Historical Society of Tennessee Circular
In this Circular to the People of Tennessee, the Historical Society of Tennessee appeals to the citizens of the state to donate materials, especially items documenting the Native American peoples who originally inhabited the area and materials showing early white settlement, to the Society. It also encourages Tennesseeans to become historians and to form historical societies on the county level. The circular is dated June 16, 1874 and is signed by J. G. M. Ramsey, R. C. Foster, and John M. Lea.
Dates
- 1874 June 16
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
In this Circular to the People of Tennessee, the Historical Society of Tennessee appeals to the citizens of the state to donate materials, especially items documenting the Native American peoples who originally inhabited the area and materials showing early white settlement, to the Society. It also encourages Tennesseeans to become historians and to form historical societies on the county level. The circular is dated June 16, 1874 and is signed by J. G. M. Ramsey, R. C. Foster, and John M. Lea.
Biographical/Historical Note
James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1797-1884) was a prominent Knoxville physician, public official, religious leader, banker, railroad developer, historian, and staunch secessionist. In addition to his work to establish railroad service in Knoxville, a mission accomplished in 1855 with the arrival of the first train in town, Ramsey became an important author and historian of Tennessee’s early settlement period. In addition to supporting the organization of the East Tennessee Historical and Antiquarian Society (now the East Tennessee Historical Society), Ramsey published The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century in 1853. During the Civil War, he publicly supported the Confederacy and served as a treasury agent and field surgeon for its army. His family was forced out of East Tennessee during the war, moving through Georgia and the Carolinas before returning to Knoxville in the early 1870s. Ramsey continued to play an active role in the community until his death in 1884.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee Libraries, Knoxville, Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository