Rutherford County (Tenn.) -- History.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ephraim Hubbard Foster Letter
Collection
Identifier: MS-3076
Abstract
This collection consists of a letter from Ephraim Foster in Murfreesboro to his daughter Jane Ellen Foster Cheatham dated September 24, 1844. The letter details an arduous stagecoach journey from McMinnville and Nashville, Ephraim's son John falling ill with a fever while in the wilderness, and the death of Ellen's grandfather.
Dates:
1844 September 24
Rutherford County Sheriff's Department Photograph
Collection
Identifier: MS-3309
Abstract
This photograph, dated 1950 September 30, depicts Sheriff Robert Goodwin and deputies finding a moonshine still in Rutherford County, Tennessee.
Dates:
1950 September 30
The Congressional Canvass
Collection
Identifier: MS-3465
Abstract
Benjamin F. Lillard published this broadside, entitled The Congressional Canvass. To the People of the Fifth Congressional District, composed of the Counties of Franklin, Lincoln, Marshall, Moore, Bedford, Coffee, and Rutherford, during his unsuccessful bid for John Bright Morgan's Congressional seat. In it, he introduces himself as a Democratic candidate and outlines his campaign platform, which includes repealing the National Banking Act, repealing tax laws affecting medicine, whiskey,...
Dates:
1878