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  • Tennessee Constitution, 1796
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    Constitutions
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33633_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
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  • Tennessee's 175 years of Statehood
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    Broadsides; Announcements; Handbills; Fliers (printed matter); Fireworks; Firecrackers
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    Details the 175th anniversary of Tennessee statehood celebration to be held on Capitol Hill.
  • Throwaway History - The Broadside in American Culture
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  • Tennessee Civil and Military Commission Book, Volume 1
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    Government officials; Governors; Judges; Sheriffs
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33663_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
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  • Cultivated fields near Springfield, Tennessee
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    Croplands; Haystacks
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    Arable land showing haystacks and lines of trees in the distance.
  • Nineteenth Century Agricultural Resources
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  • Independence Hall
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    Capitols; Government facilities
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    The image is of a reddish hue and pictures Independence Hall in Philadelphia. The text indicates that this is where Andrew Jackson represented Tennessee from 1796 to 1798 as Congressman and Senator. The print was inspired by an image from the...
  • Bernhardt Wall Etchings
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  • James McCutchen Military Pass, May 17, 1862
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    Military Occupations; Slavery; Oaths; Civil Wars; War
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    Military pass, authorized by Don Carlos Buell and signed by the provost marshal. On the reverse is an oath of allegiance.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • James McCutchen Military Pass, June 10, 1862
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    Military occupations; Oaths; Civil Wars; War
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    Small document serving as a military pass allowing the bearer, James McCutchen, permission to travel 10 miles on the Hillsboro Pike and return. The pass is to be honored for 15 days. On the reverse is an oath of allegiance.
  • Civilian Life in the Civil War
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  • Thomas Molloy Grant
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    An 1859 copy of the land grant of Thomas Molloy, numbered 2591, for 640 acres.
  • Looking Back - The Civil War in Tennessee
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  • Governor Sevier's Address to the first General Assembly
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    Politics & government
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33678_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
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  • An Act for the admission of the State of Tennessee into the Union
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    Politics & government
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33675_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
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  • Letter to Governor Sevier from William Blount and William Cocke
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    Politics & government
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33676_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
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  • Circular to the members of the General Assembly
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    Politics & government
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33677_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents
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  • Tennessee Constitution, 1834
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    State government; Constitutions; Constitutional conventions; Law & legal affairs; Slavery; Freedmen; Suffrage; Lotteries
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    http://www.tn.gov/tsla/founding_docs/33662_Transcript.pdf
  • Tennessee's Founding and Landmark Documents

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