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[Identification of item], in the William James Samford and Thomas Drake Samford Diaries, #3007, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Agriculture--Alabama--History--19th century.
• Alabama--Biography.
• Alabama--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Auburn University--Alumni and alumnae--History--20th century.
• Democratic Party (Ala.)--History--20th century.
• Diaries.
• DuBose, John Witherspoon, 1836-1918.
• Family--Alabama--Social life and customs.
• Lawyers--Alabama--History.
• Methodists--Alabama--Biography.
• Plantation owners--Alabama.
• Plantations--Alabama.
• Politicians--Alabama--Biography.
• Real estate business--Alabama--History--20th century.
• Samford, Thomas D., 1868-1947.
• Samford, William James, 1844-1901.
• United States. Congress. House--History--19th century.

MICROFILM ONLY. Diary, 1884-1899, of William James Samford, planter, lawyer, United States representative, and governor of Alabama, of Opelika, Ala., chiefly relating to family life, planting, and law and politics; biography of Samford by John W. DuBose; and diary, 1901-1946, of Samford's son, Thomas Drake Samford (1868-1946), also of Alabama, who was a planter, lawyer, banker with interests in trading and manufacturing companies, real estate investor, United States attorney, Democratic Party leader, Methodist layman, and active alumnus of Auburn University. Thomas Drake Samford's diary describes his personal, business, and public life.