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Lot 485

20th Century Tennessee Related Documents, Correspondence

Estimate: $100 - $300
Starting Bid
$50

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approximately 90 pieces, the majority being correspondence with Tennessee politicians and attorneys, some photographs, many on official signed letters (possibly secretarial), list includes: Al Gore, both Sr. and Jr.; John Jennings; Howard Baker; Jim Sasser; Kenneth McKellar; John Duncan; Ed Jones; Dan Kuykendall; Richard Fulton; William Anderson; Pat Sutton; J. Will Taylor; Joseph Byrns; Jere Cooper; Hubert Fisher; Finis J. Garrett; Thetus Smith; Gordon Browning; J.C. Jackson; Julian Walker; B.E. Jones; James "Buzz" Elkins; W.H. King; Joseph Tindell; Albert Hogue; Robert Gallimore; Saul Bowman; Buford Ellington; Lamar Alexander; Benton McMillin; A.H. Roberts, attorney; John Isaac Cox; Prentice Cooper; Frank C. Clement; Winfield Dunn; Lawrence Tyson; Henry Horton; Ray Blanton, campaign brochure; Ned McWherter; W.H. Carroll, attorney; Clifford Davis; Frank Hayden, Union Planters Bank of Memphis; M.F. Weisner; Frank Lyon Polk; Benjamin Burr Lindsey; Alex Guerry, University of Chattanooga; Don Sundquist; J.B. Frazier; B.W. Hooper, attorney; some duplication; most conforming to traditional letter size of 8 x 11 in. or slightly smaller 

Provenance: Private Collection, Middle Tennessee

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Private Collection, Middle Tennessee

good overall, expected wear and mild discoloration