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Letter from Bolling Hall at the University of Virginia to his father, Bolling Hall, in Alabama.

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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

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In the letter Bolling discusses his studies at the university; criticism of his father's vote in the Electoral College during the recent presidential election; "troubles in Autaugaville & Prattville among the negroes"; disagreements among Southern politicians; sentiments toward secession; the possibility of Montgomery becoming the capital of the Confederacy; and likelihood of war: "Well, all that can be done now is to wait for better times. I really believe the consultation men had the true ground to stand upon. It was the Southern ground and the opposite was merely the selfish policy of Yancey and Co. When the next turn in the government takes place I hope the conservatives will again bond together and with a little marshalling [sic] of their ranks and a common understanding among themselves I hope and believe they will yet be successful. Yancey and his crowd are going first and foremost for the slave trade and there will be a fight on that point when they go to form a new constitution. I believe this state is perfectly ready to secede. The Marylanders are, I understand perfectly enraged at the action of their governor in not calling the legislature together. They say that in Baltimore there are not fifteen hundred (1,500) stand of arms. We first heard today that the government forts arsenal & property in Alabama has all been taken possession of by the state. This I suppose was caused by the infidelity of the government towards S.C. in the case of Maj. Anderson....
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1861 January 5 1861 01 05
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130

Keywords

  1. African Americans
  2. Alabama
  3. Education, Higher
  4. Government
  5. Hall, Bolling, 1813 1897
  6. Hall, Bolling, 1837 1866
  7. Montgomery (Ala.)
  8. Montgomery County (Ala.)
  9. Political Campaigns
  10. Politics And Government
  11. Secession
  12. Slave Trade
  13. Slaver
  14. Slavery
  15. Southern States
  16. To 1865
  17. United States
  18. Virginia
  19. Yancey, William Lowndes, 1814 1863

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