The reminiscences of George Strother Gaines : pioneer and statesman of early Alabama and Mississippi, 1805-1843
This first book-length, annotated edition of Gaines'' Reminiscences provides a fascinating glimpse into the early history of the Mississippi-Alabama Territory and antebellum Alabama. The two sections of the Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines form one of the most important primary sources on the early history of Alabama and Mississippi. The Reminiscences cover the years 1805 to 1843, during which time Gaines served as assistant factor and then factor of the Choctaw trading house (1805-18), cashier of Tombeckbee Bank in St. Stephens (1818-22), a merchant in Demopolis (1822-32), and finally
eBook, English, ©1998
University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, Ala., ©1998