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Two-page letter to his son George Carroll Harris of Nashville, Elisha W. Harris writes from his plantation Waco Place in Louisiana of attending a local political meeting. He details the zest the crowd displays for politics and the presidential...
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Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
Photomontage picturing President Andrew Johnson, "Seventeenth President of the United States," his tailor shop in Greeneville, Tennessee, and his tailor's "goose and shears."
Governor John Sevier's address to the first General Assembly as transcribed by Daniel Smith. Provides a more detailed account of the proceedings related to Tennessee's admission to the Union. Also directs the General Assembly to focus its first...
Governor John Sevier's address to the Tennessee General Assembly as transcribed by Daniel Smith. Sevier debriefs members about the outcome of Tennessee's appeal for admission. At this time, he also summons the members to attend the first session...
Facsimile letter to Governor John Sevier from Representatives William Blount and William Cocke giving the status of Tennessee's admission as a state. The letter explains problems encountered during the admission process, such as political...
Reprint of a Federal Statute (Chapter XLVII) from the published Acts of Congress, entitled An Act for the admission of the State of Tennessee into the Union. Approved June 1, 1796.
"An Ordinance for Circumscribing the Counties of Greene and Hawkins and Laying Out Two New Counties" is the first resolution appearing in the bound collection of acts passed by the Southwest Territory. The act is written in script and is four pages...
This constitution is the "Houston Constitution," rejected by Franklin's Second Constitutional Convention of 1785 in Greeneville. Constitutional committee member and major contributor Rev. Samuel Houston had these pamphlets printed to argue the...
This bound volume maintained by the Secretary of State represents the chronological recording of civil and military commissions issued by the Governor of Tennessee, John Sevier, from the beginning of statehood in 1796 to 1801. The front section of...
Governors Gordon Browning (1889-1976) and Prentice Cooper (1895-1969) standing with two elderly Civil War veterans in their uniforms and another unidentified individual.
Civil Wars; War; Slaves; Agriculture; Political issues; Cities & towns
Excerpts from the Robert H. Cartmell Diaries. They contain full commentaries on the nature of his farm operation, the weather, and the fluctuations of the cotton market. They contain thoughtful comments on politics and candidates for office and...
Color two-sided pass promising safe conduct to the holder of the pass by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied military forces. Reverse bears the signature of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and has a photograph of a South Vietnamese Soldier...
Broadside featuring sketched portraits of the Republican candidates by John Doctoroff, with 1928 copyright. Trades Council Union Label over oval Allied Printing , St. Louis, Mo.
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the anguish of a mother as she cries over the image she envisions of her son, killed in fighting. The leaflet number is on the front (SP.2141). The reverse contains a list of eleven...
