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Note. Marked strictly confidential. Related to whether or not Cooper knew of Brooker's embezzlements and that in order to secure his appointment, Cooper divides his salary with McClure.

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Single page, handwritten extract from the Milliken and Vertees' edition of the legal code.

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Page of testimony before some committee relating to the school fraud. Marked on back in pencil, Fletcher's testimony.

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Four envelopes of newspaper clippings. Various dates. Many relate to Ben Hill.

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Expenses ledger from the Quartermaster General for Brig. General H. H. Thomas. With envelope.

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From D. E. Davenport, Receiver. Ledger sheets for the Winchester and Alabama Railroad.

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D (manuscript). Signed by F. T. Richards, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and D. W. C. Senter, Speaker of the Senate. Contains affixed form testifying that this is a copy of the original in the office of the Secretary of State. Dated December 5, 1867. Signed by A. J. Fletcher. Contains clerk's notations.

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D (manuscript). Signed by F. T. Richards and D. W. C. Senter. Contains note signed by George Edgar Grisham, Clerk of the House of Representatives, certifying that this is a correct copy. Contains clerk's notations.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Series I: William G. Brownlow Correspondence, 1848 December 18-1878 March 20 consists primarily of letters documenting Brownlow's service as Governor of Tennessee and showing the problems that Tennessee faced during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Among the correspondents represented are John Bell, O. P. Temple, Vice President Schuyler Colfax, Tennessee Secretary of State A. J. Fletcher, General George H. Thomas, Horace Maynard, Ephraim Foster, James O. Shackelford, Clinton B. Fisk,...

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D (manuscript); Nashville. Signed for D. B. Cliffe, Receiver, by Pres. Burns. Witnessed by F. H. Gains and William H. Morrow. Contains clerk's notations.

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Receipt; McMinnville, Tennessee. Signed by D. E. Davenport.

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D (manuscript); Nashville. On letterhead of the Executive Office. Oath of office as Director of the Tennessee and Pacific Railroad.

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D (manuscript); Nashville. Extract from the stockholder's meeting of the Nashville and North Western Railroad. Signed by H. L. Claiborne. Contains note from W. G. Brownlow to D. Boynton, dated July 25, 1868.

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D (manuscript); Tullahoma. Signed by George Stillman. Marked Copy. Certification of indebtedness on one railroad to another.

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Dated 187?. On the letterhead of the Read House. One abusive paragraph on the character and generalship of Braxton Bragg.

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One and a quarter pages on the character of Abraham Lincoln.

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Five pages of appreciation of the character of General Grant. Probably by John Bell Brownlow.

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On the same sheet of paper: 1. a poem on death; 2. a poem, possibly on the Parson on his death; 3. a short note on the material and social status of an unnamed person's ancestors; 4. ALS; March 20, 1878. From W. W. Mahon. On the letterhead of the Treasury Department, First Auditor's Office. Refers to J. W. and John Walker. Says that Gough has been turned out of office.

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Seven page speech on the state of the parties and their origins.

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Seven page examination of the Rules, Regulations, Principles of the K. G. C., an apparently Masonic derived organization headed by General Bickley. Circa 1865.