William G. Brownlow Correspondence, 1848 December 18-1878 March 20
Series I: William G. Brownlow Correspondence, 1848 December 18-1878 March 20 consists primarily of letters documenting Brownlow's service as Governor of Tennessee and showing the problems that Tennessee faced during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Among the correspondents represented are John Bell, O. P. Temple, Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Tennessee Secretary of State A. J. Fletcher, General George H. Thomas, Horace Maynard, Ephraim Foster, James O. Shackelford, Clinton B. Fisk, Governor Joseph E. Brown, Alexander H. Stephens, Joseph S. Fowler, D. W. C. Senter, Governor Neill S. Brown, and General Ambrose Burnside.
Series II: John Bell Brownlow Correspondence, 1866 March 13-1902 August 5 houses letters to and from Parson Brownlow's son, J. B. Brownlow. Among the correspondents represented are General William H. Carroll, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Joseph H. Blackburn, Green B. Raum, Horace Maynard, John M. Lea, J. M. Thornburgh, William Gibbs McAdoo, Isham Harris, John Morgan Bright, Washington Whitthorne, H. H. Thomas, John Sherman, William Brimage Bate, Daniel T. Boynton, A. H. Pettibone, Samuel Mayes Arnell, and Leonidas C. Houk.
Abbreviations Used:
From the Collection:- ALS
- Autograph Letter Signed
- D
- Document
Dates
- 1848 December 18-1878 March 20
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Extent
From the Collection: 0.5 Linear Feet
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository