- Collection:
- Volunteer Voices
- Title:
- John B. Brownlow in Washington, D.C. to O.P. Temple
- Date of Original:
- 1850/1877
- Subject:
- Politics and government
Civil rights
Gibson, Henry - People:
- Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875
Pitts, F. E. (Fountain Elliott), 1808-1874
Peyton, Billy Joe
Grant, Ulysses S., 1852-1929
Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan), 1810-1883
Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877
Williams, John - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, Knox County, Knoxville, 35.96064, -83.92074
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Brownlow describes the events surrounding the election of Andrew Johnson to the Senate during the Grant Administration. Recounts an encounter with a drunken Rev. Pitts. Remarks on the undependability of the Knoxville Post Office.
The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. - Metadata URL:
- https://digital.lib.utk.edu/collections/islandora/object/volvoices%3A4656
- 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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