"The Naturalist" article, page 311, contains an illustration of the various stages of the peach-tree worm. The writing is done under the Agricultural Department section of the serial and emphasizes the fact that entomology was a frequent subject...
"The Naturalist" article, pages 166-167, about the difficulties of harvesting grapes. The article provides information on how to harvest a grape crop successfully. The author notes that native grapes are better suited to this country than foreign...
Steamboats; Ox teams; Laborers; Rivers; Farming; Bodies of water
A man with a hat stands next to a team of oxen. A river and a steamboat can be seen in the background. The man is standing near some wooden structures, one of which may be a barn. The name of the steamboat is the "City of Memphis."
City & town halls; Government facilities; Municipal government; Awards; Rewards of Merit
A pen and ink drawing of the front entrance of the New York City Hall. There are several citizens in front of the building. The inscription reads: "City Hall, New York City, where Andrew Jackson was presented with the Freedom of the City, Feb. 23,...
Churches; Presbyterian churches; Religious facilities; Religious dwellings
A pen and ink drawing of the Hermitage Church. Shows a one-room building with double doors used to separate the sexes. A chimney is set between the two front doors. A man stands in front of the entrance.
Account Form No. 22 from the United States Army Quartermaster to Private B. P. Pool of Company A, 27th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, for extra duty service as a wagoner for ninety-one days- September, October, and November of 1862- at twenty-five...
Black and white photograph of the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Shows the front entrance of the building. The building was a circular structure.
Broadside advertising a three-day fair to be staged at the Fayetteville Fairgrounds beginning October 10, 1872. This was to be the first annual fair of the Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association to be held in Fayetteville. ...
Broadside promoting the Maury County Colored Fair that was scheduled for November 8, 1883. Participants were urged to take the train from Fayetteville, Lincoln County, or Lewisburg, Marshall County, in order to get to the fair. The cost of the...
Duplicate form representing an official contract recorded in the Freedman Employment Office in Louisville, Kentucky, between an employer and a freedman. A specific period of employment is outlined, along with provisions for quarters and medicines,...
Excerpts from the diary of William Luther Bigelow Lawrence. He details joining the Nashville Guards, the scarcity of provisions, and the surrender of Nashville. He proclaims the trampling of private rights by Federal soldiers, the fleeing of his...
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...
Four African-American men relax on the deck of a riverboat. The man in front wears blue jeans, vest, coat, and boots. The man in back wears overalls and a plaid shirt. Visible in the background are stacked wooden boxes.
Front and side views of the two-story Teachers Home in Whiteville, Hardeman County. The white wooden building has elongated, symmetrical windows and what appears to be a brick basement.
General order No. 73 from Major General Rousseau sentencing Alfred Fowler of Sumner County to three years hard labor in the penitentiary in Nashville for the crime of "being a bushwhacker" with the Lay & Harper Gang, shooting at Federal Soldiers,...
Hard-bound book with the complete title of "Mineral and Agricultural Resources of the Portion of Tennessee Along the Cincinnati Southern and Knoxville & Ohio Railroads, Including the Country Between the Two." The book touts the mineral resources...
Masthead of the publication, "The Naturalist - a journal of agriculture, horticulture, education, and literature." This is the first issue: volume 1, number 1, from January 1846.
