Letter, dated 1915 May 12, Knoxville, to Andrew.

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Letter, dated 1915 May 12, Knoxville, to Andrew.

Transcript of letter by John Bell Brownlow recalling an incident in 1861 between himself, William G. Brownlow, Andrew Johnson, Connally F. Trigg and Thomas A.R. Nelson.

2 p. ; 28 x 22 cm.

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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...

Brownlow, John Bell, 1839-1922

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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...

Trigg, Connally F. (Connally Findlay), 1810-1880

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U.S. district judge in Tennessee. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Nashville, to James Speed, 1866 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573189 Army officer. From the description of Connally F. Trigg correspondence, 1862-1866. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980649 ...

Nelson, Thomas Amis Rogers, 1812-1873.

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Lawyer, judge and U.S. Representative, of Tennessee. From the description of Papers; 1782-1873. (Knox County Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 46776963 ...