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Firearms

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

1894 account of the gun fight between E. C. C. Judson and Robert Porterfield.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.nd.057
Scope and Contents

Two-page handwritten account (1894) of the gun fight between E. C. C. Judson and Robert Porterfield, who was killed in Nashville.

Dates: 1894

John Smith vs. Russell Bean and Baxter Bean. 1814. Washington County, Tenn. [PHOTOCOPIES]

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1997.133
Scope and Contents

John Smith vs. Russell Bean and Baxter Bean, Washington County, Tenn. 1814 (may be 1817). ADS 4 pp. (1 pc.) Re: dispute over two rifles as payment.

Dates: 1814

W. R. Caswell letter and Special Order, July 20, 1861.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1996.03
Scope and Contents

July 20, 1861, letter from W. R. Caswell, Brig. General, Hd. Qtrs. East Tennessee Brigade, Knoxville, Tenn., to Capt. Sam. Powell. Re: mustering of companies, sending 100 muskets. ALS 1 pc. (very fragile; almost in pieces at time of receipt). + July 20, 1861, Special Order from Brigadier General W. R. Caswell, Head Quarters, East Tennessee Brigade, Knoxville, Tenn. ANS 1 pc. Re: appointment of Captain Sam Powell as Captain of 4th Regt. of infantry.

Dates: 1861