TY - BOOK AU - Gaines,George Strother AU - Pate,James P. TI - The reminiscences of George Strother Gaines: pioneer and statesman of early Alabama and Mississippi, 1805-1843 T2 - Library of Alabama classics SN - 0585258961 AV - F326 .G28 1998eb U1 - 976.1/05/092B 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Tuscaloosa, Ala. PB - University of Alabama Press KW - Gaines, George Strother, KW - Pioneers KW - Alabama KW - Biography KW - Choctaw Indians KW - History KW - 19th century KW - Pionniers KW - Biographies KW - Choctaw (Indiens) KW - Histoire KW - 19e siècle KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY KW - Historical KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - State & Local KW - General KW - fast KW - Manners and customs KW - Frontier KW - gtt KW - Handel KW - Banken (financiële instellingen) KW - To 1819 KW - 1819-1950 KW - Social life and customs KW - Jusqu'à 1819 KW - Mœurs et coutumes KW - Electronic books KW - Herinneringen (vorm) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index; Illustrations; Note on the Text; The Family of George Strother Gaines; Gaines'' Reminiscences; Introduction by James P. Pate; Introduction from the Mobile Register, 19 June 1872; Notes on the Early Days of South Alabama; Reminiscences of Early Times in Mississippi Territory; Death of a Good Man from the Hayneville Examiner; Appendix A: Gaines to Dillard, Peachwood, 8 August 1857; Appendix B: Conversation with George S. Gaines by Albert James Pickett; Appendix C: 2nd Conversation with Geo. S. Gaines, Spring of 1848 by Albert James Pickett; Companions and Associates of George Strother GainesNotes; Selected Gaines Bibliography; Index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - This first book-length, annotated edition of Gaines'' Reminiscences provides a fascinating glimpse into the early history of the Mississippi-Alabama Territory and antebellum Alabama. The two sections of the Reminiscences of George Strother Gaines form one of the most important primary sources on the early history of Alabama and Mississippi. The Reminiscences cover the years 1805 to 1843, during which time Gaines served as assistant factor and then factor of the Choctaw trading house (1805-18), cashier of Tombeckbee Bank in St. Stephens (1818-22), a merchant in Demopolis (1822-32), and finally UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=35156 ER -