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This collection contains several documents relating to Samuel Hollingsworth Stout who served as a Confederate surgeon during the American Civil War.

This document records a grant of land from the State of Tennessee to William Polk. It is signed by Samuel Houston (then Tennessee's Governor) and dated November 24, 1827.

Sam Houston wrote this letter from Carthage, Tennessee to Colonel Francis Ramsey in Knoxville, Tennessee. Houston tells Ramsey that he has been engaged in matrimonial affairs and discusses business he has conducted with the old chief and others.

This collection features one letter from Samuel Houston to Andrew J. Donelson dated November 3, 1823.

This one page handwritten letter is by Samuel Jackson dated December 13, 1857 to his mother, Sarah Jackson. Samuel writes from Clifton Plantation in Mississippi and discusses the possibility of a visit to Tennessee.

This collection consists of a letter from Samuel K. Carrigan, sent on May 25, 1862 from Camp Mag Hill near Chattanooga, to his brother William A. Carrigan in Society Hill, South Carolina. He discusses his discontent with his fellow solider's irreligiousness and his desire to transfer into another unit, as well as the fighting in which he was involved.

This collection consists of two letters written in late 1904 to Col. Samuel L. King of Bristol, Tennessee. The letters are from Thomas B. Carroll, Secretary to the Tenn. Governor, and Henry Grove, Jr. of Philadelphia regarding the launch of the USS Tennessee in Washington, D.C. on December 3, 1904.

This collection consists of one piece of paper with the address of Samuel M. Johnston in Fountain Hill, McMinn County, Tennessee. It looks to date from the 19th century.

This collection contains a single typed manuscript that contains a brief synopsis from 1979 written by Samuel M. Raimi entitled, "Book of the Dead." This text would become the basis for his 1981 film, "The Evil Dead."

This book contains notes that Samuel Mainster took on lectures he attended while studying at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

This collection contains a letter from Samuel Martin of Campbell's Station, Tenn. to Hamilton Fish, Governor of New York, dated January 25, 1849. In the letter, Martin expresses concern about the possibility of slavery being kept from expanding. An enslaver, Martin defended the institution. He also discusses his desire to create a canal from the Dismal Swamp Canal in North Carolina around to the Mississippi and the need for a National Agricultural School.

This handwritten document summons Samuel Newel to appear at the Knoxville Courthouse to testify on his possession of any of the estate of Solomon Marks.

This collection includes letters and a notebook of Samuel P. Johnson's, many of which detail his experiences during the Civil War.

This ledger belonged to Dr. Samuel R. McDowell, who practiced medicine in Sullivan County during the first half of the 20th century. It records customers' payments for his services between 1916 and 1921.

This notebook, maintained by Samuel S. Chapin of Cherry Corner, Tenn. (Henry County), contains information on flat boats, lumber, and other business affairs in the early 1840s.

A single sketch drawing by Francis Fulkerson Painter. The pencil sketch depicts San Giovanni e Pauli, one of the oldest Christian churches in Rome. The sketch is undated.

This collection contains a single check dated May 5, 1892 from the Knoxville, Tennessee drug company Sanford, Chamberlain, and Albers in the amount of forty dollars and seventy-six cents to a Mr. M. Roberts.

Sarah Bet begins this letter by reporting on the health and activities of Theora Jane Woods's family and friends in Nashville. She goes on to describe the parties and weddings she has attended, mentions two recent deaths, and discusses her upcoming graduation.

Sarah Bet begins this letter to her cousin Theora Jane Woods with her apologies that she has little of interest to relate. Bet believes that Woods would rather be living at home with her family than confined at school with those "dry studies" and goes on to relate news of recent visitors and marriages. She closes by asking her cousin to give her love to her friends and to write soon.