Title: William B. Bate Check

Date/Date Range :   1905 January 21

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In this collection, William B. Bate Check, 1905, there is one check from William B. Bate to Ebbitt House, dated January 21, 1905.

Call number: MS-2321

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

Aquisition Information:

The Special Collections Library purchased this collection in June of 2002.

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], William B. Bate Check, MS-2321. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

William Brimage Bate (1826-1905) served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1849-51, as the Attorney General for the Nashville District in 1854, as the governor of Tennessee from 1883 to 1887, and in the U.S. Senate from 1887 to 1905, when he died in office. Bate, rising to lieutenant, joined the army in a Louisiana regiment and then the Third Tennessee Infantry during the Mexican War. During the Civil War, Bate enlisted as a private for the Confederates and rose to the rank of major general. While fighting, he was wounded three times and had six horses shot under him.

In this collection, William B. Bate Check, 1905, there is one check from William B. Bate to Ebbitt House, dated January 21, 1905. It is from the Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C., and is marked "PAID."

There are several collections with the UT Special Collections Library that have letters to, from, or about William B. Bate, which include the William G. Brownlow Papers at MS-1940 and the O.P. Temple Papers, 1832- at MS-21. The William B. Bate Letter, 1877, in MS-2316 has a letter from Bate to John H. Erksine about Bate's defeat in a recent senatorial race.

• Bate, William Brimage, 1826-1905.
• Banks and banking -- United States.