William G. Brownlow testimony letter, 1866 April 5.

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William G. Brownlow testimony letter, 1866 April 5.

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Form testimony letter by William G. Brownlow, Governor of Tennessee, to commission Absalom Goforth as Justice of the Peace in the 15th Civil District of the County of Washington elected on the 3rd of March 1866.

1 item (1 leaf) ; 30 cm.

University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library

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Goforth, Absalom.

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Online Archive of California

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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...