Summary of 1912 health report for Gallatin written by the City Health Officer, Dr. W. N. Lackey. The report statistically addresses mortality rates and births and provides a partial breakdown by sex, race, and age. It examines causes of death,...
Letter from Jane Smith Washington of Springfield, Tennessee, to her son, William L. Washington in Toronto, Canada, describing a confrontation with Federal troops. Mrs. Washington describes an extremely violent confrontation with Federal troops. In...
Six page letter highlights conditions that the author deems unpleasant and unsafe for Northern men and freedmen in Nashville during the Reconstruction period that followed the Civil War. He is writing to an unknown addressee, who, from the...
The title pages of a series of sketches dealing with Andrew Jackson. Drawing is entitled "Following Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845," and shows the image of the famous equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson. The artist's name and date are also given.
Three-page letter describing Ammons's new duty assignment at a station on Vung Chua Mountain, where he is attached to a signals unit. He describes the view from the mountain, a typical patrol (their job is to provide security on the perimeter),...
