Title: Alice Waggoner Collection of Tennessee Documents

Date/Date Range :   1805-1865

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

Copies of commission documents signed by governors Andrew Johnson, William Brownlow, and William Carroll.

Call number: MS-0292

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection is the property of the Special Collections Library.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Alice Waggoner Collection of Tennessee Documents, MS-0292. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

This is a single folder collection.

William G. Brownlow and William Carroll were both governors for the state of Tennesseee. Andrew Johnson was military governor, assigned by Abraham Lincoln, and he became became president when Lincoln was shot to death in 1865.

Copies of commission documents signed by governors Andrew Johnson, William Brownlow, and William Carroll. There are also some copied pages from a ledger and a few correspondence.

• Brownlow, William Gannaway, 1805-1877.
• Johnson, Andrew, 1808-1875.
• Carroll, William, 1788-1844.