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The “The Howard-Smith Collection” is so named after Lida McKinney Howard-Smith, and Elise Pendleton Howard-Smith, Lida's daughter. These august ladies preserved the letters over the last 123 years.

The transcriptions are owned and © copyrighted by Mrs. F. A. Augsbury, Jr. of Ogdensburg, NY, 1998. The originals are at the McClung Library in Knoxville Tennessee.

These letters were loving transcribed by Diana Horning, for Mrs. F. A. Augsbury, Jr.

The TNGenWeb volunteers, with the cooperation of the McClung Historical Collection, are pleased to offer the historic Howard-Smith Collection of early East Tennessee family correspondence as part of our Letters from Forgotten Ancestors Project.



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1. Letter to Francis Gaines from Wattie King, dated 14 July 1800
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2. Document appointing Henry Orth Attorney for the minor children's (Daniel and Elizabeth [Orth] Keller) interests in the Estate of their deceased parents, John Keller and Mary Elizabeth Orth (m 2 Henry Shaffner), deceased, of Lebanon Twp., Dauphin Co, PA, dated 20 Apr. 1801
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3. Letter to James Gaines from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 3 Sep. 1802
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4. Letter to James Gaines from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 26 Nov. 1802. Mentions “resurveying the Boundary Line Between the Territory and Chocktaw Indians”
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5. Letter to James T. Gaines from George S. Gaines, dated 17 May 1803
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6. Letter to James Gaines from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 18 Aug. 1803
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7. Letter to James Gaines from George S. Gaines, dated 23 Jan. 1804
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8. Letter to James T. Gaines from George S. Gaines, dated 8 May 1804
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9. Letter to James Gaines from James T. Gaines, dated 28 Oct. 1805
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10. Letter to James T. Gaines from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 15 Mar. 1807
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11. Document re. dispute between James Gaines and James White over rightful ownership of a Negro slave, dated 1808, a little Negro named “Mill”
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12. Letter to James T. Gaines from Sarah Gaines, dated 19 Apr. 1812
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13. Letter to James Gaines from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 1 Aug. 1813
War of 1812 letter from Fort Miegs (Ohio)
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14. Letter to James Taylor Gaines from George S. Gaines, dated 8 Feb. 1814
War of 1812 letter. Mentions “Creek War”
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15. Letter to James T. Gaines from George S. Gaines, dated 11 June 1814
War of 1812 letter. Rumors of war to come.
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16. Letter to John Armstrong from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 15 Aug. 1814
War of 1812 letter. From Fort Erie, Upper Canada
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17. Letter to James Gaines from James Matlock, dated 14 Nov. 1814
War of 1812 letter. From Philadelphia.
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18. Letter from James T. Gaines, dated 21 Nov. 1814
War of 1812 letter.
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19. Receipt for delivery of supplies by James T. Gaines, signed by J.A. Carden, dated 25 Mar. 1815
War of 1812 document.
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20. Letter to James T. Gaines from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 5 Aug. 1815
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21. Letter to James T. Gaines from Joseph McMinn, dated 21 Nov. 1815
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22. Letter to James T. Gaines from William Shields, dated 8 May 1816
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23. Letter to James from Joseph McMinn, dated 25 July 1816
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24. Letter to Robert McMinn from Joseph McMinn, dated 1 Mar. 1816
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25. Letter to James T. Gaines from Joseph McMinn, dated 4 June 1817
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26. Memorandum written by James Gaines, dated 25 June 1821
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27. Letter to James Gaines from Joseph McMinn, dated 25 Aug. 1821
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28. Letter to B. H. Rand from John Sergeant, dated 24 April 1822
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29. Letter to Mary Elizabeth Gaines from Sarah Gaines, dated 17 Sep. 1830
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30. Letter to John from Edmund P. Gaines, dated 5 Dec. 1832
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31. Letter to Mary E. McKinney from J. A. McKinney, dated 2 Dec. 1844
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32. Letter to Charles J. McKinney from James McKinney, dated 2 Aug. 1845
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33. Letter to Charles J. McKinney from J. A. McKinney, dated 20 Oct. 1845
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34. Slave Receipt between Charles McKinney and B.L. Bussell, dated 26 July 1847, for the Negro woman Nancy and her two children Sarah & Jane
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35. Letter to C. McKinney from Hiram Brown, dated 14 Feb. 1848
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36. Slave Receipt between Charles J. McKinney and Charles King, dated 3 Feb 1849, for Negro Boy “Liberty”
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37. Document written by the teachers of Philadelphia, regarding the Rand Penmanship System
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38. Slave Receipt between Charles J. McKinney and Sarah Gaines, dated 25 Dec. 1850 for Negro Cora and her child Rossella
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39. Letter to Charles J. McKinney from Fannie McKinney, undated
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40. Letter to Eleanor (Spurrier) Rand from Eleanor (Rand) Howard-Smith, dated 3 Apr. 1854
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41. Letter to J. Howard-Smith from Anna M. Scott, dated 30 July 1855
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42. Slave Receipt between Charles A. McKinney and George A. Gillenwater, dated 19 May 1856, for the Negro woman Franky and her daughter, Harriet
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43. Slave Receipt between C. J. McKinney and Kyle F.(?) Mountcastle, dated 1 Aug. 1857, for Negroes Billy and his wife Mary
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44. Document and Letter to Eleanor Howard-Smith from the Woman's Central Relief Association, dated 1862
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45. Letter to Charles J. McKinney from Fanny McKinney, dated 30 Nov. 1863
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46. Letter to Eleanor Spurrier Rand from R. Spurrier Howard-Smith, dated 26 Dec. 1864
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47. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Fannie McKinney, dated 4 Apr. 1865
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48. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Mary Elizabeth Gaines McKinney, dated 5 April 1865
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49. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Fannie McKinney. dated 15 Feb. 1866
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50. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Lida McKinney, undated
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51. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Lida McKinney, dated 30 Apr. 1866
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52. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Lida McKinney, undated
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53. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Lida A. McKinney, dated May, 1866
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54. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Lida McKinney, dated 4 May 1866
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55. Documents pertaining to the case of the State of Tennessee vs. Robert Ransom, consisting of:
I Letter to C. J. McKinney from A. J. Fletcher, Secretary of State of the State of Tennessee, dated 31 May 1866
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II Two copies of Presentment of the Circuit Court of Hawkins County, Tennessee, dated 2 October 1865;
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III Extradition Order signed by Gov. W. G. Brownlow, dated 31 May 1866
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56. Letter to C. J. McKinney from John B. Brownlow, dated 30 June 1870
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57. Letter to C. J. McKinney from Mary Elizabeth (Gaines) McKinney, undated
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58. Letter to Horace Maynard from C. J. McKinney, dated 26 Dec. 1872
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59. Letter to C. J. McKinney from John B. Brownlow, dated 7 Jan. 1873
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60. Partial letter to C. J. McKinney from John B. Brownlow, undated
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61. Letter to Lida McKinney from Eleanor Howard-Smith, dated 5 Jan. 1880
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62. Letter to Fanny McKinney from John B. Brownlow, dated 20 Feb. 1893
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63. Letter to Fanny McKinney from John B. Brownlow, dated 13 Mar. 1893
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64. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 3 June
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65. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 18 June
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66. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Eben Alexander, dated 2 Aug. 1893
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67. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Eben Alexander, dated 7 Aug. 1893
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68. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Eleanor (Rand) Howard-Smith, dated 20 Aug. 1894
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69. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from John Howard-Smith, undated
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70. Letter to Lida M. K. Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 31 Mar. 1895
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71. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 30 May 1895
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72. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Eleanor (Rand) Howard-Smith, dated 5 June 1895
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73. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from Charles M. Nice, dated 9 June 1895
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74. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 23 June 1895
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75. Letter to Logan Howard-Smith from W. J. McKinney Phipps, dated 30 June 1895
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76. Letter to Lida M. K. Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 17 Aug. 1895
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77. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Eben Alexander, dated 25 Jan. 1896
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78. Letter to R. Spurrier & Lida Howard-Smith from Marion (Howard-Smith) Alexander, dated 6 Feb. 1896
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79. Partial letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Marion (Howard-Smith) Alexander, undated
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80. Letter to R. Spurrier Howard-Smith from Eleanor (Rand) Howard-Smith, dated 31 Mar. 1897
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81. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from Eleanor (Rand) Howard-Smith, dated 15 Oct. 1900
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82. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from Sue L. Clotworthy, dated 7 Jan. 1905
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83. Letter to Lida Howard-Smith from John B. Brownlow, dated 27 Mar. 1911
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84. Letter to Sperry, Lida, and Elise Howard-Smith from Dora Eldredge, dated 17 July 1923
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85. Statement written by Eleanor Howard-Smith regarding name change
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