Account and memorandum book kept by James A. Tait from 1831 to 1844.
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@ Alabama Department of Archives and History, 624 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36130
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In the book Tait records financial matters, including his account with J. & E. Austill; expenses incurred by his son, Charles, while attending the University of Alabama; the cost of supplies used to build a new house; the purchase of slaves; and the shipment of goods (especially cotton) on steamboats. There are also notes on the land, weather, and crops on the plantation; constructing a smokehouse; growing cotton; operating a mill; treating various ailments; and other subjects. Notes at the back of the book (written by turning the volume upside down, from the last pages toward the center) deal with slave families, listing the parents and birth years of children from 1784 to 1844.
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