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Nashville (Tenn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Adna Anderson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3718
Abstract

This collection consists of a Civil War letter and document written to B.D. Parkinson from Adna Anderson. The letter appointed Parkinson as Engineer of Repairs, United States Military Railroads, Military Division of the Mississippi. The document, titled Special Order No. 9., officially recognizes the appointment. Anderson assisted the North during the Civil War as chief superintendent and engineer of all the military railroads.

Dates: 1864 November 1-2

Andrew Johnson Letters

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0763
Abstract

This collection includes two letters written by Andrew Johnson. The letters are dated March 3, 1863 and February 4, 1865 and are written from Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1863 March 3, 1865 February 4

John S. Dashiell Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-2700
Abstract

This collection contains a letter, dated November 14, 1849, from John S. Dashiell to William K. Blair in which Dashiell reviews and comments on the By Laws of Blair's Masonic Lodge. Dashiell approves of the rules adopted by Blair's Lodge with the exception of the measure to fine brothers for non-attendance.

Dates: 1843 November 14

Matthew Barrow Slave Bill of Sale

 Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-3677
Abstract

This collection consists of a printed slave-sale form, describing the transfer of Jerry, an enslaved man owned by Matthew Barrow, to William Donalson for $355.

Dates: 1824

Tennessee Historical Society Newsclippings

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1614
Abstract

This collection consists of newspaper clippings advertising the meetings of the Tennessee Historical Society from August to October 1859.

Dates: 1859 August-October