Papers; 1782-1873.

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Papers; 1782-1873.

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Correspondence, speeches, professional papers, and 19 scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, relating to Nelson's law practice in Washington County, Tennessee, his Unionist sympathies during the Civil War, railroads, slavery and politics. Includes material on his role as defense counsel during the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson. Correspondents include Thomas D. Arnold, Robert M. Barton, John Bell, John Blair, Neill S. Brown, William Gannaway Brownlow, R.R. Butler, William Blount Carter, William R. Caswell, C.W. Charlton, John H. Crozier, David Anderson Deaderick, James W. Deaderick, Elijah Embree, Thomas B. Emmerson, A.J. Fletcher, Meredith Poindexter Gentry, Landon C. Haynes, Corwit W. Heiskell, Joseph B. Heiskell, Thomas W. Humes, Solomon D. Jacobs, Andrew Johnson, James C. Jones, Albert M. Lea, Horace Maynard, Return J. Meigs, John Netherland, A.O.P. Nicholson, David T. Patterson, Jacob Peck, James Gettys McGready Ramsey, John Rhea, Frederick A. Ross, Valentine Sevier, William R. Sevier, William H. Sneed, Nathaniel G. Taylor, Oliver Perry Temple, Hugh Lawson White, John Williams, Thomas L. Williams, and Felix K. Zollicoffer.

19 v. and 21 boxes.

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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 ...

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...