Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection consists of a 1853-1870 ledger book by Attwood from the Memphis, Tennessee area. Transactions involve the purchase of lumber, stone cutters, and sales of building lots. This collection also contains two loose receipts one of which is undated while the other is dated 1878.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection contains a ledger book of William Graham of East Tennessee, dated 1857-1863. Entries include records of business transactions, monies spent, slaves bought and sold, county bonds owned (in Washington and Jefferson Counties), notes owned, private land sales, and settlement of accounts. Also included is a letter, dated September 5, 1859, from F. W. Taylor of Mossy Creek, Tenn.An alphabetical index of names is included in the front of the book, followed by entires in...

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This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection:

This collection contains some personal effects of Jasper Blue Friday of Jonesboro, Tenn. Included in the collection are orders instructing Friday to report for duty, documents pertaining to his life insurance policy, photographs, and some miscellaneous writings. Additionally, the collection contains a letter from the Veterans Administration pertaining to a disability claim for the disorder neurasthenia.

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Captain Albert Woodcock wrote this letter to "Dearest Leute" from camp near Franklin, Tennessee on May 6, 1863. In it, he describes daily life in camp, including a detailed diagram of the infantry's position.

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The collection contains a letter dated May 14, 1861 written from Knoxville, Tennessee. The letter is written by M. C. Butler to his sister America in Oregon. He mentions the trails of living in a border state at the beginning of the Civil War. Politically, he states that "Parties in this city are nearly equally divided, here we have many street fights-much angry contention." He alludes to the safety of Yankees and that many men and students have left to join the CSA army. Economically, he...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: William M. Cloer wrote this letter from Morristown, Tennessee to his friends at home on June 24, 1863. He mentions recent Yankee raids in Tennessee, specifically those made during the push towards Knoxville, stating that "the yankees has made a nother rade in Tenn and has done a good deal of damage and is gon back they commenced at Knoxville and come up to in 15 miles of this place and burnt 2 bridges and a great deel of other damage." Cloer writes that he is on his way to Cumberland Gap,...

Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: The collection contains a letter dated February 19, 1864 written from Knoxville, Tennessee. The letter is written by David A. Moulton to mother Miriam S. Moulton in Hampton, New Hampshire. He mentions a recent battle with Lieutenant General Longstreet of the Confederate Army. He states that "Old Longstreet hates to leave east Tennessee last week our cavalry had a fight with him and whipped him took some prisoners and two pieces of artillery. . . Longstreet might as well leave the state for...

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Robert Neville wrote this letter to his wife, Mary (Atkinson) Neville, while he was serving with Company E of the 103rd Ohio Infantry near Knoxville, Tennessee. He tells his wife that his health is good, describes the region's enthusiastic reception of Union Soldiers, and expounds upon his religious views.

Translation of Letter

Sorry for the delay. I have had a thousand things to do. Here are the letters. I am keeping the supports (?) of (illegible) and the other one that I had taken out., while you copy it. Best compliments

A Staël February 22, 1826

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This Civil War letter -- dated January 17, 2006 -- is written by Howard Hopkins of the 3rd Regiment Michigan Calvary. The letter is to his cousin Abbie Watson Clyde of Wayne County, New York. In the letter Howard reminiscences about his mother and home. At the time the letter is written, Hopkins is camped at Lagrange, Tenn. The letter is postmarked from Memphis, Tenn.