Title: Horace Maynard Letter

Date/Date Range :   1869 March 7

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In a March 7, 1869 letter to Austin L. Green, Clerk of the County Court in Kingston, Horace Maynard apologizes for leaving court with a note that Green had given him to examine. He also asks Green to examine the family's papers to see if he could find any more notes similar to that one.

Call number: MS-2253

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

Aquisition Information:

This collection was purchased by Special collection in June 1997.

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], Horace Maynard Letter, MS-2253. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Horace Maynard (1814-1882) was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1857 as a part of the American, or Know-Nothing, Party ticket. He was reelected twice: in 1859 with the Opposition Party and in 1861 with the Unionist Party. In 1863, Governor Andrew Johnson appointed Maynard to be the state's attorney general. Two years later, Maynard returned to Congress, where he served until 1875 when President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him ambassador to Turkey. He retained that position until President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 tapped him as postmaster general, a position he held until March 5, 1881. Maynard died in Knoxville on May 3, 1882.

In a March 7, 1869 letter to Austin L. Green, Clerk of the County Court in Kingston, Horace Maynard apologizes for leaving court with a note that Green had given him to examine. He also asks Green to examine the family's papers to see if he could find any more notes similar to that one.

• County courts -- Tennessee -- Roane County.
• Legal documents -- United States.