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This collection is a single black and white photograph labeled as Andrew Johnson's tailor shop and is undated.

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This black and white photograph shows two women and five children on the porch of a house on the corner of McKee and Welker Streets in Knoxville, Tennessee. The people are not identified, and the photograph is not dated.

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In this bill of sale, dated August 1850, William H. Stokes transfers his ownership of a family of five enslaved people to L. Cook and R. B. Hanley of the firm of Cook & Hanley in Shelby County, Tennessee. The family consists of Charles, aged 26 or 27 years; Anna, aged 20 years; and three children, Nelly, about 4 years old, Betty, about 3 years old, and a female infant.

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John Hillsman returns Sixty eight Thousand two Hundred acres of land in Grainger County for the payment of the taxes thereon for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety nine.

Transcription of Letter Estillville Sunday EveningAugust 23rd 1855Dear Sir -- I have just arrived at home; and having learned that there are several negroes for sale in the lower edge of Smith Co. I have determined on going there as early as possible. I shall start in the morning. I therefore write you now lest I should not return in time, for a letter to reach you at Nashville.Wm. Sanders has 2 men that he has sent me will sell if [Levill] say to his wife I want them...

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Received of Luke Lea fifty two dollars and seventy eight cents, the amount except the cash, of the judgment rendered in the Supreme Court at Knoxville Tennessee, on the 12th day of October 1846 in the case of Luke Lea against John Swan. This 20th of February 1847

Trewhitt Gant

, for John Swan

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Sandford, in response to Smith's previous letter, provides information about who now controls Golden Cockerel Press. Smith is interested in collecting Golden Cockerel books. Sandford also gives Smith advice on where to locate current and older Golden Cockerel books, in addition to his own collection.

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This collection contains a single black and white photograph of Georgia Robertson Christian College in Henderson, Tennessee. A crowd of people are standing and sitting in front of a building. On the verso side, the name Fannie Brown(?) is written in faint ink. The photograph is undated.

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This single black and white photograph shows an unidentified house and field located in Tennessee. The photograph is dated August 22, 1963. The reverse is stamped University of Tennessee, Photographic Center along with a print number, but no other identification is provided.

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This collection features a single photo-postcard of a Cherokee woman and child on the porch of a house in 1931. The photograph was taken by Cline Photo Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee. Written on the reverse is Many homes like this Aug. 31, 1940. It was never stamped or sent.

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This collection contains a single black and white photograph featuring a group of sixteen unidentified men. There is no date, but the reverse side is stamped with the photography studio of "Brakebill & McCoy, 117 Gay Street, Knoxville, Tenn."

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The George Farragut Papers contain legal documents related to a case between Farragut and John Hagey in Knox County court dating between April and July 1797.

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The George Farragut Papers contain legal documents related to a case between Farragut and John Hagey in Knox County court dating between April and July 1797.

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The George Farragut Papers contain legal documents related to a case between Farragut and John Hagey in Knox County court dating between April and July 1797.

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The George Farragut Papers contain legal documents related to a case between Farragut and John Hagey in Knox County court dating between April and July 1797.

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Dated January 23, 1816, this tax receipt shows that Abraham Lowry of Sullivan County, Tennessee, paid $239.44 for the Direct Tax of 1815.

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This collection is a single letter written by Daniel Douglas in Memphis to Sarah J. Armstrong in Jerusalem, Virginia, on August 3, 1850. Douglas describes his travels throughout the United States, including stops in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Wheeling, West Virginia; and Cincinnati, Ohio. Douglas also discusses the death of Mrs. Tyler and methods of pressing and preserving flowers.

Transcription of Letter Caldwell July 17th 1848Dear sister,I take my pen in hand to rite [sic] to you to inform you that my self and family are all well at present hoping that those lines may find you and family enjoying the same.I have had some misfortunes in my family I lost my wife last December Henry died last January John died last Wednesday knight [sic] Me and Lewis has divided the land you get six hundred and forty I get three hundred and sixty seven. Lewis and my self...

Scope and Contents Note Morristown E. Ten. Oct. 22nd 1842Mr. B. R. LoxleyDear SirEnclosed, I send you one Dollar, Bk of the State of So. Ca. I am desirous of obtaining Haven's Chart on the Subject of Baptism, and I suppose it can be conveyed by mail safely, if one without a back can be had, and enclosed in strong paper. If they can be conveyed in this manner without injury, I make no doubt many persons about here would purchase after having once seen them.But if you...

Transcription of Letter New Market Decmr. 7 1846Messrs ThorntonGentlemen -- Since my visit at your place a few evening since I feel concerned in regard to your health and therefore take the liberty of recommending to y'r use a medicine in which I have much faith, & think if you will procure it you will derive much benifit [sic] from its use. Doctor Baring's Lung Syrup of a certain care for asthma & consumption.As health is to be prefered [sic] to all else I hope you will...