Letter from Governor William G. Brownlow on Governor's Office letterhead. Letter is dated September 25, 1867 and has been laminated. This letter orders the state militia to enforce the franchise.
Transcription of an official telegraphic dispatch between President Andrew Johnson and Gov. William G. Brownlow of Tennessee, dated July 10, 1865, advising on laws recently passed by the Tennessee General Assembly, a fair election for Members of...
Oversized framed photograph of a young "Parson" Brownlow. Purchased at estate sale from George T. and Helen Brownlow Fritts, direct descendants. 30" x 20" Brownlow looks to be in his 30s or 40s and is seated at a desk in a chair.
Sample pages from Dr. Gannaway's medical ledger include accounts from the pre-Civil War era. They show the types of service and fees for B. G. Moore, a farmer, and A. Jacobs, a local store owner.
Dr. John Gannaway served as private in Co. A, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The Union quartermaster in Murfreesboro gave the claims to his brother, R. B. Gannaway, who remained loyal to the Union, for forage at the family homestead in Rutherford...
Composite of five Reconstruction Governors: George S. Houston (Alabama), A.H. Garland (Arkansas), W.L. Sharkey (Mississippi), W.G. "Parson" Brownlow (Tennessee), and William W. Holden (North Carolina). The engraving is autographed by the Governors.
