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Mail-order business -- Tennessee.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George W. Tryon Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0435
Abstract

In this letter dated March 15, 1915, New York City advertiser George W. Tryon thanks George T. Brodnax of Memphis, Tennessee for the excellent service he received when purchasing a $500 diamond ring from Brodnax's firm. A shipping invoice from George T. Brodnax, Inc., Gold and Silversmiths appears on the reverse of the letter.

Dates: 1915 March 15

Rufus L. Buchanan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3660
Abstract This collection consists of over 4,000 documents from the different careers of Rufus L. Buchanan before and during the Great Depression. The bulk of the collection is correspondence concerning his general store, auto dealership, and efforts as a traveling salesman, with additional letters regarding land speculation and the Democratic Party, and a few from his friends and family. In addition to correspondence, the papers include information sent to him from automobile companies and the...
Dates: 1920 September 15-1958 August 9, 2008-2010, undated