Seven handwritten pages, in ink, of a letter from various Cherokee leaders to Tennessee Governor Joseph McMinn discussing the removal of Cherokees west of the Mississippi. Notation at top: "For the Raleigh Register." At end of letter: "A True Copy...
Correspondence from a soldier to his wife. He writes of the need for news from home. In the upper left hand corner is a depiction entitled "Capitol at Washington" printed by Reagles & Co. of New York. There is mention of Gen. Landers, a Col. Tyler...
Article appearing under the title of "Agricultural Society in Middle Tennessee" in the May 1, 1838, issue of the "Tennessee Farmer" conveys the importance of not only agricultural organization on the county level, but on the state level as well.
Initial issue of the "State Organ" for the Tennessee Agricultural Society finds the editors setting out their goals for this serial that is to be supported by state and county agricultural societies.
"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...
"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...
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.
Confederate regimental accounting document No. 10, for Captain J. E. Ray, Assistant Quartermaster for the 4th and 5th Tennessee Regiments, on the account of the Quartermaster's Department in the field for the quarter ending September 30, 1863....
Portrait photographs; People; Men; Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms
Bust portrait of Adelbert A. Carrier in Federal uniform. An inscription on the back reads, "Yours Truly Adelbert A. Carrier, Liberty, Sullivan Co., N. Y."
Steel engraving of President Andrew Johnson found within a bound volume containing the Presidential Pardon for Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
Monument to Federal heroes of the Civil War. The Andrews Raiders monument is pictured in foreground in a view of the national cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
View of the Appalachian Exposition, September 12th to October 12th, 1910, Knoxville, Tennessee. Shows the expanse of the exposition, including buildings, land, and people.
Front view of the Auditorium at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, which had Colonial style architecture. It had a one-hundred and forty foot high square tower and four porticoes on the corners of the building.
