Cast iron glue pot. Animal hide glue was melted in the small pot while hot water was poured into the larger pot. The hot water kept the glue in a liquid state. This type of glue was very common during the 19th through the early 20th centuries.
Scrip money and employment note from the Confederate Iron Works of Washington County (now in Unicoi County), Tenn. Duff Green was the proprietor. Michael Morelock was employed by "Confederate Iron Works, to aid in the manufacture of Iron, etc., for...
Confederate Iron Works was located at Bumpass Cove, Tenn., then in Washington County (now in Unicoi County), Tenn. Work releases were made for Michael Morelock due to "chronic bronchitis."
Abram Myers wrote this letter to his wife, Martha Lytle Talbert, in Shelbyville, Tenn. It bears the stamp of Cumberland Iron Works near Erin, Tenn., where he was visiting the Stacker family.
Framed photograph of Pvt. Robert Archer Cheatham, Co. C, 1st Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. The image is mounted on a cast iron street grate that was pulled from a street in Nashville, Tenn. For the original tintype of Pvt. Cheatham, see shel047. See...
Hinged rectangular box of brass and iron. Outside battering gives it the appearance of being handmade. Interior floor contains three circular bases that could be candlestick holders. Onsite historian believed the box to be trench art, possibly of...
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.
Ammons's four-page letter on U.S. Army stationery to his mother and father describes his first days in the Army. He relates the military routine, getting his dog tags, standing fire watch, and waiting for his uniform. He remarks on the fact that...
