This collection consists of several documents written by or pertaining to Alabama Congressman David Hubbard. There are two letters written by Hubbard in the collection. The first is written to Erasmus Walker on September 19, 1832 and discusses the unconstitutionality of certain tariffs. The second is written to the editor of an unnamed newspaper on December 4, 1836. Hubbard had originally written a refutation of an article about Martin Van Buren written by the editor of the Northern Alabamian and sent it to the paper; it was then forwarded to the editor addressed in this letter, who returned it to Hubbard because it did not have the proper postage. Hubbard is writing back to the editor regarding the refutation. There is also a letter written on the page of a published address by David Hubbard and other Democrats in Alabama supporting Martin Van Buren in the upcoming presidential election. The letter is dated June 22, 1840 and asks Hubbard to send some Republican newspapers; it is signed A Democratic Republican Whig. Included is a legal document pertaining to Hubbard's success as a Congressional candidate in the polls; the document is dated September 1839. The collection also contains one published speech and one handwritten speech by Hubbard. The published speech, delivered in the House of Representatives on February 27, 1851, objects to a bill regarding a new line of the Chattanooga Railroad. The undated handwritten speech also concerns the affects of a railroad on stockholders and the public. There is also an undated newspaper column written by Hubbard to the Voters of the 5th Congressional District against abolition. Also included in the collection is a Report of the General Assembly of Alabama, dated 1830, and a list of the officers and members of the Alabama Legislature for the 1853-1854 session.