John Thomas, a Confederate guerrilla from Washington County, Tenn. carried this .44 caliber 1860 model Colt army revolver. It is Union issue, number 116925. According to family history, Thomas "took it off a dead Yankee."
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.
llustration depicting the failed impeachment proceedings against President Andrew Johnson, in which Radical Republicans are represented by a dead horse. Several individuals involved in the proceedings hold their noses against the "smell," including...
Sworn affidavit, Washington County, Tenn., from Nancy Tinker regarding supplies she furnished during the war to Col. George W. Kirk of the 3rd North Carolina Infantry. Probably filed in connection with a U.S. Court of Claims application. See also...
Steel engraving of President Andrew Johnson found within a bound volume containing the Presidential Pardon for Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
Cased quarter-plate ambrotype of five unidentified women. Three are seated and two are standing. The ambrotype was found by David Preston Sherfy on an unnamed street in Memphis during the Civil War.
Oath of allegiance taken and signed by James Dillahunty, a native of Tipton County, Tenn. During the war, Dillahunty served as a private in Co. B, 7th Tenn. Cav. Regt., CSA. A US five-cent George Washington stamp is affixed to the certificate.
Washington County, New York General Affidavit in the matter of a pension claim of Amos P. Ingrohaus stating that his son, John H. Ingrohaus, was not killed in the Battle of Fair Oaks. John Ingrohaus was a member of Company l, 96th Regiment N. Y....
"An act for the establishment of Washington College in honor to the Illustrious President of the United States at Salem in Washington County." The act is handwritten and is five pages in length. The resolution passed at Knoxville on July 10,...
Etching features side and front views of the Bell Tavern that was located in Lynchburg, Virginia, during the time of Andrew Jackson. The original inspiration image is credited to the Collection of Jones Memorial Library.
Education; Education - Tennessee; Education - History - Tennessee; School buildings - Tennessee; Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915
Front and side views of a large brick schoolhouse. It appears to be under construction, and a man on a ladder can be seen. Two men are standing near the front of the building, and a vintage truck is parked in back.
Mrs. Reeves wearing a lace collar and dress. The photograph was taken in Jonesboro[ugh], Tenn., by L. W. Keen. Catherine ws the wife of Capt. Thomas H. Reeves, USA.
