Joseph Smith Fowler papers, 1863-1902 [manuscript].

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Joseph Smith Fowler papers, 1863-1902 [manuscript].

Political and personal correspondence. Letters are primarily from the Reconstruction period and include Fowler's continuous correspondence, 1864-1874, with his friend, Alvan Cullem Gillem (1830-1875), of Tennessee, federal general and commander of the 4th Military District (Mississippi and Arkansas) during Reconstruction; letters from Fowler's constitutents expressing their political ideas and concerns; and letters concerning the impeachment of President Johnson, 1868. John Scott, and W. B. Stokes. Correspondents include Henry Adams, George Barber, S. M. Clark, James A. Doughty, James D. Davis, James H. Embry, William R. Fleming, A. J. Fletcher, Henry Fowler, Andrew Johnson, Minor Meriwether, John Scott, and W. B. Stokes. Included are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.

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Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875

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Meriwether, Minor.

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Doughty, James A.

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Embry, James H.

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Fowler, Joseph Smith, 1820-1902

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