Seven (7) Nashville business directories, including three compiled by John P. Campbell. Each directory includes advertisements, listings, engravings, and text pages for local businesses located in the city of Nashville, TN. Three compiled by the Reverend John P. Campbell, one copy dated 1859, two copies dated 1860-61, one compiled by George H. Rogers, one copy […]

An archive of twenty (20)-plus items related to Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Includes one circa 1860 carte de visite of Bishop Holland N. McTyeire (1824-1889), co-founder of Vanderbilty University, with backstamp for Joseph Saltsman Photography Studio, Nashville (dark spot in background center right, toning); 2 copies of the Vanderbilt University Dedication and Inauguration dated Oct. […]

Two (2) Items – TN Circus Broadside and German Newspaper. 1st item: Scarce Nashville Circus Broadside, double sided, published by Hatch Show Print, circa 1905. Advertises the Nashville Athletic Club Society Circus including The Menagerie: lions, elephants and giraffes, The Big Show: Arab Acrobats, Mademoiselle Tapioca; the Hippodrome, Human Chariot Races, A Military Pageant of […]

Ten (10) pieces of ephemera related to Tennessee horse breeding and agriculture, late 19th century. 1st item: 1894 Stud Horse broadside for Dexter of J.R. Hayes' stable, "2 miles east of Temperence Hall", with names of approximately 40 citizens certifying that "Dexter is a good breeder and sure foal getter." 14" H x 10" W […]

Eleven (11) TN Land Documents, including Carroll, Cannon. 1st-3rd items: Group of three land documents, all signed by Tennessee Governor William Carroll concerning various property in Bledsoe County directly issued or assigned to Ann May McClendon, Willis McClendon, and John Ford. Dates range from 1825 to 1833. Ann May McClendon and John Ford documents are […]

Large group of documents pertaining to the estate of Thomas Major of Cumberland County, Tennessee. 100 plus items, mostly letters, promissory notes, receipts. Includes the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Major dated June 18, 1862, in which he appoints his wife, Martha Major as executor, witnessed by James Gibson and James D. Brown, County […]

Large Early Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky archive, including land indentures, slave related letters, 100 plus items. Mostly letters, promissory notes, and receipts. 1st item: Land Indenture made between Daniel McDonald, Knox County, TN, and James Reynolds, Knox County, TN, November 10, 1802, to: confirm onto James Reynolds and his heirs…that piece parcel or tract of […]

Large State of Tennessee sheriff summons archive, most issued by William Sawyers, Justice of the Peace, Knox County, 100 plus items. Includes seventeen bundles of over a hundred warrants, tied in string, with twenty two loose warrants, dated c. 1821-1830. Warrants approx. 6 1/8" H x 7 3/4" W. Largest bundle – 2 1/2" H […]

Large Sawyers and McBee Family Archive, Tennessee and Kentucky, 1820-1907, 100 plus items. Mostly letters, promissory notes, and receipts. 1st-10th items: Ten letters to and from the Sawyers and McBee families, 1820-1907. Letter from Alex Crawford, Fayette County, IN, to his cousin, William Sawyers, Knoxville, TN, April 27, 1820, writing about a school in his […]

Four (4) 19th century Tennessee and Kentucky maps. 1st item: "Tennessee" by Thomas G. Bradford, engraved by George W. Boynton, published by American Stationer's Co., Boston, 1838. From "A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial" by Thomas G. Bradford. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of […]