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Mobile Public Library Local History & Genealogy Library

The Local History and Genealogy Library is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and providing access to the history of Mobile, and the greater Gulf Coast region.

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9 nov 1858.pdf
Newspaper article from The Mobile Daily Register, Nov. 9, 1858, p. 2 column 1.

Memoir of Lottie Dennison.pdf
Section from Mable Dennison's biography for Lottie Dennison. Full book is available for viewing at Mobile Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division.

Memoir of James Dennison.pdf
Section from Mable Dennison's biographical memoir for James Dennison. Full book is available for viewing at Mobile Public Library's Local History & Genealogy Division.

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The back of the back cover of Magnolia Cemetery plat book.

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Insert attached to the front of the back cover:

Ordinance amending Section 283, Code of Ordinances of the City of Mobile, restricting burials anywhere in Mobile except for the listed cemeteries - 6/1/1948

Resolution authorizing the City Tax…

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Listing the names of lot owners in Square 3; also shows lots listed for Pay Graves.

This page is labeled as page 50 in the top right, but is renamed page 51, for continuity. The back of this page is blank.

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Showing the lots in Square 3, labeled Negro Section.

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Listing names of lot owners in the Annex, with a pencil-written note in the top right dates 6/17/1930 that says "white only."

Includes an inserted Bill of Sale for Graves 13 and 14 in the Annex to L.G. Wilson - 3/27/1968

The back of this page…

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Letter for the sale of Lot 72, Annex, for $250 - 8/6/69

Resolution for transfer of Lot 42, Annex, from Joseph Moore to Robert Lowe - 5/17/66

Resolution opening the 84 lots in the Magnolia Cemetery Annex for sale to the white citizens of Mobile,…

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Showing the lots in Square 34. The back of this page includes an insert concerning lots in the Magnolia Cemetery Annex.
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