The Papers of Andrew Johnson: 1858-1860

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Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1967 - Biography & Autobiography - 796 pages
The Papers of Andrew Johnson Project began in the mid-1950s as part of a larger trend toward projects for the collection and publication of presidential papers. The project was headed by University of Tennessee historians LeRoy Graf and Ralph Haskins and led to its conclusion by Paul Bergeron. The project became part of the Tennessee Presidents Center in 1987, joining the papers projects of the two other Tennessee presidents, Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk. The first volume of The Papers of Andrew Johnson was published in 1967 and the project was completed on July 31, 2000, with the publication of the sixteenth and final volume. The entire project covers Johnson's correspondence from 1858 to 1875.
 

Contents

From John B Floyd January
6
Exchanges Concerning Volunteer Forces February 18
18
Speech on Popular Sovereignty and Right of Instruction
72
Remarks on State Representation in Congress March 25
89
Remarks on Voting Qualifications April 67
99
Warranty Receipt to Jonathan Meredith April 7
107
Remarks on Taking up Homestead Bill May 13
113
Amendments to Homestead Bill May 19
130
From Thomas A Devyr January 1
364
From John L Cox January 9
373
From S Yorke Atlee January 14
382
From Washington C Whitthorne January 19
388
From Thomas A Devyr January 21
390
From John M Crosland January 28
403
From Joseph E Bell February 8
417
From Louis G Thomas February 16
430

To Committee of Tennessee Legislature May 25
169
To James Buchanan June 8
180
To Robert Johnson June 15
191
From Joseph Hedrick July 21
192
To Robert Johnson December 16
200
Remarks on Retrenchment January 4
206
From George C Whiting January 5
212
Amendment to Washington Passenger Railway Company Bill
247
From Lambert Gittings February 21
255
Resolution on Retrenchment March 3
267
From Bradley County Democrats April 28
273
Speech at Bristol Opposition Version May 21
279
From Isham G Harris July 7
285
From George W Jones August 9
287
To Robert Johnson October 1
293
From David F Caldwell October 18
300
From Rae Burr Batten November 23
307
From John E Helms December 9
313
From Alfred Smith December 14
352
From Isaac Toucey December 19
358
E Wilcox February 22
443
From Robert Johnson March 6
456
From Tazewell W Newman March 8
458
From John L Dawson March 18
471
From William N Clarkson March 24
486
From Charles Skelton March 29
500
From George V Hebb April 7
513
From James Bennett April 12
548
From Joseph S Wilson June 2
612
From Thomas J Usrey June 8
619
From J C Burch F C Dunnington and W C Whitthorne
626
From Stephen A Douglas June 30
643
From Washington C Whitthorne July 24
649
From Hawkins County Democrats August 11
655
From the Democracy of Northern Mississippi August 29
661
To Robert Johnson October 4
667
From George H Finley November 8
673
From J Rufus Smith December 1
681
Index
715
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