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88
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[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, August 23, 1863]
Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to her son, David Fentress, urging him to pray regularly and to write her more regularly. She updates David on local events, including the effects of the war on the local slaves, as well as casualties.
Date:
August 23, 1865
Creator:
Fentress, Maud C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress - January 1, 1864]
Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to her son, David Fentress updating him on the war and it's impacts on her local surroundings. She also gives him news about family and friends.
Date:
January 1, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress December 4, 1865]
Transcript of a letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David Fentress urging him to raise godly children and to pursue a life of piety. She also updates him on the lives of family and friends.
Date:
December 4, 1865
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Sallie Fentress and Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, May 17, 1859]
Transcript of a letter from Sallie Fentress to her brother David discussing news from Bolivar and it includes:town health update; news that she and Kate are not going to school; a discussion about the locusts she catches every morning; a dialogue about the weather; a discussion about David's baby and how the family wishes that David, Clara, and baby would visit; and a dialogue about handmade bonnets and clothing made by Maud, Sallie, and Kate for Clara and the baby. Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David Fentress discussing news from Bolivar and it includes: a discussion about Aunt Susan's letter which details the doctor's resignation of professorship and his wishes to move to Memphis; a dialogue about the financial gains of friends who moved to Memphis; news about Kate's schooling; a discussion about locusts and the weather; news and updates on family and friends; a discussion on Kate's musical and vocal abilities; a dialogue about Sallie's musical abilities; and a discussion about the people staying with David's Uncle John and Aunt Anne's trip to Corinth.
Date:
May 17, 1859
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to one of her sons, October 19, 1862]
Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to one of her sons- it is unclear if she's writing to David or Frank Fentress. In the letter she gives updates of the wars' effects on the local people and community. She gives updates on family and friends.
Date:
October 19, 1862
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Maud Fentress to one of her daughters, September 1863]
Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to one of her daughters, however it is unclear who she is writing to. In the letter she gives updates on the changes that have been going on throughout the community during the war, and gives information on friends and family.
Date:
1863-09~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Photograph of Sam Rayburn's Grandparents' Home in Tennessee
Photograph of the Waller (Sam Rayburn's grandparents)home in Roane County, Tennessee. Prior to moving to Texas in 1887, Sam Rayburn's parents, William and Martha, along with their children lived with Martha Waller's parents in this house. The wooden house has a large front porch and a brick chimney. Two large trees are visible in the foreground.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Photograph of a Conestoga Wagon Parade
Photograph of a conestoga wagon parade in Cookeville, Tennessee. Sitting in the cow-pulled wagon is a man, woman and child. A group of people are watching the parade.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Coates, Bob
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from O. G. Bacon to Hamilton K. Redway, June 8, 1864]
Letter from O.G. Bacon to Hamilton K. Redway which discusses the the current happenings in Bacon's life and in the county he lives in. He tell Redway of a job offer he has taken and of the bountiful wheat and fruit crops. Bacon furthers that the two should continue to correspond to one another. In the letter's closing, he and his wife send their love to Redway's wife and family. Bacon wrote this letter to Redway while he was living in Rheatown, Tennessee.
Date:
June 8, 1864
Creator:
Bacon, O. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Johnson's Kentucky and Tennessee.
Map shows the railroads, counties, major roads, cities, and towns in Kentucky and Tennessee during the mid- to late nineteenth century. Includes illustrations titled "State House Nashville" and "Entrance to Mammoth Cave." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,450,000].
Date:
1865
Creator:
Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The tourist's pocket map of the state of Tennessee exhibiting its internal improvements, roads, distances, &c.
Map shows counties, railroads, "stage roads," and towns in Tennessee during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes legend, "principal stage routes" and stations, and steamboat routes. Insets: Vicinity of Nashville--Vicinity of Knoxville. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,930,000] and [ca. 1:950,400].
Date:
1847
Creator:
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Topographical sketch of the environs of Nashville, Tennessee surveyed in the months of March 1862 and Sept. and Dec. 1863 for the information of the Armies of the Ohio and Cumberland under the direction of Capt. N. Michler Corps of Topographical Engrs. U.S.A. by Major John E. Weyss, Capt. J. Earhart and Lieut. [George] Greenwood.
Map shows Nashville, Tennessee common roads, turnpikes, railroads, structures, and land owners' names for the area south of the city during the American Civil War. Includes legend. Scale [1:63,360].
Date:
1863
Creator:
Weyss, J. E.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
County map of Kentucky and Tennessee.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Kentucky and Tennessee counties, towns, existing and proposed railroads. Relief shown by hachures. [ca. 1:2,340,000].
Date:
1860
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus, Jr. (Samuel Augustus)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A map of the Tennassee [sic] Government.
Map shows late eighteenth century Tennessee Indian settlement boundaries, military outposts, and river fords. Includes references and descriptive text. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:1,393,920].
Date:
1795
Creator:
Smith, Daniel, 1748-1818
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 5]
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and parts of Texas, Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky. Cities, towns, railway lines, roads, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America: Eastern & Central [Sheet 5]
Map shows proposed Pacific Railway routes and existing transportation routes across the mid-nineteenth century south-central United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,294,720].
Date:
1863
Creator:
Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1]
Map shows mid-nineteenth century cities, towns, ports, transportation routes, mileage scales, and geography of south-central United States. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,980,000].
Date:
1859
Creator:
Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Map shows early nineteenth century Kentucky and Tennessee counties, cities and towns, roads, mineral resources and mining activity. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,126,000].
Date:
1827
Creator:
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the southern provinces of the United States.
Map shows counties in South Carolina, roads, coastal swamps, cities, towns, and military outposts in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, and Indian villages primarily in Georgia and Tennessee. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:2,400,000].
Date:
1800~
Creator:
Russell, John, fl. 1733-1795
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the great North West showing Peoria, Illinois, the geographical centre.
Map shows existing and proposed railroads, major cities and towns, and major rivers through the midwestern states of Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, and Iowa, and parts of Ohio, Tennessee, Kansas, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Scale not given.
Date:
1861
Creator:
Wheaton, W. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Tennessee, Pikeville sheet.
Map shows county lines, towns, roads, railroads, and soil types for Bledsoe County and parts of Rhea, Van Buren, and Cumberland counties. Relief shown by contours. Scale [1:63,360].
Date:
1903
Creator:
United States Bureau of Soils
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Soil map, Tennessee, Davidson County sheet.
Map shows early twentieth century soil composition, roads, railroads, the city of Nashville and other towns, ferries, and the course of the Cumberland River through Davidson County, Tennessee. Includes soil profile and legend. Scale [1:63,360].
Date:
1903
Creator:
United States Bureau of Soils
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Mountain showing the positions of the forces of the United States and of the enemy during the battle fought by the Army of the Potomac : Under the command of Major General G.B. McClellan, Sept . 14th 1862.
Map shows roads, buildings, landowners, troop locations and movements during military operations in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee. Includes notes. Relief shown by form lines. Scale [ca. 1:18,000].
Date:
1872
Creator:
United States Topographical Bureau
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Mountain showing the positions of the forces of the United States and of the enemy during the battle fought by the Army of the Potomac : Under the command of Major General G.B. McClellan, Sept . 14th 1862.
Map shows roads, buildings, landowners, troop locations and movements during military operations in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee. Includes notes. Relief shown by form lines. Scale [ca. 1:18,000].
Date:
1872
Creator:
United States Topographical Bureau
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History