1853 letter written by Jefferson Davis, while he was the acting Secretary of the Navy. The letter authorizes the discharge of ship's cook Robert Johnson on board the USS Union. Letter is addressed to George Read, Commandant of the Philadelphia Navy...
A postal envelope addressed to Prof. A.H. Merrill of Vanderbilt University. In the left corner of the envelope is a sketch of the Children's Building at the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Included is a receipt for tuition at the model...
Broadside addressed to the black population of Lincoln County (Tenn.) by the Democratic Party regarding the presidential election of 1884. The purpose of this broadside was to convince African Americans in Lincoln County that the Democratic Party...
Call to the District Court of the Confederate States of America in Nashville by Clerk Jacob McGavock for N. E. Alloway. Alloway is the garnishee, answering the interrogatories of the Court dealing with property and allegiances. Authorization...
General order issued by Assistant Adjutant General George William Brent condemning the army's wanton destruction of fences, houses, countrysides and other property. Brent describes such action as "unworthy the character of Confederate soldiers,...
General order No. 5 issued by Governor and Commander-in-Chief Isham G. Harris and Adjutant General W. C. Whitthorne to organize the state's Reserve Military Corps as required by an act of the General Assembly passed March 18, 1862.
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,...
Hand-drawn map of the territory between Nashville and Murfreesboro from the Engineer office in Murfreesboro. The map was drawn by C. Meister and appears to be addressed to General Pegram, Command Cavalry.
State government; Constitutions; Constitutional conventions; Law & legal affairs; Slavery; Freedmen; Suffrage; Lotteries
This first revision of the Tennessee Constitution addressed a variety of problems present in the original 1796 Constitution. Pages are handwritten on oversize paper and are laminated.
Letter addressed to Misses [?] and Hattie Norman. Johnson laments that he has heard nothing from home and notes the many changes since the war began. "The dark and bloody tide of war has raged for four years sweeping friend & foe. But thank heaven...
Letter from Arthur H. Harris to his brother George Carroll Harris in Nashville. He writes of the pervading excitement that has surrounded the 1860 presidential election in his area. Though he is glad the contest is over, he acknowledges the death...
List of the guns received for the 124th Regiment, Tennessee Militia, Bolivar, Tennessee, to Memphis. The document lists 176 citizens and the value of each donated firearm.
Map showing the proposed route of the Memphis-Nashville-Bristol Highway to be constructed 1911-1913. The map shows all the counties of Tennessee with their county seats, as well as the major railroads through Tennessee. There are advertisements...
Order from Confederate General Braxton Bragg outlining the duties of the Provost Marshal, including suppression of marauding, depredations, brawls, disturbances, drunkenness, and gambling; and the regulation of hotels, taverns, and markets. It...
Order from Confederate General James Longstreet, issued by Assistant Adjutant General William Small, directing the men to maintain their fortitude while enduring reduced rations and other hardships of the field, and presenting a letter captured...
Order from General Bragg, issued by Assistant Adjutant General George G. Garner, congratulating the army on its role in the Confederate victory at the Battle of Hartsville and also permitting the corps engaged in that action to bear the name of the...
Order issued by Federal 1st Lieutenant G. W. Anderdown that all in his command be prohibited from wasting ammunition, destroying fencing and garden trucks, or other depredations. The bell was to be rung for morning and night roll calls and...
Receipt to Virgie B. Choat for one rifle valued at $16.00, reading, "In obedience to General order No. 1 issued by the Governor and Commander in Chief in accordance with a recent act of the Tennessee Legislature, I have proceeded to have valued the...
