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ALS. On the letterhead of the Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary. Official recognition of Brownlow's letter of resignation, dated the 13th, effective the 15th.

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ALS. Notice to Brownlow that he has been appointed a clerk class two, in the Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General... Gives salary. With envelope.

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D; Washington. Official notification to Brownlow that he has been promoted to a class three clerk. Gives salary.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Asks Henry, who was a special policeman in Washington, whether or not he had on June 18th arrested Leonidas Houk for public drunkenness. Asks whether or not, if he was unfamiliar with Houk, did he arrest anyone on the 16th for drunkenness, whom he turned over to Lieutenant J. E. Boteler and subsequently learned was Houk. Ask further questions, such as if the person arrested gave the name L. Campbell. On the back of the second page, in pencil: Will you...

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Expresses thanks that Brownlow responded so promptly to their request. Says that he was sorry that the illness of his son, Overton, prevented him from being at the society for the presentation of the portrait of the Parson because in presenting the portrait, Lea had planned on speaking favorably about his character, ...who in an age of corruption lived without a stain upon his private character -- a man who had, as the French say the courage of his opinions and would...

Scope and Contents Note ALS. From John Bell Brownlow. An extended letter of complaint in regard to the misrepresentations about his father contained in a serial the newspaper published entitled A Boy Spy in Dixie. Denounces the Craig family, on whom the author appears to have relied. ...the only member of the family who was loyal was the old man Craig himself, who was as loyal as in infirm old may could be with his disloyal surroundings...The only son of his family was...

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D; Washington. Signed by E. C. McSure. Official notification that Brownlow is being reduced in rank to a grade two clerk in the office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General. Gives salary. With envelope.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Refers to a discussion that Bate had recently had with the Second Assistant Postmaster General in regard to Brownlow's reduction. States that he thinks that the 2nd Asst. Post. Gen. has him confused with another clerk who had been forced to resign due to bad handwriting. Says that at the same time he had been reduced the 2nd Asst. Post. Gen. had other clerks promoted whose handwriting was worse than his. States that when Mr. Knott replaced Brownlow's former boss as 2nd Asst. Post. Gen.,...

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Discusses his appointment to the Post Office and how his promotion had been opposed by the Congressman from his district (Houk). Discusses his reduction. States that Senator Isham Harris, who had interceded on his behalf with the 2nd Asst. Post. Gen., had been told that there had been no complaints about the quality of his work, but that the work he had been doing was that of a clerk of the class to which he reduced me. Says that due to a recent resignation the...

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Says that he examined the arrest docket and saw that a L. Campbell was arrested for drunkenness and was told by officers present that this was L. C. Houk, who had loudly Proclaimed...he would have them all dismissed for arresting a congressman. Describes Lt. Colonel George B. Corkhill, a district attorney and Houk's friend, as a fit companion for Houk...one of them has not been drunk for years past, that the other has not an ...

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Says that going through some old material that he has run across several letter from Parson Brownlow. Mentions how Parson Brownlow had helped him to get an attorney generalship. Says that he and the Parson, despite differing on the Civil War, had been close friends and how he visits the Parson's grave in Old Gray Cemetery. Says that John's mother said that he was going to write a biography of his father. States that his hope is to live long enough to see it. Offers to help in whatever...

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ALS. Answers Brownlow's inquiry as to the liability of H. C. Warmoth, Silas Weeks, Pearl Wright, and Thomas Woodward to the Collector of New Orleans. Describes the financial circumstances of Ex-Governor Warmoth and the rest. With envelope.

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ALS. Requests copy of Parson Brownlow's Farewell Address. Asks John to see Mrs. Hicks. Mentions visitors, great admirers of Parson Brownlow, who have ordered an enlarged copy of his picture. They stayed at the Imperial Hotel and could see the Fouche Building across the street and Fouche had been the wife's maiden name. They were on their way to Los Angeles. With envelope.

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ALS. Requests Brownlow's support in his attempt to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor. Describes his activities in the Civil War in East Tennessee. Attached are three certified affidavits supporting his claim. Also, a document, undated: 2 copies of a partially filled out affidavit to grant to James S. Fain, a Captain in the D Company of the 9th Regiment of the Tennessee Volunteer Calvary the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Thanks Brownlow for his efforts. States that Brownlow will find the weather in Charleston much better for his complaints than Buffalo. Says that he was in Washington recently to make a request to Mr. R. He told Allison to have his senators make the request of him. Allison told him that he wanted the first vacancy on either the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia or the Court of Appeals or the Court of Claims. Also, he suggested possibly a position on the...

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ALS. Expresses affection for Brownlow and family and congratulations on his mother receiving a pension from the government. Wishes that the government would pay what is owed her mother. Says that she won three law suits in the courts recently. Discusses some lands and asks for Brownlow's help in selling it. Asks if there is not some good agent in Washington he could get for her. With envelope.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Thanks Brownlow for the papers he sent him. Says that he is mailing to Brownlow a copy of the Herald and Tribune answering his 100 questions on Washington County history. Has begun writing a history of the state of Franklin. States that the Times has agreed to publish his work on Johnson, which he discusses. Asks for help in regard to the Johnson-Brownlow race of 1845. Asks various questions and states that he intends to say good things about Parson...

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Contains newspaper clippings that mainly relate to Green B. Raum, Brownlow's removal as Treasury Agent, and the removal of General Joseph A. Cooper as Revenue Collector in Knoxville.

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,...

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,...