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William L. Rhea

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Jefferson Davis letters to and from William L. Rhea, 1889 + signature card.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1987.031
Scope and Contents

Wm. L. Rhea, Knoxville, Tenn., to Hon. Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Miss. June 10, 1889. ALS 1 p. (with response letter and signed note glued to this letter). Re: buying a copy of Davis’ history of the war, send good wishes. + July 23, 1889, response from Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Miss., to Wm. L. Rhea. ALS 1 p. Re: thank you for kind interest, tells where to buy book. + note to Rhea thanking him for memorial donation. ANS 1 pc. + one small autograph card, “Faithfully Jefferson Davis.”

Dates: 1889

Rhea Family Papers (W. L. Rhea notes).

 Collection
Identifier: MSC 0290
Scope and Contents

Includes two volumes compiled by William L. Rhea on recent deaths and other events in East Tennessee, ca. 1896-1910.

Dates: 1896-1910

Rhea letters, 1849-1914.

 Collection
Identifier: MM.1979.034
Scope and Contents

Rhea family letters: 1849 letter from John Rhea, Blountville, to D. McCallum re: taking 1850 Sullivan County census. 1888 letter from Annie Rhea Wilson, Persia, to Uncle Will re: family matters. fragment of 1906 letter to J. L. Rhea. on back: disposition of land. 1914 letter from J.W. Rhea to Wm. L. Rhea + env. Re: Aunt Ellen’s estate.

Dates: 1849-1914