TNGenWeb Project/TNGenNet, Inc., (a Tennessee nonprofit public benefit corporation). "The Howard-Smith Collection" Transcription copyright: 1998, by Mrs. F. A. Augsbury; all rights reserved. The originals are at the McClung Library in Knoxville. This file is in text format. Please use your browser's "back" button to return to the previous page. ******************************************************************************* To: The Honorable Horace Maynard*, Rep. from Tennessee From: C. J .McKinney --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Home Dec 26 / 72 Hon'e. H Maynard Dear Sir, I thank you for your prompt response to my letter. In regard to my claim I am at a loss to understand about it. Thornburg* was here. I attended with my witnesses prooved every article, as he said sufficiently, he said he would export it favorably, thot I had nothing further to do about it. He had along with him P M Senter acting as Attorney who was to put it in right shape, & send it on I saw both of them often after words, they said it had been sent on & was all right. May I ask of you to see how it is, & if I have more proof to make, inform me how & what to do. As I wrote you, it is a matter of great importance to me. I have to raise court money & if I fail in this I do not know what to do In regard to the Girls, I think that Fanny will write to Mrs Maynard asking her somethings which she wants to know before the application need me made. She writes a fair hand, not so good as some who are employed there. I would not fear an examination in any other respect. I hope you will see Govr. Brownlow, & if you can possibly do anything for me, I shall be truly grateful. A position here at home or that I could be here part of the time, would suit me best, but I will go any where or do anything to get out of debt. I have thought that doing away with the assessors, would make necessary some Revenue Agent here, if so, something of that kind would suit me. We are having very severe weather more so I think, than ever before, so early in the winter. It has opperated with my ill health to keep me confined. I would like to go to Nashville, to be at the meeting of the Legislature. There is to be a meeting of the Repn. Committee at that time, then I think it a matter of great importance to secure a majority by writing all the opposition & the Rebel Democracy if we can bring the Conservative Union Men to act with us, we can controll the State & I do wish to put down the party that has been governing the State. There are several things in regard to Tenn outside of Politics, I want to write about, may do so at some future time. Yours Respectfully Chas. J. McKinney Charles J. McKinney Esq. Rogersville, Hawkins Co. E. Tennessee. P M. Sr. Claims Commission please examine & inform me of the condition of this claim. Dec. 30, 1872 Horace Maynard Respectfully returned-This claim is on file and numbered 12868. It will be taken up for decision in its proper order as near as many be, but it is impossible to say when. No information of the result can be given till reported to Congress. Commissioner Thornburgh had no authority to express an opinion as to the sufficiency or insufficiency of the testimony, his duty being solely to take such testimony as the claimant offered. Chas F. Benjamin Clerk of Commons Notes: *Horace Maynard (1814-1882)-U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1857-63, 1866-75; Tennessee state attorney general, 1863; candidate for Governor of Tennessee, 1874; U.S. Minister to Turkey, 1875-80; U.S. Postmaster General, 1880-81. *Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh (1837-1890)-U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1873-79.