Special Collection and University Archives

Special Collection and University Archives at Samford University supports the Samford University and Alabama Baptist community by providing access to historically significant, rare, and unique materials documenting the history of the University, the State of Alabama, and its religious institutions. To ensure Archivist availability, outside researchers should make an appointment by contacting the department, and may be asked to wait if the collection is being used by students, a class, or a group.
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Bibb Letter

In the winter of 1811 in Washington D.C., a 30-year-old member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, William Wyatt Bibb, wrote to a friend back home about the deteriorating relations between the United States and Great Britain.

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