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Anne Newport Royall – Reports of General Jackson’s kindness
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
Anne Newport Royall – John Hunt killed hundreds of rattlesnakes each day on his property in Huntsville, Alabama
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Anne Newport Royall – letter from 1821 describes dialect and churches in early Alabama
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Anne Newport Royall – the tornado of 1822, cure snake bite, politics & the day all the citizens of Huntsville fled town
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was by some accounts the first professional woman journalist in the United States. When her husband’s died in 1797, there was intense litigation between Anne and her Royall relatives over his estate. After seven years of fighting, his will which left her most of his property […]
PATRON – Anne Newport Royall – Escaping the Tories, Lawrence County, Alabama
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain William Royall, a gentleman farmer who served in the American Revolution. When he died in 1813, she was left penniless after a brutal court battle with her dead husband’s relatives, Anne […]
Anne Newport Royall – She was alone in the wilderness with her seven children when she met Andrew Jackson in 1818 – guess what happened next
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the letters […]
PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – A family reunited in 1821
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – observations of a robbery, a case of witchcraft in 1821 Alabama
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – describes the positive and negative of living in Alabama in 1822
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – Traveling to Huntsville on horseback in 1817 was not without humor as this letter reports
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall -General Coffee – a description from 1817 by one who met him in Huntsville!
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – She sat on the President’s clothes while he bathed to get him to pay attention to her.
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall stayed with Mrs. Madison, Patrick Henry’s sister on her trip to Huntsville
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – Great descriptions from 1818 of some settlers of Huntsville & Madison County, Alabama
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – Can you believe that in 1818 Spanish moss was used in mattresses for padding?
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – John Melton robbed boats at Melton’s Bluff & became rich
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – Topics of conversation in 1818 included gas and courting women in Huntsville
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – A letter written in 1817 describes the frivolity of Huntsville, Alabama & meeting with Major Rose
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – Muscle Shoals in 1818 through the eyes of one of the first newspaperwomen
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PATRON + Anne Newport Royall – in 1818 she was one of America’s 1st newspaperwomen & relied on Masonic connections to fund her travels
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Anne Newport Royall – relates how Huntsville celebrated President Washington’s birthday in 1821
[Anne Newport Royall was alive to witness the Revolutionary War and recorded her sentiments about the experience in this letter written on President Washington’s birthday Feb 22, 1822 while residing in Huntsville, Alabama] In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. […]
Anne Newport Royall – relates in 1821 letter her impression of Huntsville, Alabama
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
Anne Newport Royall – in 1821 longest building in Florence, Alabama cost $90,000
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
PATRON – Anne Newport Royall – reports in a letter from 1821 of snakes that fly apart and plants that close their leaves
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PATRON – Anne Newport Royall – relates a humorous incident from July 1821 in Florence, Alabama
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Anne Newport Royall – Serving with General Jackson in the war
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
Anne Newport Royall – Living through the shakes in North Alabama
In 1818, before Alabama became a state, Anne Newport Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler in Alabama. After her husband died, she was left penniless and she toured Alabama for four years as one of the first newspaperwomen in America. She wrote letters to her friends about Alabama and the […]
Anne Newport Royall – A visit with the Cherokees in January 1818
Anne Royall (June 11, 1769 – October 1, 1854) was a traveler and writer and was one of the first newspaperwomen. She married Captain William Royall, a gentleman farmer who served in the American Revolution. When he died in 1813, she was left penniless after a brutal court battle with her dead husband’s relatives, Anne […]
PATRON + Amazing – Some letters from John Hunt and his brother William from 1835
JOHN HUNT By Robert C. Hunt, Chattanooga, Tenn. The first white man known to have settled in the Huntsville area was an Indian trader by the name of John Ditto and usually referred to as “Old Man Ditto”.1 Ditto’s Landing was located at the present site of Whitesburg on the Tennessee River about ten miles […]