Bibliographic Records
Database:
Volunteer Voices: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee
Query:
vvcat: "A.4"
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Title: Apprentice Indenture of Moses H. Ferguson to Bryant Dennis
Signer; Witness : Alexander Black
Signer : Bryant Dennis
Associated name : Moses H. Ferguson
Date Created: 1840-11-02
Abstract: Apprentice Indenture of Moses H. Ferguson, an orphan of 13 years of age, to Bryant Dennis. Ferguson was to serve as Dennis`s apprentice until age 21. Dennis agreed to teach Ferguson the trade of blacksmithing and to provide him with 1 year of schooling, the tools and apparatus of the blacksmith trade worth $25, and a suit of "strong decent cloth."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: County Court Records, 1840-1853
Contributing Institution: Giles County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002815
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Title: Apprentice Indenture of Daniel Lee Ferguson to Bryant Dennis
Signer; Witness : Alexander Black
Signer : Bryant Dennis
Associated name : Daniel Lee Ferguson
Date Created: 1840-11-02
Abstract: Apprentice Indenture of Daniel Lee Ferguson, orphan of 8 years of age, to Bryant Dennis. Ferguson was to serve as Dennis`s apprentice until age 21. Dennis agreed to teach Ferguson the trade of blacksmithing and to provide 2 years of schooling, the tools and apparatus of blacksmith trade worth $25, plus a suit of "strong decent cloth." Ferguson was the brother of Moses H. Ferguson.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: County Court Records, 1840-1853
Contributing Institution: Giles County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002814
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Title: Court records
Creator : Alexander Cathey
Date Created: 1813-10-18
Abstract: Court records including arrest warrants, remanding the prisoners to Maury County jail for trial, trial transcipt with testimonies of defendants and witnesses, as well as the indictments of John Campbell and Thomas Duff, who were accused of stealing the saddlebags of one "Cheekesaw Indian" whose name appears as both "Turk Tomby" or "Tuscombea."
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: General Records
Contributing Institution: Maury County Archives
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001300
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Title: 1837 Jan. 28, New Echota
Signer : Alexander McCoy
Date Created: 1837-01-28
Abstract: This is a testimonial given by Alexander McCoy concerning the rendering of services by Henry L. Sims to the Cherokee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Penelope Allen Collection, 1801-1984
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003113
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Title: Thou Art So Near And Yet So Far
Composer : Alexander Reichardt, 1825-1885
Date Created: 1860
Abstract: This piece of sheet music is included in a bound volume once belonging to Tennessee resident, Miss Nora Gardner. This song has lyrics printed in English and in German, and is an ode to a beloved who is far away. There is no publication date. However, this piece was published during the span of 1855 through 1870, which has been inferred from the years during which the publisher operated under the specified name and location, as listed in the Handbook of Early American Sheet Music 1768-1889 by Harry Dichter and Elliott Shapiro (Dover, 1977).
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002576
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Title: Alfred Jackson in The Hermitage Garden
Associated name : Alfred Jackson
Date Created: 1840 - 1880
Abstract: Photograph of Alfred Jackson, former slave of Andrew Jackson, standing in The Hermitage garden.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: The Hermitage Historic Collection
Contributing Institution: The Hermitage
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000360
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Title: How Sweet are the Roses
Composer : Alice Hawthorne
Composer : Septimus Winner, 1827-1902
Date Created: 1853
Abstract: A piece of sheet music bound with others in a volume once belonging to Miss Nora Gardner, who lived in Tennessee. This particular piece was attributed to Alice Hawthorne, but that was a pseudonym for the composer Septimus Winner.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Nora Gardner Sheet Music Volumes
Contributing Institution: Center for Popular Music
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001497
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Title: Summons for Collins Roberts
Plaintiff : Amelia Peck
Defendant : Collins Roberts
Associated name : Richard Oliver
Date Created: 1851
Abstract: Summons for Collins Roberts to appear in court in Clinton, Tennessee for a crime of trespassing on the property of Amelia Peck. Richard Oliver is the attorney in the case. Peck appears to be seeking $5000 in damages.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Preamble and Resolutions for the Senate of Tennessee
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001308
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Title: Diary of Amos Wesley Jones
Author : Amos Wesley Jones
Date Created: 1872
Abstract: A president of Memphis Conference Female Institute in Jackson, Tennessee, from 1853-1878, and 1880-1892. His diary covered the dates June 16th, 1872, to October 25th, 1875. This is an excerpt including the start of the diary and pages from September, 1872.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: The Amos Wesley Jones collection
Contributing Institution: Lambuth University
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000001919
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Title: [Letter] 1849 Jun. 9 [to] Alexander D. Coffee
Signer : Andrew J. Coffee
Date Created: 1849-06-09
Abstract: This document is a letter to Alexander Coffee, dated June 9, 1849 from his brother Andrew Jackson Coffee regarding the sale of slaves in New Orleans and the death of General Gaines.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003176
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Title: [Letter] 1849 Feb. 15 [to] Alexander D. Coffee
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : Alexander D. Coffee
Date Created: 1849-002-15
Abstract: This document is a letter dated February 15, 1849 to Alexander D. Coffee from Andrew Jackson Coffee regarding a mix-up in their newspaper subscriptions.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003175
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Title: [Letter] 1839 Dec. 25 [to] Mr. Alexander D. Coffee, Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : Alexander D. Coffee
Date Created: 1839-12-25
Abstract: This document is a letter dated December 25, 1839 to Alexander Coffee from his brother Andrew Jackson Coffee who writes of Christmas, their family, and a recent surveying trip.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003172
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Title: [Letter] 1849 Apr. 4 Washington, D.C., [to] Alex[ander] D. Coffee, Florence, Alabama
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : Alexander D. Coffee
Date Created: 1849-04-04
Abstract: This document is a letter written from Andrew Jackson Coffee to his brother Alex Coffee, dated April 4, 1849. Andrew writes the letter from Washington D. C., and speaks of the political atmosphere there at the time.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002943
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Title: [Letter] 1848 Jan. 15 New Orleans, [to] Alex[ander D Coffee]
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : Alexander D. Coffee
Date Created: 1848-01-15
Abstract: This document is a letter written to Alexander D. Coffee from his brother, Andrew Jackson Coffee on January 15, 1848. In the letter, Andrew expresses his views on events occuring in the Mexican-American War, judges` appointments in Tennessee, the Tennessee River`s overflowing and causing destruction, the lack of a good cotton market, and the birth of his new son, Andrew Jackson Coffee.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003174
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Title: [Letter] 1849 March 27 [to] Alexander D. Coffee
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : Alexander D. Coffee
Date Created: 1849-03-27
Abstract: This document is a letter dated March 27, 1849 to Alexander D. Coffee from his brother Andrew Jackson Coffee. Andrew write his brother about various political appointments about to occur in Alabama, and that he was honored by the late President for his services in the Battle of Buena Vista.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003171
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Title: [Letter] 1840 Jan. 11 [to] Mr. Alex D. Coffee, University of Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : Alexander D. Coffee
Date Created: 1840-01-11
Abstract: This document is a letter from Andrew Jackson Coffee to his brother, Alex D. Coffee, dated January 11, 1840. Alex is studying at the University of Nashville, Tennessee, and Andrew writes to him telling of events that have occured to others that they know and to himself.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003173
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Title: [Letter] 1835 Dec. 8 [to] J[oh] n D. Coffee, Florence, Ala[bama]
Author : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Recipient : John D. Coffee
Date Created: 1835-12-08
Abstract: This document is a letter written from Andrew Jackson Coffee to his brother, John D. Coffee, dated December 8, 1835. In the letter, Andrew discusses his anger at John for writing him letters of unwanted advice and criticism. Andrew asks him not to write to him anymore if the subjects of the letters will be the same as the previous ones.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000002942
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Title: [Letter] 1850 Oct. 5 [to] Mr. Alex[ander] D. Coffee, Florence, Ala[bama]
Signer : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Date Created: 1850-10-05
Abstract: This document is a letter written from Andrew Jackson Coffee to his brother Alexander D. Coffee, dated October 5, 1850. In the letter, Andrew discusses an amount of money owed him by Robert and William Warren and about some "Bounty Land" coming to the family for his father`s service in the Creek War of 1812 and with Britain in 1814 and 1815.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003177
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Title: [Letter] 1850 Dec. 18 [to] Alex[ander] D. Coffee, Florence, Alabama
Signer : Andrew Jackson Coffee
Date Created: 1850-12-18
Abstract: This document is a letter written from Andrew Jackson Coffee to his brother Alexander D. Coffee, dated December 18, 1850. In the letter, Andrew discusses monies owed him by Robert and William Warren, and about the explosion of the Steamboat Knoxville.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Coffee Family Papers, 1833-1903
Contributing Institution: University of Memphis Special Collections
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003178
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Title: Land Certificate, No. 1182, 1833 Jun. 3 [to] Samuel Gragg
Author; Signer : Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Recipient : Samuel Gragg
Signer : John Gregg
Date Created: 1833-06-03
Abstract: The following document is a certificate issued to Samuel Gragg of Lawrence County, Alabama, by the office of Andrew Jackson, United States President, June 3, 1833. This certificate sanctions Gragg`s purchase of land in Alabama, to be sold in Huntsville.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: The William A. Goodman Historic Documents Collection
Contributing Institution: Memphis Public Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000003012
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Title: Jackson, Andrew Hermitage, Tennessee to Holly, Rev. Wm. in Nashville, Tennessee
Author : Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Recipient : Wm Holly
Date Created: 1822-02-27
Abstract: Jackson writes Holly to introduce his adopted son A.J. Donelson, who will be studying law at Transylvania University, to him. Jackson discusses his overseeing of the education of his other adopted son and a nephew. Jackson asks that Holly bestow any attentions he can upon Donelson.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Andrew Jackson Letter
Contributing Institution: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001368
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Title: Alamo Pipe
Associated name : Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Date Created: 1836 - 1842
Abstract: Stone pipe carved from a stone from the Alamo. Two trees and a crude outline of the Alamo etched on bowl. Above Alamo is a star with the word TEXAS around it. Below the rendering of the Alamo is etched "ALAMO". The initials "GWT to Genl. AJ" are crudely etched on base of the bowl. Around the square stem are names etched on three sides-Travis, Crockett, Bowie. On bottom of bowl is a star. Around top band of bowl reads "Friendship Offerings".
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: The Hermitage Historic Collection
Contributing Institution: The Hermitage
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000000364
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Title: Hermitage Burnt
Author : Daily Evening Transcript
Associated name : Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Date Created: 1834-10-27
Abstract: An original copy of the Monday Evening October 27, 1834 "Daily Evening Transcript" volume 5, number 1290, published in Boston, Massachusetts. Page 2 contains a story about The Hermitage being damaged by fire. The fire occured on October 13, 1834.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: The Hermitage Historic Collection
Contributing Institution: The Hermitage
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200800000001044
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Title: Invitation to a dinner and ball in honor of General Jackson in Memphis, Tennessee 1828
Associated name : Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Associated name : R Fearn
Associated name : J L Davis
Date Created: 1828-01-10
Abstract: This simple invitation, addressed to Mr. Sandiford, is for a dinner and ball in honor of General Andrew Jackson at N. Anderson`s Hotel on January 19, 1828 in Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Tennessee Historical Society Miscellaneous Files, 1688-1951
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002610
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Title: Invitation to a ball in Nashville in honor of the election General Andrew Jackson
Associated name : Andrew Jackson, 1767-1845
Associated name : William Carroll, 1788-1844
Associated name : Joseph Anderson, 1757-1837
Date Created: 1828-12-10
Abstract: This invitation is for a ball to be given at Mr. Edmondson`s Hotel on December 23, 1828 in honor of the election of General Andrew Jackson to the Presidency of the United States. The listed managers of the ball are William Carroll, H. M. Rutledge, S. B. Marshall, R. Armstrong, James P. Clark, William H. Wharton, Thomas P. Adams, George Wilson, R. E. W. Earl, and John L. Bugg.
Tennessee State Department of Education Eras:
Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Collection: Tennessee Historical Society Miscellaneous Files, 1688-1951
Contributing Institution: Tennessee Historical Society
URL: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002611
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