Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In this Circular to the People of Tennessee, the Historical Society of Tennessee appeals to the citizens of the state to donate materials, especially items documenting the Native American peoples who originally inhabited the area and materials showing early white settlement, to the Society. It also encourages Tennesseeans to become historians and to form historical societies on the county level. The circular is dated June 16, 1874 and is signed by J. G. M. Ramsey, R. C. Foster, and John M....