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This collection consists of a photographic reproduction of a portrait of Oliver Perry Temple. The original portrait depicts Temple as he appeared between approximately 1890 and 1900.

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In this letter, John S. McNutt solicits support from Colonel John C. Gaut for his candidacy for Attorney General. McNutt wants Gaut to persuade local citizens to support his candidacy as well.

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This collection contains a letter that Reverend Leonard Woods wrote to Charles Coffin to apologize for assuming that he was not concerned enough about him to write him over a two year period. Woods also discussed the controversies then current in the Congregational Church and commented on the Unitarians within the Church.

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In this letter, horse trader James C. Simpson describes the business trip he is on to his wife, Polly, and discusses the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Tennessee.

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This affidavit was taken in Davidson County, Tennessee and sent to the Brackenridge County Circuit Court in Hardinburgh, Kentucky for use in the case of Kemmell vs. Chenault. In it, Andrew Morrison testifies to the condition of the Ohio River during October of 1817.

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In this letter, Evelyn Scott informs Mr. Northwall (an admirer of her work in Chicago) that she has received his special delivery.

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In this letter, James Aslinger asks Pleas Centers to "get me a Petition and get the states atty to sign it for me and send it to the Governor to try to get me a Pardon." Should Centers succeed, Aslinger promises that he will "reform in every Respect and try to lead a new life." He points out, however, that his current situation is not entirely of his own doing, "since if it haden't have been for Thos Patterson I would never have been in this trouble."

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In this letter, Parson Brownlow reports that he has just returned to Cincinnati (where he lived while in exile from East Tennessee) from Louisville and Frankfort. He also mentions that he has been sick with a bilious attack and states that he has received about twenty tickets in response to our letters.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this letter to Colonel David Henley (then serving in Knoxville as the War Department's agent in charge of Indian Affairs), Sampson Williams reports a number of robberies that he believes were committed by Cherokee Indians. According to Williams, Cherokee people have stolen five horses from two of his neighbors (who he describes as "good honest Citizens") and one cow from a traveler named Perkins. The theft of the horses has provoked outrage, and Williams asks Henley to send into the...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this letter to Andrew Jackson (then serving as a Senator from Tennessee), Sampson Williams asks his friend Jackson to use his influence to prevent Congress from converting Fort Blount into a trading post. Although Williams acknowledges that the "Establishment of a trading post at Fort Blount ... will be of great advantage and convenience to the Indians," he feels that it cannot be done under the present establishment because both parties have been violating the treaty. According to...

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In this letter to Midleton Ewing Wilcox (1824-1901), Johnson acknowledges receipt of Wilcox's previous letters and reports that he has nominated Wilcox's brother for a position with the Post Office. He also comments on the current state of affairs in Washington, writing that there is much going on here in reference to President making - there are plots and counter-plots constantly going on with asperants.

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In this letter to David Henley, Anthony Foster reports that several days previously F. B. Sappington and Dr. May "differed and fought." Although the duel was conducted "gentlemanly" on both side, Sappington was killed. May fled to Knoxville, and Foster is now asking Henley to advance May any money that he might need. The verso contains a note indicating that the letter was to be hand delivered by May.

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This collection houses a handwritten copy of Course of Lectures on the Theory & Practice of Midwifery given by Thomas Young and collected by John Tennant.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this letter to Andrew Jackson (then practicing law in the Mero District), John Stone reports that General Winchester will deliver Colonel Martin Armstrong's obligations for "two thousand five hundred acres of Land, If he will make good titles to good Land in or near the Settlement on Station Camp Bledsoes or Goose Creek." Stone requests two 640-acre tracts for himself, provided the titles are made without delay and without any further trouble. On the verso, Jackson has noted "John Stones...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Reverend Thomas Stringfield wrote this letter to Reverend J. C. Bingham and Dr. Noah Levings from Bean's Station (Grainger County), Tennessee on April 19, 1846. In it, Stringfield reports on his activities as an itinerant Methodist preacher in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina, including the sermons he has preached, the Bible Societies he has founded, and the Bibles he has distributed in such places as Bean's Station (Tennessee), Asheville (North Carolina), and Jonesboro...

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In this letter to John Mitchie, Reverend Consider Parish reports the formation of the Montgomery County Bible Society (an auxiliary of the American Bible Society) on June 17, 1837. The original letter was signed by Reverend H. F. Beaumont (President), John McHeage (Treasurer), and Reverend Consider Parish (Corresponding and Recording Secretary).

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Received, this 29th April 1817 $0"45ts from John McCord - for Direct Tax upon the property of Thomas Hendricks in the county of Overton for 1816 under the act of Congress, for the 3d Collection District of Tennessee. W. Brown deputy Collector 3d District of Tennessee.