This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Early Days of Hoedley and Mrs Polk in Nashville
Henry Republican recounts 19th century Nashville visits from 1857 to 1884. He recalls residents like Elijah Smith Profs McElroy Goff and others, the grand capitol building cost five million, Mrs Polk and ex president Polk, the Polk grave, and church and college scenes with notes on Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson portraits. He ends with Mrs Polk’s courtly presence and Polk’s Methodist affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Nashville
Tenn
South
Georgia
Henry
Elijah Smith
Hill Mansion
Profs McElroy and
Goff
Methodist Protestant College
Rev Morse
Congregational Church
Rev Pendleton
Female Seminary
Washington Robinson
Lombard
Becker
Attorney Perley
Hyndshaw,Davis, McCoy and
The
Bakers
Physicians
Richard Lloyd
Brown and McCurdy
Grocers
Pool & Smith
Purple and
Cumberland River
Polk
Capitol
Court House
Congressman Caldwell
John Knox
Christian Advocate
Witherspoon
Thos. Hoyt
Philadelphia
Baptist University
Vanderbilt
New Yorker
State House
Frances E. Willard
Lincoln
Andy Johnson
Union
Tennessee
Andrew Jackson
Hermitage
Washington
Savannah
Independent Presbyterian Church
Preston
Republic
Pacific Ocean
N. C
Old Mecklenbergh
Madison, Wis