Finding Aid for the Jonathan D. Hale Collection, 1863-1885
MS-2233University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Erin Lawrimore, May 14, 2006
Summary Information
Jonathan D. Hale Collection
Date/Date Range : 1863-1885
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: The Jonathan D. Hale Collection, 1863-1885, contains correspondence, printed materials, and handwritten notes related to the life of Hale, a Union scout and postmaster of Hale's Mill, Tenn.
MS-2233
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
Collection was purchased by Special Collections in July 2000.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Jonathan D. Hale Collection, MS-2233. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Around 1850, Jonathan Hale established a grist mill, store, and post office at Hale's Mill, which was located in modern-day Pickett County on the Tennessee-Kentucky line. Hale, a native of New Hampshire, was a staunch Unionist during the Civil War. In 1861 he and his family relocated to Kentucky, and in 1862 Hale's mill was burned by Confederate guerillas. During the Civil War, Hale acted as Chief of Scouts for the Union army, maintaining that position until the spring of 1866 when he returned as postmaster of Hale's Mill.
Collection Scope and Content Note
The Jonathan D. Hale Collection, 1863-1885, contains records of Hale's career as a Union scout during the Civil War and postmaster at Hale's Mills, Tenn. Included are notes on a legal case against Hale, copies of witness testimonies, and a publication by Hale in which he talks about the death of Charles Sumner, slavery, and the destruction of the South.
Subject Terms
- Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Ferguson, Champ, 1821-1865.
- Slavery -- Tennessee.
- Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874.
Contents List
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Letter from George H. Grower in Murfreesboro to Jonathan Hale, 1863 May 2 Scope Note: Speaks of a Mr. Bowen, saying "he is imbued with the same impractical and inconsiderate cast of thoughts which seems to have taken possession of the minds of the people of Tennessee and Kentucky."
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Printed copy of written testimony by Thomas E. Bremlittle in the case against Champ Ferguson, 1864 April 28 Scope Note: States that "the whole career of that guerrilla Chieftain and his followers has been marked with an unbroken series of murders of inoffensive citizens, of plunder and robbery and destruction of property; and in my judgment, justice and humanity alike require that every one of his followers should be put to the sword whenever and wherever taken."
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Blank contract leasing tracts of land to Jonathan Hale "for the purposed of boring, mining, and excavating for Petroleum, Coal, Rock or Carbon Oil, or other valuable minerals and valuable substances," 1865
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Blank sheet of stationery from the Post Office Department, Division of Post Office Supplies in Washington, D.C., 1880s
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Publication by Jonathan Hale, entitled "Number One: A Slight Lifting of Masks! Designed to Aid Common Soldiers, and Working Men, and Women Every Where in Thinking for Themselves," 2nd edition, 1885 Scope Note: Pages 5-12 of this 16-page pamphlet are missing. Talks about the death of Charles Sumner, slavery, and the destruction of the South.
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Manuscript notebooks with legal case notes, undated Scope Note: Notes on cases and witness testimonies for two cases: the Lucinda Heldreth case, in which she is seeking compensation for a mare that was impressed for the government by Jonathan Hale in 1865, and the Jane Flowers case, in which her husband, a Unionist, was threatened by Confederate supporters and later killed.
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