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Size | 1.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 135 items) |
Abstract | Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) was a Republican senator from Tennessee, 1866-1867, and Washington, D.C., lawyer thereafter. The collection includes political and personal correspondence. Letters are primarily from the Reconstruction period and include Fowler's continuous correspondence, 1864-1874, with his friend, Alvan Cullem Gillem (1830-1875), of Tennessee, federal general and commander of the 4th Military District (Mississippi and Arkansas) during Reconstruction; letters from Fowler's constitutents expressing their political ideas and concerns; and letters concerning the impeachment of President Johnson, 1868. Correspondents include Henry Adams, George Barber, S. M. Clark, James A. Doughty, James D. Davis, James H. Embry, William R. Fleming, A. J. Fletcher, Henry Fowler, Andrew Johnson, Minor Meriwether, John Scott, and W. B. Stokes. Included are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. |
Creator | Fowler, Joseph Smith, 1820-1902. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, July 2010
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Joseph Smith Fowler (1820-1902) was a Republican senator from Tennessee, 1866-1867, and Washington, D.C., lawyer thereafter.
Back to TopThe collection includes political and personal correspondence of Joseph Smith Fowler. Letters are primarily from the Reconstruction period and include Fowler's continuous correspondence, 1864-1874, with his friend, Alvan Cullem Gillem (1830-1875), of Tennessee, federal general and commander of the 4th Military District (Mississippi and Arkansas) during Reconstruction; letters from Fowler's constitutents expressing their political ideas and concerns; and letters concerning the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, 1868. Letters from Alvan Cullem Gillem discuss slavery, racial equality, the national debt, military power, and other social and political issues. One letter from Gillem, 1873, written from California discusses the conditions there. Correspondents include Henry Adams, George Barber, S. M. Clark, James A. Doughty, James D. Davis, James H. Embry, William R. Fleming, A. J. Fletcher, Henry Fowler, Andrew Johnson, Minor Meriwether, John Scott, and W. B. Stokes. Included are scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.
Back to TopFolder 1a |
Original finding aid |
Folder 1 |
1812, 1819, 1863-1864 |
Folder 2 |
1865-1866 |
Folder 3 |
1867 |
Folder 4 |
1868 |
Separated Folder SEP-2239/1 |
Tickets to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson, 26 May 1868Restriction to Access: The original item is not available for immediate or same day access. Please contact staff at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu to discuss options. |
Folder 5 |
1869 |
Folder 6 |
1870-1878 |
Folder 7 |
1881, 1884, 1889 |
Folder 8 |
1890, 1895, 1900-1902, 1939 |
Folder 9 |
Undated |
Folder 10 |
Newspaper clippings |
Folder 11 |
Volume 1: Scrapbook, 1856-1883 |
Folder 12 |
Volume 2: Scrapbook, 1863-1887 |