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Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877

 Person

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Frederick S. Heiskell Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0022
Scope and Contents The Frederick S. Heiskell Collection includes drafts of letters that were sent to Senator John Bell of Tennessee, 1848-1860; Heiskell family biographies and genealogies; political, family, and general correspondence, and financial records. The collection also contains documents relating to the Civil War, Knox County Ebenezar Church, livestock pedigrees, correspondence on railroads dating between 1838 and 1849, and Charleston Stock Market reports. Eight scrapbooks include newsclippings...
Dates: 1789 - 1882; Majority of material found within 1832 - 1882

John Fain Anderson Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: AppMs-0288
Scope and Contents The John Fain Anderson Collection consists of 23 scrapbooks created by Anderson. The scrapbooks include newsclippings, brochures, obituaries, correspondence, photographs, postcards, greeting cards and handwritten notes concerning historical events, genealogies of families and biographical information on prominent individuals, political events, and educational institutions in upper East Tennessee. Some subjects covered in the collection include: Washington College Academy, the Civil War, the...
Dates: 1796-1938

William Henley Nelson Family Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-0303
Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series: Series 1, Military and Political Records, 1866-1934; Series 2, Personal and Family Correspondence, 1861-1973; Series 3, Newsclippings and Memorabilia, 1875-1910; and Series 4, Family Photographs, c. 1862-1973.

The materials in the addition were added to Series 2, Series 3, and Series 4, while Series 5 was created for the Elinor Farina Papers.

Dates: 1861-1990; 1861-1936

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Subject
Jonesborough (Tenn.) 2
Photographs 2
Slavery -- United States 2
Tennessee--Politics and government 2
Abolitionists -- United States 1