This 3-page typed list of soldiers in "Company E, Forest's Cavalry" is on stationery from the Farmers Bank of Beech Grove, Tennessee. The men from Coffee, Bedford, and Rutherford counties served in Co. E, 4th (Starnes') Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA.
These 1886 Average Crop Reports chart the county-by-county acreage, yield, condition, and damage of specific crops and livestock by local Tennessee farmers from April through November and offer them in comparision to the 1885 reports as an average....
People associated with agriculture; Plantation owners; Farmers' groups; Iron industry; Monuments & memorials; Journalists; Emigration & immigration; Bas-reliefs
Tennessee Agriculture Hall of Fame memorial honoring Joseph Buckner Killebrew. There is included an bas-relief image of Killebrew, and brief details of his life.
Sergeant Alvin C. York, as a miller, driving his truck into Jamestown, Tennessee, with a load of "York Special" home-ground corn meal. Four men are riding in the back of the truck with the bags of corn meal.
Poster advertising the sale of the property of the late Woodruff Parks, scheduled for August 13, 1870. Among the items sold were cows, hogs, sheep, wagons and farm implements and a mule. The administrator of the estate was Joel Parks.
Pages 577 and 578 of a large bound volume containing issues of "The Rural Sun: Decoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton from J. B. Killebrew.
Pages 419 and 420 of a large bound volume containing issues of "The Rural Sun: Devoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton from J. B. Killebrew.
Original printed pink wrappers with illustrated front wrap. Rear wrapper has illustrations of the manufacturer's factory, several drills produced by the manufacturer, and medals won at various exhibitions. Black and white illustrations throughout.
Letter from John G. Decker to his brother Phil. In the letter John Decker comments on being court-martialed for stabbing a corporal. He also discusses the relations his Union camp has with Rebels on the south side of the Tennessee River. He...
Letter from G. R. Rutledge to Robert Rutledge commenting on the prices of provisions in the region, the lack of certain goods, and his need to purchase a horse. He expresses concern for Robert's health and provisions and is worried about Gam...
Large bound volume containing the various editions of "The Rural Sun." The complete title of the periodical is "The Rural Sun: Devoted to the Farming and Industrial Interest of the Country." This volume was presented to Balie Peyton by Joseph...
Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
Head and shoulders portrait. He wears a yellow, striped jacket, red collar, white shirt, black cravat, silver necklace, patterned belt and silver headband, face paint and feathered headress.
Four-page letter from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samuel, conveys her anxiety at not hearing from him and her disappointment both in his defeat for promotion to Lt. Colonel and in his inability to come home for Christmas. She also relates...
