Eliza Allen’s Guitar, 1820s
thsadmin2020-11-15T07:26:03-06:00This guitar belonged to Eliza Allen (1809-1861) of Sumner County, the forlorn bride of Sam Houston. A prized item in the Tennessee Historical Society’s [...]
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09, 2018
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09, 2018
Sam Houston and Eliza Allen: “Ten Thousand Imputed Slanders”
thsadmin2020-11-14T13:27:34-06:00On April 11, 1829, Sam Houston and his bride of eleven weeks, Eliza Allen, abruptly ended their marriage. Neither would speak publicly of the [...]
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08, 2018
The Eighth of August: Emancipation Day in Tennessee
thsadmin2021-02-26T06:32:51-06:00“Today is not Friday the thirteenth,” read the August 8, 1941 issue of Clarksville’s Leaf-Chronicle, “but Friday the ‘eighth of August’ which is almost [...]
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02, 2018
De Soto in East Tennessee, May-June 1540
thsadmin2020-11-14T13:51:26-06:00Hernando de Soto and his private army emerged from the dense forest of the Blue Ridge at the end of May in 1540, and [...]
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01, 2018
General Andrew Jackson, 1818
thsadmin2020-11-15T07:22:52-06:00The Tennessee Historical Society’s collections originated in 1818 when artist Ralph E.W. Earl founded the Nashville Museum. The museum exhibited oddities like the 14’ [...]
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01, 2018
Enslaved Soldiers and the Battle of New Orleans
thsadmin2020-11-14T13:55:09-06:00In January 1815, shortly after leading the defeat of Lieutenant General Sir Edward Pakenham and British forces at New Orleans in the War of [...]
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12, 2017
Kate Thompson & Van Leer Kirkman: “A Brilliant and Noted Wedding,” December 30, 1886
thsadmin2020-11-14T14:07:27-06:00“No social event in recent years has excited public interest to so intense a pitch as the wedding of Miss Kate Thompson to Mr. [...]
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12, 2017
Letters to Santa Claus, 1895 to 1920
thsadmin2021-02-26T08:59:12-06:00In the beginning of the 19th century, Santa Claus was depicted as a stern disciplinarian, often holding a switch. He wrote letters warning children [...]
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12, 2017
The National Negro Doll Company
thsadmin2020-11-14T14:25:34-06:00Little Elsie was not alone in her request. She was among a number of black girls from across Tennessee who wrote to the African [...]
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12, 2017
Nera White, Basketball Superstar
thsadmin2020-11-14T14:34:17-06:00“I just don’t want to lose, so I go all out every game to prevent it.” Nera White, arguably the greatest basketball player from [...]
