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Letter 1 of 6, page 106: Attends the Union Convention at Nashville. Business prevents him from visiting. Has $30,000 in capital at Murfreesboro and Nashville.

Letter 3 of 6, page 106: Supposes that sending letters to Charles may be unsafe, if intercepted. Julia and the family arrived in Nashville. Mr. Elliot gone for urgent supplies in Cincinnati. In ten weeks sold about $30,000; difficult work. Effects of the Treasury restrictions on trade. Remarks on war news: fall of Vicksburg, Lee's move into Pennsylvania, troops from the Eastern states heading to assist Meade; demoralization of southerners; Morgan's raid; Convention at Nashville. Redistricting Tennessee in advance of the elections. Need to restore the Civil government and halt the "lawless spirit" in the state. Large number of colored persons, men working "about the Army & women & children huddled together--many sicken & die."

Letter 2 of 6, page 106: Troops prepared to leave for McMinnville. Sent Julia coffee, shoes, sugar, and sundry articles. Goods just arrived and so he cannot leave Murfreesboro. Plans for Julia to come to Murfreesboro.

Typed transcription of the note and letter (April 21, 1877) on page 106. Robert writes that he thinks the letters were transcribed "in my copies;" "They had been studied by several members of the family and evidently were not returned to the envelope but left loose in the scrap book."

Imprint: "Address to the Governor, Legislature, and People of the State of Tennessee" (Printed at the Tennessee advertiser job office, Knoxville, Tennessee). A manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) states: "This address came from a Committee appointed at a session of the State Teachers Association commenced at Lookout Mt. June 1869 & was written by Rev T. A. [sic.] Bliss of Memphis, Shelby Co." [NB: "T. A. Bliss" is almost certainly Bosson's fellow committee member Rev. T. E. Bliss of Shelby County.]

Transcription of Bosson's note about the pamphlet "Address to the Governor, Legislature, and People of the State of Tennessee" on page 107.

"Autobiography of Col. William Bosson," extracts and transcription of the reminiscences on pages 12 and 21 copied by Robert N. Bosson.

Note on title page for "Autobiography of Col. William Bosson" typed by Robert N. Bosson. Robert's twin brother "Richard M. Bosson" printed copies that he shared with siblings and members of the Bosson family (in Tennessee and from Charles T. Bosson's line).

Mayo Genealogy as given by Col. Bosson. Written on a sheet of blank checks from Hamilton Bank, Boston, Mass, 186-. Genealogical information. Includes names and dates of family members. Latest date recorded is 1822.

Manuscript title page for the autobiography of William Bosson (1806-1887). Bosson states that the "This Portfolio records the testimony of my loyalty to the Government of the United States during the Great Rebellion of 1861, 1862, '63, '64, and '65. I was devoted to the cause of the Union . . . I leave these testimonials in the hands of my Sons, to show that there Father, though a citizen of Tennessee from 1841-18-was neither by thought, action or sympathy identified with the Rebellion but on principle, love of Country & its institutions, stood firm for the Union in the dark hours of the fierce struggle."