Stock certificate of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition Company, guaranteeing a $5.00 share to the holder. Pictured on the certificate are the Parthenon and images of four prominent Tennesseans: John Sevier, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and...
Correspondence; Fathers; Children; Families; Mothers; Civil Wars; War
Correspondence from Mary Guthrie Latta to her husband, Samiel R. Latta. In this four-page letter, she expresses concern for the safety of her husband. She states that she is "beginning to feel the terrible realities of war in earnest now."
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...
