An original will of Maria Magdalena Achtzehner, dated January 26th, 1881. Illustrates the first page of the document. The envelope notation reads “Maria Magdalena Achtzehner Will, ‘English,’ Book ‘V’ page 410.” 1 page is in German....
An original will of Nathan Adams, dated April 8th, 1880. Illustrates the first page of the document about “the matter of Nathan Adams will.” Adams’ will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on March 25th, 1881. Forms part...
An original will of Ellenora F. Allen, dated December 20th, 1881. Illustrates the first page of the document. Allen’s will was presented for probate to the Davidson County Court on February 6th, 1882. Forms part of Record Group 16, Original...
An original will of Alberta P. Bache, “residing at Benicia Arsenal, California,” dated June 2nd, 1878. Includes a document affixed with the seal of the Superior Court, State of California, Solano County, dated October 5th, 1881. Illustrates...
A bookplate advertising Setliff & Company, a wholesale bookseller on Church Street. According to Nashville city directories, the Setliff business was started in 1867 by Abraham Setliff in the Commercial Hotel building located at 33 Cedar Street...
A cabinet card portrait photograph of Dr. W. L. Dudley, a distinguished scientist, lecturer, and head of the Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dudley was born in 1859 in Covington, Kentucky. He earned his...
A photograph of Fanning Orphan School, popularly known as Fanning College. The school was chartered in 1881 and opened in 1884. This non-extant school was located about five miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Couchville Pike (in the...
A photograph of pupils and faculty from the Fanning Orphan School, popularly known as Fanning College. The school was chartered in 1881 and opened in 1884. This non-extant school was located about five miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on...
A photograph of the Elliston-Buford house, at 2300 Elliston Place, Nashville, Tennessee. The residence, originally built circa 1881, was the home of Lizinka Elliston Buford and husband Edward L. Buford, a Nashville businessman and Confederate War...
A postcard of the Hermitage Club in Nashville, Tennessee. The Hermitage Club building was first a downtown residence in between Church and Union Streets at 233 Sixth Avenue North, then called High Street. The builder of the house was Confederate...