Papers, 1813-1880.

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Papers, 1813-1880.

Personal papers of a Nashville, Tennessee attorney, consisting of items relating to slave transactions, a few Confederate military papers, and miscellaneous papers, 1863-1865, relating to his service as attorney negotiating with federal officials on behalf of Confederate prisoners and other persons suffering from the hardships of war. There are 3 letters, 1855, regarding a dueling challenge to Andrew Johnson for attacking the American Party, and 3 letters from Felix K. Zollicoffer.

0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Andrew Johnson (b. December 29, 1808, Raleigh, North Carolina-d. July 31, 1875, Carter's Station, Tennessee) became the seventeenth president of the United States after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Johnson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1808. He began his political career in Greenville, Tennessee in 1828. At the time of this letter he was the Democratic senator from Tennessee. Emerson Etheridge was born in Carrituck County, North Carolina. As a representative of Tennes...

Smiley, Thomas T.

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Zollicoffer, Felix Kirk, 1812-1862

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Tennessee printer, editor, state legislator, U.S. congressman, and Confederate general killed at the Battle of Mill Springs, Ky. From the description of Letters, 1832-1855. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 49479566 Confederate general. From the description of Signature, cut from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D.C., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584722 ...