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This collection contains letters of 19th century members of the House of Representatives from Tennessee.

This collection contains signatures of 19th century members of the U. S. Senate from Tennessee.

A. J. Donelson of Nashville, Tennessee wrote this letter to General John McCalla in Lexington, Kentucky to invite him to attend a mass meeting on August 15, 1844. Donelson hopes McCalla will speak about Mr. Clay and bring Bullock and other young men who like to speak in a good cause. A typed transcript is included with the letter.

This collection contains a letter from Aaron V. Brown to Peter Vroom, August 24, 1842, written while Brown was serving his second term in the House of Representatives. In the letter, Brown discusses the current political situation in Washington before Congress breaks for summer recess.

This collection contains a 1796 bound imprint of Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Third Congress of the United States of America at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, begun on November 3, 1794.

In these four letters, Allen Hall's correspondents discuss such political matters as appointments to the Post Office, removals of political officeholders, and the political situation in Knoxville and East Tennessee.

This collection consists of sixteen Andrew Jackson Donelson correspondences about plantation life, slavery, and politics in Tennessee.

This collection consists of three letters, two of which are from Andrew Jackson Donelson. The other is addressed to Donelson. Two of the letters are written during his tenure as Andrew Jackson's private secretary. The other is written from Berlin during his service with President John Tyler.

Andrew Jackson wrote this letter to Secretary of State Edward Livingston to recommend Robert Beale for a clerk position in the U. S. Patent Office. Beale delivered the letter to Livingston in person.

This collection is a brief note written by Andrew Jackson in pencil circa 1829 regarding the U.S. Constitution.

This collection consists of an undated printed portrait of President Andrew Johnson, mounted on cardstock.

Andrew Johnson wrote this letter to E. M. Stanton while the latter was serving as Secretary of War in order to commend his friend Edward Hazzard East to him.

This rare printing, authorized by Johnson, contains the text of his veto rejecting Congress's plan to divide the former Confederate States into military districts.

The B. Carroll Reece Papers, 1921-1944, consists of letters and envelopes to or concerning George S. C. Slagle of Jonesboro, Tenn., or dealing with disabled WWI soldiers. It also includes a copy of the book about the contested Congressional election between Reece and O. B. Lovette in 1932.

The collection is a single page listing resolutions in the United States Senate from January 8, 1805. Included is a resolution that land offices be opened in the state of Tennessee for the sale of public lands.

Two of these letters, both addressed to an unknown recipient, concern subscriptions to the Weekly Globe. The third (dated 1843) is addressed to John H. Caustine and concerns fees for dealing with spoliation claims.

In a July 23, 1868 letter to George S. Stephenson, Charles L. Stephenson of Galena, Ill., writes of news from home as well as his feelings about President Andrew Johnson, who he calls a bad man.

This collection consists of correspondence to Charles P. Toncray from 1901 to 1909, a land deed from 1881, and three checks from 1906 written by Toncray.