Partial Transcription of Letter some 2 weeks since there [sic] fell a very uncommon shower near Lebanon, Wilson County consisting as is supposed of Blood & putrid flesh its fall was 1/2 mile in length and several hundred yards wide there was much talk on the subject Professor Troust of Nashville visited the place and collected and is endeavouring to ascertain its real component. On Saturday next the Gallatonians will receive the Honourable but Defeated Gov. Polk & Ex-president Jackson to partake of a splendid...

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John Lord Otis wrote this letter to his wife from St. Helens Island, South Carolina on March 5, 1863. In it, he describes his disillusionment with President Lincoln and his dislike of African Americans.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists primarily of a list of payments, dated September 21, 1818, made on Andrew Jackson's plantation at Melton's Bluff, Alabama. The first seven entries are written by Richard Massey (the plantation's overseer); the remainder of the list is written in Jackson's hand. Also included are five manuscript receipts from Melton's Bluff dating from April 1 to September 21, 1818. These items describe payments (possibly made to enslaved individuals) for such tasks as picking out...

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Joseph Estabrook wrote this letter to his cousin, Colonel John Wood, on December 25, 1835 from Knoxville, Tennessee. In it, he describes his wife’s continuously declining health and inquires, at length, about many members of his extended family. He also discusses his position as president of East Tennessee College, writing fondly of the college on the hill and comparing it to Amherst and Yale.