Horatio Kinchen Stokes, a Confederate veteran from Bedford County, Tenn., is pictured with his wife, Frances. He served as a private in Co. H, 44th Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA. Stokes is bearded and wearing a suit and tie; his wife is wearing a striped...
Gold pocket watch, serial no. 6047, manufactured by Francois Dubois & Co. The face is engraved with a town landscape. A harbor scene and a dog are engraved on the back and inside cover, respectively. According to family legend, Nathaniel Scott,...
Paper authorizing the transportation and release of Lewis S. Hodges, a citizen and prisoner, by order of the U. S. Quartermaster. Hodges was transferred from Nashville to Campbell Station, Tenn. He was tried and convicted on charges of disloyalty...
Notification of honorable discharge for T. H. Freeman from Captain John H. McLarin's Company F, 45th Tennessee Volunteers. Freeman enlisted on December 12, 1861. He was discharged due to medical disability. Freeman was born in Wilson County,...
The letter is written on paper with the letterhead "The War for the Union" with an eagle. It expresses fond affection from Martha to William, a soldier in Company C, 48th Tennessee Infantry Regiment.
Special requisition form requesting 2 blankets, 4 hats, 9 jackets, 17 shirts, 9 pairs of pants, 12 drawers, 5 pairs of shoes, 2 pairs of socks, 1 camp kettle, 3 mess pans, 1 tin cup, 1 wooden bucket, and paper. Issued to Captain Hibbitt of the 30th...
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...
Account of various stationery items issued, expended, and on hand from July 14 - September 30, 1863. Includes dates issued, amounts issued, items issued, amount expended, and balances on hand. Items include paper, blank books, pen holders, desks,...
Form No. 23 details the items issued from the Confederate Quartermaster's Office in the field at Chickamauga and Dalton, Georgia. It itemizes those received by purchase, from officers, fabricated, issued, expended, remaining on hand, and their...
Transcription of the diary of John Duncan of the University of the South. The diary has been typed on carbon paper. The diary includes only the year 1868.
Two typed sheets of paper. The first is a physical examination form for qualification in the Tennessee State Guard. The second is an application for state commission as an officer in the Tennessee State Guard.
One sheet of typed paper containing the training schedule, special orders, and sick report of the Second Regiment of the Tennessee State Guard for their March 1943 maneuvers at Camp Forrest.
One sheet of typed paper containing the oath of enlistment for members of the Tennessee State Guard during World War II. Also contained on the blank form are the enlistment record and declaration of the applicant.
Original manuscript of the Cumberland Compact of Government, or Articles of Agreement, entered into by settlers on the Cumberland River, May 1, 1780, at what is now Nashville, and signed May 13, 1780 by 255 inhabitants of five stations on the...
The first in a bound collection of colonial documents is a complete copy of the Proclamation of 1763 promulgated at the end of the French and Indian War by King George III of Great Britain. The item is hand-written in ink on paper, copied by John...
Journal documenting the 1779-1780 river voyage of Col. John Donelson and others, including women, children, and African Americans. The travelers sought to establish the first permanent settlement west of the Appalachians. Handwritten in ink on...
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.
