Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection consists of several documents written by members of the Hammonds family of Tennessee. Included are four letters, one list of expenditures, one promise of payment, one application for money order, and one account book. The first letter is from William R. Hammonds to Samuel W. Hammonds and family, dated November 18, 1861. The letter discusses the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln. The second letter is from John N. T. Hammonds to his uncle, dated February 10, 1862. It discusses...