Scale map featuring forts, towns, post offices, topography, roads, railroads, valleys, rivers, creeks, islands, fords, ferries, elevations, iron furnaces, poor houses, mills, and forges in the East Tennessee area. It indicates that data was...
Hard-bound book containing statistical information on Tennessee pertaining to oil regions, sheep husbandry, wheat, and grasses. The appendix has an interesting schedule of questions/answers involving over one hundred correspondents responding to...
Correspondence; Children; Families; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from John G. Latta to his brother, Samuel R. Latta. The four-page letter mentions John G. Latta's intention to move home to Tennessee. It also mentions that Southern sympathizers are being targeted in New England.
Map depicting major features, especially railroads, present in Tennessee during the Civil War. A large detailed section of Kentucky occupies the top part of the map, and the states surrounding Tennessee receive fringe coverage. Major battle sites...
One-page printed Form No. 5 includes categories for horses; mules; oxen; wagons; ambulances; carts; ships; schooners; sloops; steamers; boats and barges; and skiffs and batteaux in the possession of William Alonzo Wainwright, Assistant...
One-page printed and handwritten Board of Trade affidavit represents the oath of R. G. Page that the dry goods supplies that he requires for his retail business in Nashville will be used for approved purposes and that he is a loyal citizen. The...
Motion pictures; Dating (Social custom); Couples; Ticket offices
Cover lithograph shows a gentleman trying to encourage his lady friend to go with him to the 5 cent moving pictures. She stands with her back to him in an unhappy pose. The ticket booth is between them.
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William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the Sepulchre or Tomb of Caecilia Metella. The sketch shows part of the Appian Way. Strickland gives a short description of the tomb.
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the ceiling of Crosby Hall, London, England, showing the timbers of the roof constructed of oak in a low pointed arch.
William Strickland's watercolor sketch of the north entrance of Crosby Hall in London. The sketch provides details of the doorway and the arch overhead. Included are Strickland's description of the doorway and the hall.
