Taliaferro Black Lives

Office of James A. Scott Attorney at Law and Editor in Chancery.

Personal

Birmingham, Ala., June 26 1882

You will I hope, pardon me for thus disturbing you, the importance of the subject matter of my letter, I am constrained to believe, will merit an early reply. It is unnecessary for me to inform you of the fact that I am a colored man - the printed extracts enclosed will disclose that.

For two years I have been [illegible] in the possession of a work which I have [illegible] you for present to be entitled "The South and the Negro, from a Colored Man's

Little Rock Augt 18 1871 Hon AH Stephens Crawfordville Geor My Dear old friend I rec your letter a few days ago and was very glad to hear from you I wish you would right me and tell me where Tom Bagby is at as he is my son and I want him to come and live with.

I am very anxious to get my family all to gether or as much so as possible. I am here and doing very well as I can get $2.50 per day for work Little Rock is a very fast place and I think is a much better place than the Georgia Country

Col. Jno. A. Stephens

Crawfordville Ga.

Dear John,

I forgot to tell you just before leaving that if any thing is favorable, tomorrow morning at the Hall you would ask Judge Pottle just to go up & take pot luck with you while you stay there. Tell him I greatly regretted every thing was so pell mell at home, I could not accomodate the bar as usual - but you wd have a bed fixed up for himself & you & Genl Toombs. & tell Spencer to get some kind of a vehicle, and be at the depot to take Genl Toombs up in. You and Pottle can walk up, as I expect Spencers team will hardly be able to take all three of you - in all these matters though do as you think best. I will try & have the fresh meat sent down by to morrow's Express. Tell Spencer to be at the depot for them. It is now 4 P.M. and well as usual.

Yours truly

A.H.S.

Fairburn Ga

Campbell Co

Sept 11th 1882

Dear Mr. Stephens

I have been through Carroll, Haraldson Douglass & part of Polk County. I did not see half dozen Gatrell men, as the negroes call him. Please get Bishop White and Bishop Hulsey to write to the within named Coloured ministers, Rev. Sam Norwood Carroll Co. Carrollton, Rev. Joe Boyd Newnan Ga, Rev. Robert Vineyard

Augusta Geo Sep 22d 1860.

Hon Alexander H. Stephens

Dear Friend, Permit me to introduce to you Mr S R Glen of the New York Herald, My own acquaintance with the gentleman is brief, but sufficient to [permit me?][to?] assure you that he [illegible] [illegible] properly, any [illegible] may [illegible] him, [illegible] you may [give?]

Very respectfully &c Henry Cleveland.

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