Governors

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Commission as Captain in 10th Regiment of Tennessee Militia to Alexander Douglass, Knox County, Tenn. 1813. Signed by Governor Willie Blount. DS 1 pc. (seal missing; hole in document).

Scope and Contents Composite photograph of Tennessee Senate, 45th General Assembly. 1887-1888. Includes portraits of Governor R.L. Taylor, Speaker Z.W. Ewing, and Senators J.W. Brown, J.M. Carden, L.T. Cobbs, B. Cecil, J.J. Coile, W.W. Fairbanks, C.B. French, A.P. Green, E. Jarvis, V.J. Kennedy, H.M. Ledbetter, J. Leech, J.W. Lewis, T.C. Long, A. Jones, W.J. Lyle, H.J. Lynn, L.E. Polk, G. Maney, J.H. McDowell, J.D. Montedonico, J. Norment, B.W. Padgett, W.A. Quarles, W. Sanford, J.M. Simerly, J.W. Sparks, R.E....

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David M. Nelson, Washington County, Tenn., appointment as First Lieutenant and Adjutant., Ninth Regiment of Cavalry of Tennessee Volunteers. Signed by Andrew Johnson, Governor of Tennessee, and Edward H. East, Secretary of State. November 7, 1864. DS (pfa) 1 pc. with seal.

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Land in Knox County, Tenn., granted to William Anderson. #2581. Signed by Governor Willie Blount. July 31, 1812. ADS 1 pc. (silk backing) + attached plat survey for William Anderson’s land done by Robert Armstrong, April 3, 1807. ADS 1 pc.

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Land grant No. 4978 to Hardy Hunt, assignee of the heirs of Benjamin Simpson of North Carolina, for 310 acres in Wilson County, Tenn. Signed by Governor Willie Blount. September 10, 1813. ADS 1 pc.

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Harry T. Burn for Governor card, Republican Primary, August 7, 1930. With messages to Republican Men and Republican Women, photograph at top of card. 1 pc. Ephemera.

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Land grant in the Hiwassee District to Nathan Hendrix et al. Signed by Governor William Carroll. 1823. ADS 2 pp. (torn) + 1841 description of Madisonville, Monroe County, Tenn., by James Perry. 1 p. (Photocopy).

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Invitation issued by the Governor of Tennessee, The Monument Memorial Commission, and the John Sevier Statue Commission to the unveiling of the statue of John Sevier, Washington, DC. April 19, 1931. Envelope addressed to Laura Luttrell. Printed response card included. Also, photocopies of 1931 newspaper articles re: the unveiling of the statue.

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Land grant #8550 to James Dogan for 250 acres in Wilson County, Tenn. Signed by Governor Sam Houston. September 17, 1828. (encased in fabric). DS / pfa

Scope and Contents November 2, 1805 signed document by John Sevier, Governor in and over the State of Tennessee, certifies that Hugh L. White is a judge of the Superior Court and Courts of Equity in Tennessee. Knoxville. State seal in upper left. By the Governor, Wm. Macklin, Secretary. Oversize. ADS 1 pc. + printed page with picture of John Sevier portrait. Appointment of Hugh L. White, Esquire, Judge of the Superior Court, by Governor John Sevier, November 2, 1805. Signed by John Sevier and Wm. Maclin (Sec.)...

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Knox County, Tenn., land grant to James Gillespie. # 2502. Signed by Governor Willie Blount, August 1, 1812. ADS 1 pc. + attached plat survey by Robert Armstrong, August 5, 1807. ADS 1 pc.

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Land grant number 29661 to Morgan Davis for entry No. 2091 in Sevier County, Tenn., to Morgan Davis for 340 acres on the waters of Gist Creek. Signed by Governor Andrew Johnson. April 23, 1856. DS (printed form mostly filled in by hand). 1 pc..

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March 14, 1848 Justice of the Peace commissions to Jonah(?) Lilburn, George W. Nelson, B. F. Swingle, and John White, all of Washington Co., Tenn. Signed by Governor Neill S. Brown. pfa 4 pcs.

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Land grant #23646 to Philip Foust for 88 acres in Sullivan County, Tenn. Survey in 1843. Signed by Governor Aaron V. Brown. August 12, 1846 (backed on fabric).

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Receipt from Dr. Isaac Wright (author of Wright’s Family Medicine; Knoxville physician) for payment of medical fees due from the estate of Governor Joseph McMinn, deceased. Note by [Dr.] James King of Knoxville saying the fees charged were reasonable. Signed twice by Dr. Wright. 1826. ADS 1 pc. (2 pp.).

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Sheriff’s commission for James Patterson, Greene County, Tenn. Signed by Governor Willie Blount. May 26, 1812. DS 1 pc. with state seal.

Scope and Contents ‘The Tennessee Gubernatorial Contest of 1886. Alf. and Bob Taylor, “The Red and White Rose.” ’ Copyrighted & published 1886 by A. Job, Elk Park, N.C.. A. Gast Bank Note & Litho. Co. St. Louis & N.Y. Includes etched portraits of Rev. N.G. Taylor and Mrs. Emma H. Taylor and Alfred A. Taylor, Nat W. Taylor, David H. Taylor, Mary Eva Taylor, Sanna M. Taylor, Rhoda Emma Taylor, Hugh L. Taylor, James P. Taylor, Robert L. Taylor, Landon C. Haynes. Also etched drawings of ‘The Old Home,’...

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July 30, 1841, letter from W. B. Campbell, House of Representatives, to Hon. George E. Badger, Secretary of the Navy. ALS 2 pp. Recommending the appointment of George Bell Douglass of Sumner County, Tenn., as midshipman in the U. S. Navy. + clipping with biographical sketch of William Bowen Campbell, sixteenth governor of Tennessee. 1 pc.

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March 5, 1867, letter from W. G. Brownlow, Governor of Tennessee, Nashville, to “Merchants in Eastern Cities to whom this may be presented.” ALS 1 pc. Letter of introduction for H. Foster, Foreman and business agent of the Knoxville Union Mercantile Co. Endorsements added by John Caldwell, Disbursing Pension Agent for East Tennessee, and by J. J. Craig, N. Y.

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November 9, 1866, letter from W. G. Brownlow, Governor of Tennessee, Nashville, to Hon. W. Wines. Re: complying with Wines’ request for Brownlow’s autograph for Rev. Dr. Sprague of Albany. ALS 1 pc.

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Papers of William Blount, Governor of the Territory South of the River Ohio. No date, 1785-1797. Calendar finding aid available.

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February 17, 1783, letter from William Fleming, T. Marshall, and Caleb Wallace, Jefferson County (Va. --later in Ky.), to Benjamin Harrison, Governor of Virginia. ALS 2 pp. mounted +typed transcription (4 pp.). Re: business matters, accounts.

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Cartes de visite (CDVs) of William G. Brownlow. 23 pcs. Cartes de visite (CDVs) of Andrew Johnson. 14 pcs.

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February 28, 1812, certification by William Hawkins, Governor of North Carolina, that William Hill was Secretary of State and authorized to grant certificates. DS/ printed form filled in by hand (PFA). 1 pc.

Scope and Contents Thirty-one documents from the Willie Blount Papers. No date, 1801-1815. Willie Blount (1768-1835) was Governor of Tennessee from 1809-1815. Correspondents include: Andrew Jackson, John Hutchins, Henry Dearborn, R. J. Meigs, Glass (Cherokee Chief), John Sevier, Archibald Roane, Major Lovely, James [Frimble], Robert Hoyle, [Josiah] Meigs, Willie Blount, Judge Locke of Rutledge, James White. Blount’s correspondence covers 1809-1815, and is primarily with R. J. Meigs, Agent of the Highwassee...