Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In a November 24, 1862, letter to his father, Arthur Allyn, a soldier with the 14th Army Corps, describes the reorganization of the army, noting that "if the 14th Army Corps engages in a battle of siege you will know my position to be on the right of the 7th Company of the 11th Infantry of the 14th bridge -- 2nd division of the Right Wing." Allyn, who was camped near the Tennessee Hospital for the Insane just south of Nashville, also discusses "an old Secesh gentleman cashier of the Planters...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In a November 24, 1862, letter to his father, Arthur Allyn, a soldier with the 14th Army Corps, describes the reorganization of the army, noting that "if the 14th Army Corps engages in a battle of siege you will know my position to be on the right of the 7th Company of the 11th Infantry of the 14th bridge -- 2nd division of the Right Wing." Allyn, who was camped near the Tennessee Hospital for the Insane just south of Nashville, also discusses "an old Secesh gentleman cashier of the Planters...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In an October 27, 1863 letter to his brother Clark, Pembroke Scott, a private with the 118th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, describes food rations and skirmishes near Loudon, Tennessee during the Civil War.Scott talks of the bread the soldiers eat, saying "our bread tries its best to make us sick & unfortunately succeeds frequently." Additionally, Scott mentions that they had begun building winter quarters near Loudon, but they were stopped due to the threat...

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April 20th, 1832

Dear Sir

The enclosed bill I hope is in due form and sufficiently enclosed. If the enclosed amount falls short of the discount or other charges, please let me be informed of the amount required.

Respectfully

Your old

Mr. Bell

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In a December 20, 1919 letter to N. A. Eubank of Nashville, Governor Albert H. Roberts responds to an editorial regarding strip mining. Roberts notes that mining in Tennessee is done strictly with a shaft mine or drift mine, both of which require a very large percentage of the miners to be skilled in their work; otherwise it would be dangerous to the lives of the miners, besides being practically impossible to mine the coal.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In a September 30, 1865 letter to John Bracklesby in Hartford, Conn., Joseph Linn King discusses politics and legal cases in post-Civil War Knoxville. King describes Knoxville as "improved materially recently and I observe a more moderate tone in the late 2 mos. of the Knoxville Whig also." He also talks about a case in which the judge sentenced a man to six years in prison for intimidating and "takeing [sic] from one of his neighbours 2 sides of...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In a December 23, 1869 letter to Union General George H. Thomas, John Ruhm describes the atmosphere in Nashville towards the end of Reconstruction. After praising Thomas's previous letter to him, Ruhm tells the General, "as for the condition of Tennessee under the present regime, let me assure you it is deplorable." He argues that the current legislature shows zeal in their work to overthrow all their Republican predecessors have done. Ruhm also describes the state of education...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This notebook contains an account of the military actions of B. F. James, a Sergeant with the 51st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry (Confederate), as well as records of James' business transactions from the late 1860s and early 1870s.The 26-page account of James' military actions begins with his enlistment on November 28, 1861. James provides dates and locations for all of his military engagements. On November 25, 1863, he notes being taken prisoner and being sent to Rock Island...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This notebook contains an account of the military actions of B. F. James, a Sergeant with the 51st Consolidated Tennessee Infantry (Confederate), as well as records of James' business transactions from the late 1860s and early 1870s.The 26-page account of James' military actions begins with his enlistment on November 28, 1861. James provides dates and locations for all of his military engagements. On November 25, 1863, he notes being taken prisoner and being sent to Rock Island...

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Dear Madam,

Inclosed [sic] you will find Major A. J. Donelson's bill drawn on me, and taken up by his check -- you will file it for the Major -- it being paid and cancelled. Yours affectionately

Andrew Jackson

Mrs. Elisabeth Donelson

Novbr 16 1844

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: Horace Maynard begins this December 12, 1857 letter to W. G. Brownlow with an outline of his reasons for serving in Congress, including his desire to get a just proportion of government funding for the people of East Tennessee. Maynard goes on to discuss a new custom house for Knoxville, emphasizing the building's importance in building up the town and mentioning the location that he feels would be optimal for the structure (between Cumberland and Clinch Streets on the north and south, and...

Transcription of Letter Knoxville, Nov. 8, 1860W. S. Patton,KingstonDear Sir, Was the indictment against William Duncan for perjury found, or ignored? If found, send the captain to Monroe. He resides there. The election news is bad enough. Lincoln seems to be elected by the people. The Brecks are badly used up here - particularly as Bell seems to have beaten their man. A dispatch from McGavock, a leading democrat at Nashville, came a while ago, saying Bell had carried...

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Speaks of a Mr. Bowen, saying he is imbued with the same impractical and inconsiderate cast of thoughts which seems to have taken possession of the minds of the people of Tennessee and Kentucky.

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States that the whole career of that guerrilla Chieftain and his followers has been marked with an unbroken series of murders of inoffensive citizens, of plunder and robbery and destruction of property; and in my judgment, justice and humanity alike require that every one of his followers should be put to the sword whenever and wherever taken.

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This collection contains correspondence, printed materials, and handwritten notes related to the life of Jonathan D. Hale, a Union scout and postmaster of Hale's Mill, Tennessee. Included are notes on a legal case against Hale, copies of witness testimonies, and a publication by Hale in which he talks about the death of Charles Sumner, slavery, and the destruction of the South.

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This collection contains correspondence, printed materials, and handwritten notes related to the life of Jonathan D. Hale, a Union scout and postmaster of Hale's Mill, Tennessee. Included are notes on a legal case against Hale, copies of witness testimonies, and a publication by Hale in which he talks about the death of Charles Sumner, slavery, and the destruction of the South.

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Pages 5-12 of this 16-page pamphlet are missing. Talks about the death of Charles Sumner, slavery, and the destruction of the South.

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Notes on cases and witness testimonies for two cases: the Lucinda Heldreth case, in which she is seeking compensation for a mare that was impressed for the government by Jonathan Hale in 1865, and the Jane Flowers case, in which her husband, a Unionist, was threatened by Confederate supporters and later killed.

Transcription of Letter Anderson, Tenn.March 12th/64Dear Sister I received your letter yesterday and those stamps and was glad to hear from you. I am well at present but my leg that is the same as ever we are at Anderson guarding the rail-road yet I do not know how long before we shall march there is a report here that we are going back to the Potomac army If so I shall go to the hospital again. Our Regiment has not got payed [sic] yet I do not know how long before we shall...

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Hd. Qtrs Cav Div 16 AC

Memphis Tenn. 8 July 1864

Col. Geo. Patterson will report at the M & L Depot at 6 oclock AM tomorrow as one of the citizen train guard.

By order of Edward Hatch Brig. Genl

R. M. Pike