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Two letters to Bolling Hall, one from his oldest son, Bolling, and the other from his wife, Mary Louisa.

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

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In the letters, Hall's son and wife discuss family illness, weather, crops, livestock, and slaves on their plantation. Mary also mentions her husband's possible attendance at the convention of delegates from proslavery states in Nashville, Tennessee, and she adds that "[t]here is great interest here as you may suppose, upon the compromise question."
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Text
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600 Ppi Tiff
Created Date:
1850 June 2 1850 06 02
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Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130