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Title	Fort Donelson House Historical Association certificate
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.
Subjects - TGM	Historic buildings Historic sites Flags Flagpoles Military standards Hotels
Subjects - LCSH	Fort Donelson, Battle of, Tenn., 1862; Dover (Tenn.); Hotels; Restoration and conservation
Description	Certificate issued to Ernest N. Haston, a long-serving Tennessee Secretary of State, recognizing financial support and making him a member of the Association committed to restoring the Fort Donelson House. An image at the top of the certificate has the crossed United States and Confederate flags with flanking images of the Fort Donelson House. The date coincides with the government establishment of the Fort Donelson military park in 1928.
Place	Dover (Tenn.)
Date	1928 February 28
Creator	Fort Donelson House Historical Association
Collection name	Ernest N. Haston Papers
Historical note	Built between 1851 and 1853, this hotel served many river travelers and stayed in business until the 1930s. This site of the February 16, 1862, surrender of Brig. Gen. Simon B. Buckner to Maj. Gen. U.S. Grant marked the first major victory for Union forces. Thirteen thousand Confederate prisoners left this location bound for Northern prisons. The Association and the National Park Service completed the restoration of the House in the 1970s.
Accession number	90-334
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	34613
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Digital type	TEXT
Digital format	TIFF