Both Duffee and Clare are mentioned in the two front page ads from the November 23, 1842 TUSKALOOSA INDEPENDENT MONITOR. Washington Hall was on the northeast corner of Greensboro Avenue and University Boulevard where the bank building now stands. The Mansion House was on the southwest corner of 6th Streets and Lurleen South where the office building now stands.

MATTHEW DUFFEE https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86614933/matthew-duffee

Duffee's wife was a GILLESPIE. My Great Grandfather Register was named Jesse Gillespie Register.

Duffee's daughter and noted Alabama author Mary Gordon Duffee  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86615088/mary-gordon-duffee

 https://bhamwiki.com/w/Sketches_of_Alabama

 

Betty Slowe's column about Lot 164  https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/lifestyle/columns/2017/05/15/betty-slowes-blog-100-years-ago-this-week/21040378007/