undated . [Robert Newland Bosson] Typed ms. (copy); s.l.
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Typed transcription of the letters 2, 3, and 4 on page 64.
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undated . Robert N[ewland] Bosson Typed ms. (copy); s.l.
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Typed transcription of the pass and note on page 64, with a remark about the absent Confederate stamp: "This was stolen when I foolishly let my grandfather's book out of my possession for a short while. With it was taken a seal from one of my grandfather's commissions in the Massachusetts militia after the Revolutionary War."
1865 November 17 . W[illiam] G[annaway] Brownlaw, A[ndrew] J[ackson] Fletcher DS (official copy) to William Bosson; State of Tennessee, Executive Department, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Appointment of Bosson as Director of the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company. A manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) regards the transition of the Nashville and Chattooga R.R. from the Federal authorities that held it from March 1862-September 15, 1865, to "the Corporation." The state held 1,800,00 interest. Bosson represented the company from 1865 to March 1872. On "State of Tennessee, Executive Department" stationery.
1864 . Money; s.l.
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Confederate currency: Richmond 10 dollar note, dated February 17, 1864.
1868 September 12 . John Eaton ALS; State of Tennessee, Office Superintendent Public Instruction, Nashville, Tennessee.
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Letter of introduction for Bosson from John Eaton, Jr., Superintendent Public Instruction. Eaton tells the reader or "educational gentlemen" that Bosson is a "gentlemen of extended observation & information, foremost among the most active in good works in our State, prominent in the reorganization of the Government, and especially distinguished among us as the Chairman of the Legislative Committee on Education & the father of the free school system now being organized here..." With a manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) on the career of John Eaton, Jr.
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Typed transcription of the letter on page 66.
undated . [Robert Newland Bosson] Typed ms. (copy); s.l.
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Typed transcription of the letter on page 66.
1868 January 21 . W[illiam] G[annaway] Brownlow, A[ndrew] J[ackson] Fletcher DS (official copy) to William Bosson; [Tennessee]..
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Appointment of William Bosson (1806-1887) as Director of the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road. On "State of Tennessee, To all who shall See these Presents, Greeting" form.
1867 December 17 . W[illia]m G[annaway] Brownlow, A[ndrew] J[ackson] Fletcher DS (official copy) to W[illia]m Bosson; [Tennessee].
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Appointment of William Bosson (1806-1887) as Director of the South Western Rail Road Company. With manuscript note by Bosson, stating that the Southwestern was designed to connect with Cincinnati. Bosson was the first Treasurer and second president. He held the position from 1858 to 1861. The Rebellion stopped the work and "disorganized the corporation."
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Typed transcription of the document (December 17, 1867) on page 68.