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This collection contains two autographed letters regarding Native American treaties signed by Joseph White.

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The collection contains a three page letter, dated April 16, 1863, written by General Mason Brayman, during the Civil War. The letter is in regards to General Brayman's orders against spies and guerrillas in West Tennessee. "All entering the lines must report to Provost Marshall, all trading permits are revoked, all persons not in the service of the U.S. wearing any part of the uniform, will be treated as spies and guerrillas..."

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This collection consist of an eight page letter, dated June 24, 1864, written by John S. R. Fellows at Camp Patrick, Tennessee, during the Civil War. In the letter, Fellows writes home to his brothers and sisters about the hanging of 500 Confederate soldiers in Nashville during the Civil War.

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The collection consists of a letter, dated March 15, 1864, written by Lt. Thomas A. Cobb from Company A of the 10th Indiana Infantry to his father in Chattanooga, Tennessee. On the fourth page of the letter, the Lt. describes what he witnessed in November 1863. In one section he states, "I saw a dead rebel the dogs had pulled him out of the ground where he had been partly buried and had been eating at him!"

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Dr. Henry Hayes, an Army physician, wrote this letter to a friend back home in Vermont. In the letter, Dr. Hayes discussed the aftermath of the Fort Pillow Massacre.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes a letter to Sarah E. M. McClung in Huntsville, Alabama, from her friend F. Taylor, a widow staying in Yorkville, dated October 1827. It also includes three receipts, one signed by Daniel Mitchell on November 9, 1819 for $9 paid by J. W. McClung for keeping house; one signed by Rufin Morgan on November 26, 1821 for $116.57 from the lawsuit of James Gillespie; and one signed by Sarah A. H. White on December 9, 1847 for $50 from Ruffin Coleman for some business with her...

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This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and newspaper clippings from Gottfried Galston. The photographs show Galston with friends and family. While the press clippings are in English, the correspondence is in German. The press clipping is of Alexandra Korsakoff Galston.

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This collection consists of 14 letters regarding political matters and positions from various leaders of Tennessee's regional and state government. Many of the letters are from Walter P. Brownlow, a U.S. congressman from Tennessee, and William I. Davis, the circuit court clerk for Claiborne County.

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This collections contains two letters from Gary Beck, a freshman at the University of Tennessee in 1911, written to his parents in Ocala, Florida. In the letters he describes college life being a member of Chi Delta Literary Fraternity and studying engineering.

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This collection of F.W. Henck material includes his journal from 1886, a letter from Mr. Henck to his mother from 1880, and a copy of "The Robert Campbell Story 1718-2011," a record of the goings-on of a church in which Mr. Henck was involved.

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This collection consists of sixteen Andrew Jackson Donelson correspondences about plantation life, slavery, and politics in Tennessee.

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This collection consists of a single pamphlet dedicated to former UT students who lost their lives during World War I. It commemorates 23 soldiers individually and includes their photograph, city of origin, and how they died.