ISBN: 1236995945

[EAN: 9781236995940], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], ANONYMOUS,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 542 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.1in.This historic book may ha… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781236995940], Neubuch, [PU: RareBooksClub], ANONYMOUS,SUBJECTS, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 542 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 1.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: . . . subsequently the degrees of A. M. and LL. D. He taught school for three years and then began the study of law in Tuscaloosa. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, being the first person to be licensed in Tuscaloosa county under the act requiring the applicant to be examined in open court, and opened his office in Tuscaloosa. In 1854 he was elected city attorney. Before the civil war he was associated in practice at different periods with Col. Lucien Van Buren Martin, Newton S. Whitfield and Phillip A. Fitts. He was opposed to the dissolution of the Union; did all he could to defeat the Yancey movement, and supported Bell and Everett in 1860. Upon the secession of the South, however, he remained loyal to his state, and in 1864 was elected by the congress of the Confederacy as the Confederate States depository at Tuscaloosa. He was captured by Federal forces, Apr. 3, 1865, and his ofiices sacked by Federal soldiers, who took 100, 000 in Confederate money and two millions in vouchers. While practicing law in 1865 he turned his attention to banking, establishing the private banking house of J. H. Fitts and Co. , nationalized in 1902 as the City National Bank, of which he was president until his death. It was the first bank in Alabama and the designated depositary of the United States and the state of Alabama. He was a trustee and treasurer of the University of Alabama, and when the university was destroyed by Federal troops in 1865 and the legislature refused to make any appropriation to rebuild, erected with hispcrsonal funds the long, four-story brick building which was so long the university--now called Wood s Hall. He said that he could safely trust the state to repay him, with interest, and it did so four years later. He was. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

2013, ISBN: 1236995945

[EAN: 9781236995940], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781236995940], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: .subsequently the degrees of A.M. and LL.D. He taught school for three years and then began the study of law in Tuscaloosa. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, being the first person to be licensed in Tuscaloosa county under the act requiring the applicant to be examined in open court, and opened his office in Tuscaloosa. In 1854 he was elected city attorney. Before the civil war he was associated in practice at different periods with Col. Lucien Van Buren Martin, Newton S. Whitfield and Phillip A. Fitts. He was opposed to the dissolution of the Union; did all he cou ld to defeat the Yancey movement, and supported Bell and Everett in 1860. Upon the secession of the South, however, he remained loyal to his state, and in 1864 was elected by the congress of the Confederacy as the Confederate States depository at Tuscaloosa. He was captured by Federal forces, Apr. 3, 1865, and his ofiices sacked by Federal soldiers, who took $100,000 in Confederate money and two millions in vouchers. While practicing law in 1865 he turned his attention to banking, establishing the private banking house of J. H. Fitts Co., nationalized in 1902 as the City National Bank, of which he was president until his death. It was the first bank in Alabama and the designated depositary of the United States and the state of Alabama. He was a trustee and treasurer of the University of Alabama, and when the university was destroyed by Federal troops in 1865 and the legislature refused to make any appropriation to rebuild, erected with his pcrsonal funds the long, four-story brick building which was so long the university--now called Wood s Hall. He said that he could safely trust the state to repay him, with interest, and it did so four years later. He was.<

2013, ISBN: 1236995945

[EAN: 9781236995940], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781236995940], Neubuch, [PU: Rarebooksclub.com, United States], Language: English Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: .subsequently the degrees of A.M. and LL.D. He taught school for three years and then began the study of law in Tuscaloosa. He was admitted to the bar in 1853, being the first person to be licensed in Tuscaloosa county under the act requiring the applicant to be examined in open court, and opened his office in Tuscaloosa. In 1854 he was elected city attorney. Before the civil war he was associated in practice at different periods with Col. Lucien Van Buren Martin, Newton S. Whitfield and Phillip A. Fitts. He was opposed to the dissolution of the Union; did all he cou ld to defeat the Yancey movement, and supported Bell and Everett in 1860. Upon the secession of the South, however, he remained loyal to his state, and in 1864 was elected by the congress of the Confederacy as the Confederate States depository at Tuscaloosa. He was captured by Federal forces, Apr. 3, 1865, and his ofiices sacked by Federal soldiers, who took $100,000 in Confederate money and two millions in vouchers. While practicing law in 1865 he turned his attention to banking, establishing the private banking house of J. H. Fitts Co., nationalized in 1902 as the City National Bank, of which he was president until his death. It was the first bank in Alabama and the designated depositary of the United States and the state of Alabama. He was a trustee and treasurer of the University of Alabama, and when the university was destroyed by Federal troops in 1865 and the legislature refused to make any appropriation to rebuild, erected with his pcrsonal funds the long, four-story brick building which was so long the university--now called Wood s Hall. He said that he could safely trust the state to repay him, with interest, and it did so four years later. He was.<

2013, ISBN: 9781236995940

Rarebooksclub.com, Taschenbuch, 542 Seiten, Publiziert: 2013-09-13T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 2.11 kg, Kategorien, Bücher, Rarebooksclub.com, 2013