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Coleman and Coleman mercantile records, W.0051
No full textAbstract: Two ledgers documenting sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company mercantile, also named Coleman and Coleman, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s.Scope and Content Note: These two ledgers document sales made at the Coleman, Hearst, and Company Mercantile, located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s. In January 1862, the store was renamed Coleman and Coleman. The first ledger contains entries dated between December 1861 to January 1862, and the second ledger contains entries from December 1861 to May 1862. Both ledgers contain descriptions of purchases made by customers.Biographical/Historical Note: Coleman, Hearst, and Company was a mercantile store located in Richmond, Alabama, in the 1860s. The store was owned and managed by A. W. Coleman, A. M. Coleman, and Joseph Zeb Hearst. In January 1862, the store was renamed Coleman and Coleman
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from S. D. Coleman to D. W. Kempner accepting his invitation to his annual Thanksgiving party
Personal Papers (MS 80-0002)
No full textLetter from Drs. Coleman, Stewart, Ketchum & Thompson to D. W. Kempner inviting Mr. and Mrs. Kempner to their home during the centennial
Letter from E. B. Coleman to W. T. Johnson
No full textLetter from E. B. Coleman to W. T. Johnson, concerning enrollment in Agriculture classes
Letter from E. B. Coleman to W. T. Johnson
No full textLetter from E. B. Coleman to W. T. Johnson, concerning class enrollment in Agriculture
Letter from E. B. Coleman to W. T. Johnson
No full textLetter from E. B. Coleman to W. T. Johnson, requesting guides and parliamentary helps
John Coleman, Jr. Automobiles, Dallas, Texas
No full textDate obtained from business listing in Dallas City Directory. Recto: [imprinted] John Coleman, Jr. Automobiles, Dallas, Texas. Verso: [imprinted] John Coleman, Jr., New & Used Automobiles. 4111 Oakland HA 8-1371. Dallas, Texas. Covering Texas with Fine Automobiles. Nationwide Postcards Co. Arlington, Texas. In Dallas See Sam Sabor 2051 Yucca Drive. [handwritten note not transcribed]
Letter from Thomas W. Coleman, Eutaw, Alabama, to Laura Coleman, Sawyerville, Alabama, June 15, 1881
No full textLetter from Thomas W. Coleman, Eutaw, Alabama, to Laura Wynne Coleman, Sawyerville, Alabama, August 28, 1878
No full textColeman and Truss family letters, W.0103
No full textAbstract: Contains letters written before, during, and after the Civil War by the Coleman family of St. Clair, AlabamaScope and Content Note: This collection contains letters written by members of the extended Coleman family. These letters date from 1860 to 1868 and relay general family news, as well as reports of military life. The collection includes correspondence written by two generations of this St. Clair County, Alabama, family. Three letters written by or addressed to brothers William A. Coleman and James L. Coleman describe daily life in St. Clair, describing the sale of materials and cotton planting conditions. One letter written by James Coleman offers condolences to William after the death of his son. The collection also includes letters written by the sons and son-in-law of William and James: William S. Coleman, Thomas P. Coleman, and James D. Truss. Letters written by William's son Thomas P. Coleman describe the First Battle of Bull Run (identified as the Battle of Manassas) and battles near Richmond, Virginia, in 1862 and provide detailed descriptions of camp life. Five letters written by William's son-in-law James D. Truss describe camp conditions in the Tenth Alabama Regiment, detailing the distribution of food and clothing and medical care in the camp. This collection of letters also includes a letter written by the officers of the 10th Alabama asking an unknown officer to resign his post and detailing the company's grievances against him.Biographical/Historical Note: Philip Grundy Coleman was born on June 28, 1776, in South Carolina. In approximately 1822, Coleman moved to St. Clair County, Alabama. He married Martha G. Merryman, and the couple had seven children: William A. (1807-1873), Julia A. S. H. (1811-1853), James L. (1813-1887), Cinthia Catherine (1815-1854), Sarah E. F. I. (1817-1836), Thomas P. (1820-1834), and Martha A. A. (1824-1876). Coleman died on July 18, 1846, in Pickensville, Alabama.James L. Coleman married Eliza Francis Collins on September 7, 1837; the couple had thirteen children, including William Sinclair Coleman and Thomas P. Coleman. In 1861, William Coleman enlisted in Company C of the Twenty-fourth Alabama Infantry Regiment. William was captured on March 15, 1865, in Bentonville, North Carolina, and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland, until the end of the war. Thomas Coleman enlisted in the Tenth Alabama Infantry Regiment.William A. Coleman married Maranna Roberson on February 5, 1829; the couple had five children: Sidney L., Martha, Thomas P., James K. P., and Luann F. Sidney L. Coleman enlisted as a member of the Company F of the Tenth Alabama Infantry Regiment and was killed in action on December 20, 1861, at Drainville, Virginia. Thomas Coleman was also a member of Company F and died at Winchester, Virginia, on September 19, 1864. William A. Coleman's daughter married Martha married James D. Truss, who served as a Major in the Tenth Alabama
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