Nathan Gammon & Son Circular
This circular presents the relative merits of shipping goods to Knoxville through Chattanooga by steamboat as compared to using the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad through Louden. There is very little difference in price, but for several reasons, Mr. Gammon feels the steamboat is a better choice.
Dates
- 1853 February
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This circular presents the relative merits of shipping goods to Knoxville through Chattanooga by steamboat as compared to using the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad through Louden. There is very little difference in price, but for several reasons, Mr. Gammon feels the steamboat is a better choice.
Biographical/Historical Note
Nathan Gammon was born on May 19, 1803 in Sullivan County, Tennessee to George Gammon and his wife. He married Mary E. Hamilton on July 20, 1824, and together they had six children: Elizabeth, William, Jennie, Joseph, George, and Mary. Gammon moved from Jonesborough to Knoxville in 1851 and worked as a commission merchant and as a freight agent for the East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railroad as art of his freighting business. He served as a clerk of the District Court of the United States until 1861 when he served in the same capacity for the Confederacy. He requested a pardon from Andrew Johnson on July 27, 1865, and it was granted on September 5. He died on June 14, 1869.
William Gammon was born on April 18, 1821, to Nathan and Mary (Hamilton) Gammon. He married Elizabeth Bradley, and in 1849, they had a son named Andrew. Gammon died on December 26, 1894.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
Special Collections bought this circular in 2003.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository