Colonial Mobile; an historical study largely from original sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee basin and the old South West, from the discovery of the Spiritu Santo in 1519 until the demolition of Fort (14796219793)

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Title: Colonial Mobile; an historical study largely from original sources, of the Alabama-Tombigbee basin and the old South West, from the discovery of the Spiritu Santo in 1519 until the demolition of Fort Charlotte in 1821
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Hamilton, Peter J. (Peter Joseph), 1859-1927
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Publisher: Boston, New York, Hougthon Mifflin Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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r his wharf at thefoot of Church Street, and served for residence and business,too. The ground floor was a warehouse; the first floor abovehad living-rooms, with verandas, and approach from ChurchStreet; and the second floor had bedrooms and wide hall.On the roof was a cupola, containing a telescope which com-manded the bay. The present Bethel site was the flowergarden. 1 And not only was the old fort so turned to peaceful uses,but in the esjslanade where Beaudrot had been sawn in piecesthe county now bought a lot for a court-house; and in the oldOfficers Barracks Square, across Government Street, was builtthe first cotton compress, that of A. F. Stone & Co. Theirnegroes, in pressing, pulled ropes across Royal until prohibitedby the city in 1823. Further down in Government, belowRoyal, stood from the time of the fort sale the new publicmarkets until after 1837, when the Supreme Court declared ^ Information from Mrs. C. A. Hammond, late of Montgomery, a daugh-ter of Henry Stickney.
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THE END OF FORT CHARLOTTE. 483 them an obstruction; ^ but even the new and handsome munici-pal buildings and market, erected 1854-55 on the east side ofRoyal, stand in part on foundations of Fort Charlotte. TheGoodwin and Haire map of 1824 shows no signs of the fort,but only the streets and wharves of a modern commercial city. The fort was demolished. The bustle of the street not lessthan the hush of religious service, the zeal of local politics andthe rivalry of business, the bench of justice and the scene offorensic eloquence, as well as the tears of tragedy and smilesof comedy, all claimed its site, and have conspired to causeBienvilles fort to be forgotten. Even as Bienville removedthe Choctaw wigwams in order to build Fort Louis, that forti-fication now made place for homes and institutions of anAmerican Mobile. Truly, Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war. Such is the story of Colonial Mobile. Her growth with thedevelopment of the river country of Alabama; her expan