Note : Barbourville, Kentucky, 1863 Nov. 22.

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Note : Barbourville, Kentucky, 1863 Nov. 22.

Letter from Leavitt and Bevis, Cincinnati, Ohio, requesting permission to ship clothing and goods to Knoxville, Tennessee, to sell to loyal citizens has note from Brownlow on back granting permission given in his capacity as an agent for the Treasury Department.

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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

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William G. Brownlow was a minister, newspaper publisher, and governor, who attacked the Confederacy after Tennessee seceded from the Union. He was forced to cease publishing and was imprisoned, but he was enventually freed and was escorted to Union lines in March 1862. He toured the North, stirring up support for East Tennessee Unionists and publishing books and articles, including his gubernatorial policies, which helped Tennessee become the first former Confederate state to be readmitted to th...

Leavitt and Bevis (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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