Papers, 1869-1872.

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Papers, 1869-1872.

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Consists of papers relating to M.T. Ryder of Memphis, Tennessee, member of the Tennessee House of Representatives and U.S. Marshal. Includes a biographical sketch; letters to President U.S. Grant from Isaac R. Hawkins, W.G. Brownlow, F.S. Richards, and Joseph Smith Fowler regarding Ryder's qualifications for a consular appointment, 1869; a letter to Ryder from William Hemphill Jones, 1872; and newspaper clippings regarding Ryder's career.

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Tennessee State Library & Archives, TSLA

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Grant, Ulysses Simpson, 1822-1885

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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio-died July 23, 1885, Wilton, New York) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. As president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who worked with the Radical Republicans during Reconstruction to protect African Americans, created the Justice Department, and reestablish the public credit. Promoted lieutenant-general, in 1864, Grant led the Union Army in winning the American Civ...

Jones, William Hemphill.

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Ryder, Martin Thomas, 1831-1894.

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Hawkins, Isaac Roberts, 1818-1880.

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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...

Fowler, Joseph Smith, 1820-1902

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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) was a Republican senator from Tennessee, 1866-1867, and Washington, D.C., lawyer thereafter. From the guide to the Joseph Smith Fowler Papers, ., 1863-1902, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) Educator, lawyer, and U.S. senator from Tennessee. From the description of Joseph Smith Fowler papers, 1863-1903. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77600180 Republican senator from Ten...