Presidential campaign broadside for John Bell of Tennessee. Included in the broadside is a representation of a train and a list of all the delegates nominated from Tennessee.
Letter written by representatives of the Nashville Humane Association to the reverend in charge of the Ryman Tabernacle. At this point in time the Ryman was a church; inviting non-religious performers such as Jim Key was unorthodox, although this...
Resolution of Congress of the United States, Forty-Fourth Congress, First Session, on motion by Mr. McFarland, to convey sympathy to the family of former President Andrew Johnson, deceased, and "further mark of respect for the memory of the...
Steel engraving depicting President Andrew Johnson, new members of his Cabinet, and other influential members of the U.S. Government. The twelve individuals depicted include Rep. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Sen....
Governors Gordon Browning (1889-1976) and Prentice Cooper (1895-1969) standing with two elderly Civil War veterans in their uniforms and another unidentified individual.
Letter written by John F. House on U. S. House of Representatives letterhead on behalf of Pennia E. Mays for a claim against the U. S. Government for $96,000.
Carte de visite of Gen. Joseph Horace Lewis. Lewis was commander of Gen. John C. Breckenridge's Orphan Brigade, comprised of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 9th Ky. Inf. Regts. along with two batteries of artillery. After the war, Lewis was elected to...
Letter from Deputy Quartermaster General, to the Honorable A. H. Pettibone, House of Representatives, concerning a constituent's request for repayment. Norman Hayes, of Thornbill, Tenn., requests reimbursement for corn and horses in the amount of...
Samuel Mitchell, a prominent landowner from Arkansas County near Stuttgart, Arkansas, and former Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives, was issued this pardon from President Andrew Johnson on March 19, 1866. Mitchell's son Samuel served...
