Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: W. Dwight Reinhardt's July 8, 1862 letter to Sarah "Sallie" Blackburn in Yadkin County, North Carolina, discusses that the 23rd Tennessee Regiment (CSA) will soon move from Tupelo, Mississippi into Tennessee.He also discusses how he had hoped to come to North Carolina but "the conscript came along & I have to stay which I do cherfully [sic]." After briefly passing along stories of a skirmish involving the 4th North Carolina regiment, Reinhardt concludes the letter with a plea...

Scope and Contents Note Taylor discusses his illnesses and requests more letters from home. He notes that his regiment has left for Vicksburg, saying I dont [sic] know whether I will ever get with the company a gain or not I can do more good here then [sic] I can there and the place where I can do the most good is the place for me. He also discusses his hope for a quick end to the war. He says the time want [sic] be long till the union is restored as it wance [sic] was but...

Scope and Contents Note

Taylor says that he was sent out to fight, but that he was quickly reassigned to the hospital as a nurse. He notes that the hospitals are all fixed up to receive the sick and wounded from Vicksburg wich [sic] they are looking for every day now. He also describes a visit to the camp site of his regiment.

Scope and Contents Note

In addition to discussing news from home, Taylor describes a recent trip to the theater.

Transcription Washington, March 23, 1866Dear Sir,I return with my signature the certificate enclosed in yours of the 19th. Your account is very encouraging. By practice & diligence I believe great will be achieved in our part of the state. There is an unseen undeveloped wealth, awaiting the efforts of resolute & reason. Our great immediate want is product in labor, a large increase to our working population. Every man with a pair of strong arms & a willing heart is an...

Scope and Contents Note

Perkins talks of a resolution offered in the House to sell the portraits of Thomas and Governor William Brownlow. He notes that the feeling of this Legislature and of a large majority of the people of this State is to let bygones be bygones and to labor in the future for the restoration of Peace, Kind feeling and Confidence and but for a few bad men who are ever ready to pervert and misrepresent, that feeling would soon permeate the whole Country.

Scope and Contents Note Thurston encloses an article from a Nashville paper on the proposal to remove Thomas's portrait from the state capitol. He states that there is a general overturning of old landmarks here however & a tendency to extreme & partisan measures & it is possible that in time they do so some mean thing in relation to your picture. He also notes, however, that these matters would require the prompt intervention of your friends & which I assure you...

Scope and Contents Note

Thurston speaks of W. O. N. Perkins, saying that he is said to have been a Union man before the war but like most of his neighbors about Franklin Tenn, has not had much unionism to boast of since that time. He also assures Thomas that he does not think that the legislature will vote to remove his portrait.

Transcription of Letter Knoxville, Tenn. Oct. 29, 1863Darling friends at home I must attend to you at once for I know you must be anxious about me it has been so long since I wrote but I could not help it for I have just got here & rejoined the rgt. It was hard for us marching so far but we got along very well indeed. We came with the teams to within 10 miles of Cumberland Gap, when they got along so slow we got tired of them & came on. Went to Morristown & came down in the cars as we found we...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.Item in the collection demonstrate the ordination process and McCuistion's involvement in church activities in Rhea Springs, Tennessee. A letter from the Ordaining Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, chaired...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.Item in the collection demonstrate the ordination process and McCuistion's involvement in church activities in Rhea Springs, Tennessee. A letter from the Ordaining Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, chaired...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.Item in the collection demonstrate the ordination process and McCuistion's involvement in church activities in Rhea Springs, Tennessee. A letter from the Ordaining Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, chaired...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.Item in the collection demonstrate the ordination process and McCuistion's involvement in church activities in Rhea Springs, Tennessee. A letter from the Ordaining Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, chaired...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.Item in the collection demonstrate the ordination process and McCuistion's involvement in church activities in Rhea Springs, Tennessee. A letter from the Ordaining Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, chaired...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The Reverend Miles F. McCuistion Papers, 1894-1916, contain letters to McCuistion regarding his ordination in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South as well as other materials providing insight into religion in East Tennessee around the turn of the 20th century.Item in the collection demonstrate the ordination process and McCuistion's involvement in church activities in Rhea Springs, Tennessee. A letter from the Ordaining Council of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, chaired...

Transcription of Letter Galena IllinoisJuly 23 1868Dear Geo,I am this morning in receipt of Lizzie's school bill for the last half term & herewith enclose it to you. It is rather more than I expected it would be. The charge for sheet music is very extravagant. I have written her that such charges must be stopped. But it is almost impossible to keep a child away from home at school within certain limits. If entirely agreeable you may send me your check for the amount....

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: In a March 23, 1861 letter to his children, W. D. Carnes, then president of Franklin College in Franklin, Tennessee, writes of activities at the school.Carnes comments on an illness that is affecting many of the students. He also speaks of difficulties faced in raising money, but says that "the agents will commence to raise subscriptions as soon as things become a little more calm." In addition to news of family friends and students, Carnes also tells of ways in which...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection includes a pamphlet entitled "Prospectus of Oil Well Property in Overton County, Tennessee" describes the location and production of the wells on the property as well as the difficulties faced and recent improvements in transportation of the oil. The prospectus also notes that drilling on these wells had stopped due to difficulties faced in transporting the oil to McMinnville, the closest town. It continues, however, saying that the Nashville & Knoxville Railroad is "now...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

In an April 29, 1905 letter to John and Agnes Work in Nashville, Reverend Howard A. Merrill of Scarboro, Maine writes to offer his condolences on the death of the Works' daughter Agnes. He also asks about many of the Jubilee singers and invites the Works to his home in Maine.

A note specifically to John Work is also included. In this note, Merrill says that he is sending a copy of his book to the Works, and he asks Work for advice on working with literary agents.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

In this March 7, 1869 letter to Austin L. Green (Clerk of the County Court in Kingston, Tennessee), Horace Maynard apologizes for leaving court with a note that Green had given him to examine. He goes on to ask Green to search the family's papers to see if any similar notes are present.