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This collection houses receipts that James T. Thornton collected over a period of forty years, from 1875 to 1914. They represent the different types of businesses that operated during that period of time and the different types of letterhead that they used.

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This letter was written by Frank Hyberger, private secretary of Governor Dewitt Clinton Senter, acknowledging the acceptance of Joseph A. Cooper’s resignation as a Joint Representative of the 37th General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.

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This collection contains a conveyance deed filed in Greene County detailing Francis Johnson of Knox County selling a piece of land to Alexandria Thompson of Greene County. The paper gives a detailed description of the land that bought by Thompson. The document was signed and filed by court clerk Valentine Sevier.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The U.S. Army Provost Marshal's Office Pass Collection contains a pass allowing civilian James Dickinson to travel across military lines in 1862 to purchase necessary items for the use of his family. These passes were given by the federal government, at the discretion of the Provost Marshal's Office, to those who swore an oath of allegiance to the Union and agreed not to use the goods obtained through use of the pass for profit. The local Provost Marshal, General Charles Stephani, signed...