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Three albumin print photographs of "Falls of the Caney Fork of the Cumberland." With a manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887): "Our Home at the breaking out of the Rebellion."

Typed transcriptions of the map title and manuscript note on page 76.

Typed transcriptions of Edward Everett's letters (December 10, 1864, and November 20, 1852) on page 76.

Invitation for William Bosson (1806-1887) to address the Equal Rights League at the Wesley AME Zion Church on Thursday Evening September 6, 1866, on a "political question of such vital importance to them." Signed by members of the League. With enclosed printed invitation to private entertainments at the League House on the day before the meeting. A manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) explains that he was a delegate to "A Southern Loyal Convention" that convened on September 2, 1866 and remarks on the positive effect of such meetings on state elections.

Johnson lent a railroad train to General VanCleve that William Bosson (1806-1887) requested and so cannot accommodate Bosson's request. He authorizes Bosson to call on VanCleve "for all the ambulances he can spare." A manuscript note by William Bosson explains that he requested the railroad train "on the occasion of a Sabbath School picnic" and that the event was ultimately supplied with 12 ambulances. One of them had a large United States flag on it: "The display was by no means agreeable to the rebel population." On "Head Quarters District of Middle Tennessee" stationery.

Typed transcription of the letter (July 25, 1866) on page 78.

Typed transcription of the letter (September 4, 1866) and printed invitation on page 78.

William Bosson's ticket for the National Union Republican Convention in Chicago on May 20, 1868, signed by Marcus J. Ward. With one ticket for Admission to the "family circle" of the Republican National Convention May 1868 signed by W. M. Smith. A manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) includes details about his committee work.

He is happy to hear that William Bosson (1806-1887) is alive; hadn't heard anything from the Tennessee side of the family until Charles Thompson Bosson's obituary by Edward Everett appeared in the Boston Daily Advertiser. Everett also posted Bosson's death notice in the Necrology of Harvard 1864-5. Honors William Bosson's role in "connection with regenerated Tennessee" and as "the father of the Common School System" in Tennessee. Remarks on William's position as the Chairman of "an efficient" committee on Education. As "We erect statues in Massachusetts to our great educational leaders," Bosson should have a sculpture erected to honor him. Updates him on some family affairs and an encounter with Prof. [Jean Louis Rodolphe] Agassiz at the Scientific School in Cambridge. Agassiz remarked on their last name and make a connection between Bosson and the Glacier de Bossons in the Swiss Alps. A manuscript note by William Bosson provides information on Charles P. Bosson and his family.

A manuscript toast praising the author of the Tennessee free school law, offered at a dinner at the State Teachers Association in August of 1869.