The Papers of Andrew Johnson: 1858-1860Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1967 - 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 |
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