Affidavit of W. T. Robinson signed by William C. Rawola, Notary Public, on the status of property lost by Company K, 5th Tennessee Cavalry, including one axe and eight horses, to accompany a statement of differences in the Quartermaster's Stores...
Statement of differences form of W. T. Robinson, 5th Tennessee Cavalry, for 9 horses lost from March-July 1865. The document states that an affidavit must be furnished of entire accountability. Signed by S. H. Mirick, examiner.
Statement of differences form of W. T. Robinson of the 5th Tennessee Cavalry for nine horses lost from March-July 1865. The document states that an affidavit of entire accountability must be furnished. Signed by S. H. Mirick, examiner.
This one-page printed and handwritten document that begins as a Form No. 2 requisition conveying a request for camp articles from Lieutenant Colonel C. D. Venable of the 5th Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A., to J. E. Ray, Regimental Quartermaster of the...
This one-page printed form with handwritten entries begins as a Form No. 3 requisition conveying a request for articles of clothing from Captain A. W. Caldwell of the 5th Tennessee Regiment, C.S.A., to J. E. Ray, the Regimental Quartermaster of the...
Five sheets with printing on both sides, entitled "[Form 1.] Bill of Purchase--Commissary's Department. The State of Tennessee." The five bills of purchase deal with blacksmithing a bake oven door; use of labor of two boys, Ely and Lucien; the...
Three items: envelope with notation by 1st Lieutenant W. T. Robinson, "To file away for Safe Keeping for future reference should it be necessary;" Circular No. 52 -- Series of 1863 entitled "Invoice of Ordnance and Ordance Stores."
Two documents detailing the parole and oath of allegiance taken by Thomas P. Reed. The document gives a physical description of Reed and is signed by Provost Marshal A. G. Brady.
Mezzotint-process portrait of Andrew Johnson, published by William Smith, Philadelphia, "entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1865 by William Sartain in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penn"...
This map shows land areas designated for Indians emigrating west of the Mississippi River and the location of Indians already established west of the Mississippi. Some of the emigrating Indian nations include Cherokees, Creeks, Choctaws, and...
Map of Tennessee constructed by John Melish from the surveys of John Strothers and other documents. Shows county lines and Indian boundaries, along with some statistical and geological remarks.
Militia commission of Halbert S. Rogers of Hawkins County, Tenn., as Captain, Company L, Eighth Regiment of Tennessee Cavalry. The commission is signed by Governor Andrew Johnson, March 1, 1865, and also carries the signature of Edward H. East,...
Pages 15 through 24 of a pamphlet containing diary entries from Mrs. S. A. Martha Canfield with regard to the Memphis Colored Orphan Asylum that she founded. Mrs. Canfield observed the efforts of Rev. I. J. Hoile with the colored schools of the...
Original manuscript of the Cumberland Compact of Government, or Articles of Agreement, entered into by settlers on the Cumberland River, May 1, 1780, at what is now Nashville, and signed May 13, 1780 by 255 inhabitants of five stations on the...
The first in a bound collection of colonial documents is a complete copy of the Proclamation of 1763 promulgated at the end of the French and Indian War by King George III of Great Britain. The item is hand-written in ink on paper, copied by John...
Journal documenting the 1779-1780 river voyage of Col. John Donelson and others, including women, children, and African Americans. The travelers sought to establish the first permanent settlement west of the Appalachians. Handwritten in ink on...
23 pages handwritten in ink that comprise the Cherokee Constitution of 1827. This early copy may have been written by Sam Houston. It was found in the 1827 Tennessee legislative papers and may have been given to the State of Tennessee in exchange...
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...
Framed pictures and supporting documents of Julius Franklin Howell, who was a general in the United Confederate Veterans organization. During the war he was a corporal in Company K, 24th Virginia Cavalry. Two of the documents are dated September 9,...
