (Ala.); Tait, James Goode, 1833-1911; Tait, Charles William, 1815-1878;
History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Agriculture;
description This document is a letter from James Goode Tait to Charles William Tait, his older brother. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, and James, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama, were two of the sons of James Asbury Tait. The letter discusses the recent local election and family matters. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.
spelling Letter from James Goode Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, to Charles William Tait, Columbus, Texas, 1855-08-12Tait, James Goode, 1833-19111855-08-12This document is a letter from James Goode Tait to Charles William Tait, his older brother. Charles, a plantation owner in Colorado County, Texas, and James, a plantation owner in Wilcox County, Alabama, were two of the sons of James Asbury Tait. The letter discusses the recent local election and family matters. The Tait family were plantation owners in Wilcox County, Alabama; active in politics in Georgia, Alabama, and Texas. Family members include Charles Tait (1768-1835), politician and judge in Georgia and Alabama; his son, James Asbury Tait (1791-1855), plantation owner in Wilcox County; and James Goode Tait (1833-1911), the son of James Asbury, who inherited the family plantation. Other family members include Caroline, wife of James Asbury, and their children. This item has been aggregated as part of the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)'s "Deeply Rooted: The Agricultural & Rural History of the American South" project.Agriculture--Alabama; Plantation life--Alabama; Slavery--Alabama; Slave records--Alabama; Farm management--Alabama--Records and correspondence; Alabama--Social life and customs--19th century; Wilcox County (Ala.); Tait, James Goode, 1833-1911; Tait, Charles William, 1815-1878; History -- 1838-1874: Sectionalism, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; Peoples -- Domestic Life; Peoples -- Agricultural Life; Agriculture; Wilcox County, Alabama, United States1855-08-12Tail Family Papers, 1798-1922, Auburn University Libraries, Special Collections and Archives, Auburn University, Auburn, AlabamaCollection 345, Tait Family Papers, Folder 502 pages, 25 cmengAuburn, Ala. : Auburn University LibrariesThis image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.StillImage; TextFF50 letter from JG Tait to CWTait.pdfapplication/pdfDeeply RootedAuburn University Librarieshttp://cdm17353.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/taitfamily/id/991
title Letter from James Goode Tait, Black's Bluff, Alabama, to Charles William Tait, Columbus, Texas, 1855-08-12
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