- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- W.H. Stillwell in Humboldt, TN to Gen. John Eaton in Nashville, TN
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Tennessee, East
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
Political corruption--Tennessee
Politics and government
Education
Civil rights - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Davidson County, 36.17069, -86.77753
United States, Tennessee, Gibson County, 35.99661, -88.93262 - Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Stilwell writes to tell Eaton that he loaned $1000 of school money to Mitchell who lost it in a business venture. He implores Eaton not to make this information public at the present time. Stilwell describes other personal financial losses through carelessness and thanks Eaton for his offer of help in educating Stilwell`s son. He discusses the current gloomy outlook for Republicans in Tennessee, with news of an increasingly active Ku Klux Klan and the registering of all former rebel soldiers and officers in his county. Stilwell fears the Klan will punish him for his attitude toward Senter.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A12546
- Language:
- eng
- Original Collection:
- Digital Collection: The Growth of Democracy in Tennessee: A Grassroots Approach to Volunteer Voices
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
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