J4 THK AI.AIiAMA or'i'ORTL'xrrv. 



The within letters were written on the spot, while the facts 

 were fresh in the mind of the writer and while the impressions 

 of progress, and prosperity were still undimmed. If the imper- 

 fections of the letters are too pronounced, it may be here plead, 

 in extenuation, that they were written with the haste and speed 

 that is so remorselessly demanded by daily newspaper work. 



There are collected here and published for distribution by 

 Hon. R. R. Poole, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries 

 of the State of Alabama, as a part of the Department's con- 

 tinual work of exploiting Alabama's wealth and progres's and 

 of drawing to the State her just and proportionate share of 

 the tide of immigration which is turning from the west to the 

 South. For the encouragement of energetic men in various 

 communities of the State Commissioner Poole has had a suf- 

 ficient number of copies printed to supply moderate demands 

 for the pamphlet. 



