The official certificate of death for William Jennings Bryan. Bryan died in Dayton, Tennessee, on July 26, 1925. The stated cause of death was sudden opoplexy [sic]. The certificate gives the date, location, time and cause of death....
Excerpts from a diary, 1834-1865, and memoir of early life, written by Jesse Cox (1793-1879), a Primitive Baptist minister and resident of Williamson County, Tennessee. He describes the hardships of life as an itinerant preacher, some religious...
Published copy, General Order No. 40, Headquarters, Dept. of Mississippi, Vicksburg, April 28, 1865, on the death of President Lincoln. General Order No. 66, April 16, 1865, announces the "untimely and lamentable death" of the President, and is...
This print shows the tomb of Andrew and Rachel Jackson in the gardens of The Hermitage, Jackson's home near Nashville, Tennessee. It is surrounded by trees and a fence.
Summary of 1912 health report for Gallatin written by the City Health Officer, Dr. W. N. Lackey. The report statistically addresses mortality rates and births and provides a partial breakdown by sex, race, and age. It examines causes of death,...
Broadsides; Death & burial; Funeral rites & ceremonies; Graves; Mothers
Nashville Banner print giving details of the death and burial of Andrew Jackson's mother. The broadside refutes the rumor that Mrs. Jackson was buried on the roadside.
Off-center broadside print advertises the Fayetteville undertaking business of J. B. Wilson. Gives location, undertaking services, and promotes warranted furniture-making as well.
Portrait drawings; Portrait prints; Indian agents; Book illustrations
A half-length portrait, facing right, wearing a stylish suit and war paint. He is shown seated at a desk with letters on the desktop, to indicate the literacy of the Cherokee.
Correspondence; Fathers; Children; Abolitionists; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from John G. Latta of Boston to his father, John Latta, of Dyersburg, Tennessee. In this four-page letter, he states that if Tennessee secedes, "the only channel of communication now left will be closed, and we cannot commicate with...
Letter from A. C. Montgomery to G. R. Rutledge describing status of business in Maryville, local elections resulting in the election of "Union men," the outcomes of battles involving Sterling Price, the death of Benjamin McCulloch, and the status...
Social values; Domestic life; Soldiers; Military life; Military personnel; Military organizations; Armies; War; Cities & towns
Letter from Sarah Hamilton to Thomas Williams. She discusses patients at the war hospital in Columbia, rumors of the Yankees at Franklin and concern for her son, "Tommie."
Written on U. S. Christian Commission stationery and titled "Horid Disaster." On the back of the letter he writes "lost, lost, all is lost." This letter explains the death of Sol's brother-in-law, Henry Marshall Misemer and two brothers, Levi and...
Painted portrait of Dr. Gerard Troost, the first state geologist of Tennessee. Troost is shown standing beside a table and gesturing to a book on the table. The original portrait is now located at the Tennessee State Museum (Nashville).
The cover of this nursery catalog highlights color images of the American elm and the Lombardy poplar trees. These images appear on top of a black and white background image of a forest.
Deathbeds; Bedrooms; Women; Politicians; Presidents; Children
A group of mourners, which include Sam Houston, his wife, and his son, surround the deathbed of former President Andrew Jackson. Two lit candles can be seen next to his bed.
Small flyer advertising the showing of "Forty Days a King," the coronation festivities of George V of Great Britain, presented by the Kinemacolor Company in America. There is a photograph of the Coronation carriage.
Calendar from 1919 featuring a painting of World War I soldiers, a battlefield cemetery, and the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. It also features a brief commentary on the author of the poem and the war by "Black & Black, Makers of...
Monk, Jim Key's guard dog and constant companion, standing on his back legs in front of angled mirrors. The illusion is created of five Monks in the picture, instead of one.
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...
