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Typed transcription of the document (January 21, 1868) on page 68.

William Bosson's (1806-1887) commission as representative of the 4th Congressional District of Tennessee in the Commercial Convention of the Valley of the Mississippi in Keokuk, Iowa, on September 7, 1869. On "Executive Office" illustrated stationery.

Appointment of William Bosson (1806-1887) as Director of the South Western Railroad Company.

Appointment of William Bosson (1806-1887) as Director of the Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road Company.

Typed transcription of documents (April 4, 1867 and April 29, 1869) on page 70.

Typed transcription of the document (August 28, 1869) on page 70.

Transmitting William Bosson's (1806-1887) appointment to "represent the Commercial interest of the State of Tennessee in the Commercial Convention" on the 12th of October . On "Executive Office" illustrated stationery.

Appointment of William Bosson (1806-1887) to represent the "Fourth Congressional District of this State in the Memphis Commercial Convention" on May 18, 1869, in Memphis. A manuscript note by William Bosson states that the "Commercial Convention of the Valley of the Mississippi revived the 'Southern Commercial Con.'" Several years after it was established, it became the "Nursery of the Rebellion." "In the true sense it became a political Congress congregating delegates from all the Southern States-political malcontents, fire eaters-under The Semblance of a 'Commercial Convention'. I look with suspicion on the Southern convocations." On "Executive Office" illustrated stationery.

Typed transcription of the document on page 72.

Typed transcription of the letter of introduction on page 8.