This collection contains two letters sent to David Glasgow Farragut while he was serving on the MS Flag Ship Hartford. They are dated 1863 and 1864. The letter dated 1864 concerns the appraisal of a schooner captured by the Estella.

This collection contains four letters dated from 1848-1849. Several of the letters concern legislation to create a Bank of East Tennessee. One of the letters is signed by William Gannaway Brownlow.

This collection is a U. S. patent, granted to Jesse E. Dow, William M. Edwards, and Samuel Davis, for a rotary coal sifter, a machine to separate coal from dust and dirt. The document is dated March 27, 1834 and is signed by President Andrew Jackson, Secretary of State Louis McLane, and Attorney General Benjamin Franklin Butler.

This collection includes a two-page handwritten letter from Andrew Jackson to George Graham. The letter is dated May 13, 1817 and is noted as being written from the Division of the South headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee. The letter includes information pertaining to the topographical department, Fort Hampton, and a proposal to create a military road from the Mississippi Territory to Lake Pontchartrain. A typed transcription is also included.

This collection includes a letter written by James K. Polk to an unmarked recipient. It is dated December 26, 1829 from "Washington City."

This collection includes a one-page commission for W. P. D. C. Bryan as the Justice of the Peace for Cheatham County, Tenn. The commission is dated April 21, 1860 and from Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. It is signed by the Governor of Tennessee, Isham G. Harris, and by the Tennessee Secretary of State, J. E. R. Ray.

This collection includes a claim of William J. Ham for quartermaster stores. This claim is dated May 27, 1868 and is from Lawrence County, Tennessee. The claim includes many signatures including the Governor of Tennessee, Dewitt Clinton Senter.

This collection includes a claim of Martha J. Davis for quartermaster stores. This claim is dated June 10, 1868 and is from Lawrence County, Tennessee. The claim includes many signatures including the Governor of Tennessee William G. Brownlow.

This collection includes an appointment for George S. James as the second lieutenant in the fourth regiment of artillery. This appointment is dated June 27, 1856 and signed July 11, 1856 by the U.S. Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, and U.S. President, Franklin Pierce.

This collection includes a letter written by H. G. Wax to ‘Cousin App.' It is dated February 25, 1865 and from Mill Bend located in Hawkins County, Tennessee. The handwritten letter is four pages and includes personal stories from Wax’s town along with his opinions and experiences of living with the Union Army.

This collection includes eighteen black and white photographs of the Third Army (U.S. Army) in Tennessee. Towns depicted include Shelbyville and Haley, Bedford County, Tenn. The photographs are of maneuvers, soldiers, and the Army’s camp, dated 1941. Some people and places are identified.

This collection includes two handwritten letters written by Andrew Johnson. The letters are dated March 3, 1863 and February 4, 1865 and are written from Nashville, Tennessee. They were written while Johnson served as the Military Governor of Tennessee. The 1863 letter is written to an unspecified recipient. The 1865 letter is written to Captain R. H. Goodwin. Also included are typed transcriptions of the letters.

This collection includes nine Knox County court records. The records are dated 1795 to 1833 and they include commands for summons of those who needing to testify in Knox County circuit court. The commands are addressed to the sheriffs of various counties including Knox, Anderson, and Cocke County.