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ALS. Praises Brownlow and places a subscription with the Whig. Sends names of 31 other people who desire to be added to the paper's subscription list. Contains mathematical notations.

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ALS. Discusses problems with receiving his subscription and suggests an alternative method of delivery.

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ALS. Childs, a publisher, requests that Brownlow write a book on his experiences as a Unionist. Estimates that book would bring to Brownlow $10,000.

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ALS. On the chance that the Post Office may not have forwarded his previous letter Childs repeats the offer made in the immediately preceding letter.

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ALS. Fan letter requesting Brownlow's autograph.

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ALS. Regrets that he could not go with Brownlow to Pottsville, but he did not feel that he could be absent from Congress. Mentions Everson Etheridge. Mentions news from Edward Maynard that 8, 000 rebels are in Knoxville and that John M. Thornburgh, Learned(?) Johnson, Squin Gailbraith (?), O. P. Temple, and John Baxter have been arrested, sent to Tuscaloosa, and are either dead or dying, which confirms Brownlow's intelligence. Mentions Trigg.

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ALS. Mentions previous letter addressed to Brownlow in Philadelphia, not knowing your present address. Mentions writing to Judge Trigg without receiving yet a reply. Says that the troops have left Cumberland and are marching towards the Ohio River. Mentions writing a strong letter to the President urging help for East Tennessee. Mentions his wife would like to hear from the Brownlow family.

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D. Signed by Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury. Brownlow's appointment notification for the position of Assistant Special Agent for the Treasury Department

Scope and Contents Note D (manuscript). Signed by Brownlow, A. V. S. Lindsley, George J. Stubblefield, and Joseph S. Fowler. Witnessed by Horace Maynard and John S. Brien. Notarized by Horace H. Harrison. Brownlow's bond of $5,000 posted for the position of Treasury Agent. Contains note from U. B. Field, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, dated January 12, 1864, referring the document to the solicitor for examination. Contains penciled notation that the bond lacks the requisite stamp and is...

Scope and Contents Note ALS. Gives war news. Mentions the recruitment of fifteen deserters from General Braxton Bragg's army. Reports that many rank and file Confederate soldiers have applied for amnesty. States that Andrew Johnson and had telegraphed General Wool asking for the arrest of General William H. Carroll. Mentions an assassination attempt made upon Dr. Peters at Brownlow's boarding house. States that 200 rebels came in last night, deserters from Bragg.Please note: this...

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ALS. Letter sending previously mentioned documents (June 15, 1863 and June 16, 1863) and requesting the correction of the above mentioned deficiencies.

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ALS. Cox, a railroad agent, writes about his pleasure at Brownlow's election. Talks about his background as Whig and Unionist in Clarksville, Tennessee. Mentions that the has lost in the war a brother, one nephew, a brother-in-law, and my only son, so far as I know... States how much he misses Tennessee and how he hopes to return there soon.

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ALS. A letter in Robert's handwriting, requesting Brownlow's support for the completion of the contemplated Midland line of railway between Lexington, Kentucky, and Knoxville, Tennessee, via point Burnside and the Elk Gap. Discusses the advantages of such a railroad. Written on the back of a broadside written by Roberts to extol the railroad.

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ALS. Since the President has desided [sic] to remove all restrictions on trade in the South, he requests the Governor's help in regard to some cotton in Georgia. Presumes to request Brownlow's help because you know all about me from youth to present time.

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ALS. Letter of introduction for John E. McGin, assistant surgeon at the Headquarters Department of the Cumberland.

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ALS. From Sam Tate, President of the Memphis-Charleston Railroad. When the Confederates commandeered his company's rolling stock he, at the behest of the Board of Directors, went with the equipment to keep an eye on it. He returned through the line to the Union side and took the oath of loyalty. Says that he is ready to cooperate with the state and the federal government and wants to know what the railroad policy will be. Contains clerk's notations.

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ALS. Discusses the murder of L. C. Murphy by R. H. Carney that occurred June 23, 1863. Sentenced to death -- a sentence approved by General Rosecrans and President Lincoln -- Carney escaped and joined General Johnson's army in Georgia. Asks reward be issued for Carney's arrest and gives a description of Carney. Contains clerk's notations.

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ALS. On the letterhead of the Olive Street Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Introduces to the Governor Yabulan C. Nolen (?) and recommends him, as a Unionist and Old Whig, for a government appointment. Also Rogers himself would like a judgeship and asks Brownlow to influence President Johnson to so appoint him.

Scope and Contents Note ALS. On the letterhead of the Olive Street Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. Rogers, a Unionist from Browneville, Tennessee, recommends W. P. Bond and David A. Meiman (?) to be Circuit Court judges. Also recommends John Trimble and urges only Union men be appointed to office. Gives advice on the conduct of local offices. Says Browneville, not Jackson, should be the location for Federal and Supreme Courts. In Jackson only old Judge John Read is...

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ALS (fragment). The last part of resolution of the Tennessee Clarksville and Louisville Railroad (?) requesting that, due to damages resulting from the war, the state appoint a receiver to protect the interests of the state and the stockholders.