Joseph A. Mabry Receipt
This collection contains a receipt to Joseph A. Mabry from Rolfe S. (?) Saunders, promising repayment of a loan, dated August 22, 1870. The loan amounted to two thousand dollars and payment was to begin eighteen months for date on which the receipt was signed. Also on the receipt is a stamp featuring George Washington. It reads "1 dollar U. S. Inter. Revenue Life Insurance."
Dates
- 1870 August 22
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection contains a receipt to Joseph A. Mabry from Rolfe S. (?) Saunders, promising repayment of a loan, dated August 22, 1870.
Biographical/Historical Note
Joseph A. Mabry was a wealthy merchant and importer in Knox County. Together with then-mayor William G. Swann, in 1853, he donated the land making up Market Square in Knoxville. In 1882, following a business disagreement with Thomas O'Connor, O'Connor shot and killed Mabry on Gay Street. Mabry's son, Joseph A. Mabry, Jr., was standing nearby. He immediately engaged O'Connor in a second gunfight and both died. The story fascinated author Mark Twain and appears in his Life on the Mississippi.
No biographical information is available on Rolfe S. Saunders.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This item was donated to Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository