This letterhead is for the Mercantile Agency in Nashville Tennessee, 

Two cancelled checks (cut cancels). One from Fourth National Bank dated 1872 and the other Third National Bank (but X'd through) dated 1871. Printed revenue on one and revenue stamp on the other.

Nashville Tennessee company. Scan shows the condition of this item

Some wrinkling to this cover which was hand cancelled from Dry Hill Tn. Date 2/10/89 written across the stamps. Back flap missing

Rare letterhead from the Worley Furnace Company, Manufacturers of Hot Blast Pig Iron. Cover with a clear cancel from Worley Furnace Tennessee, a discontinued post office. Letter signed by Albert B. Payne. Letter does not relate to the furnace. This furnace was named Worley for a slave who was highly treasured by Montgomery Bell. The following is information taken from the web. DICKSON, TENNESSEE James Worley, African American In John Livingston's biographical sketch of Montgomery Bell, he wrote of James Worley: He [Worley] had worked with his master at the hatting trade, and was his most efficient and useful assistant in bringing order out of chaos in which he found the iron business when he commenced it. James frequently carried large quantities of iron and castings to New Orleans and Cincinatti, sold them and received the proceeds, and never a dollar lacking when he made a return of his stewardship... James assisted him [Bell] in selecting ore banks and water powers, and indeed in every branch of his business. James Worley was a very shrewd, sensible, strong thinking man....and his master now states, that he is more indebted to James than to any one else for much of his property. When Bell built his last furnace in 1844, he paid tribute to his faithful assistant by naming it 'Worley Furnace'. As Bell's agent, James Worley became Tennessee's first prominent African-American. Today with Worley's help, Montgomery Bell is considered Tennessee's first capitalist and industrialist and is a legendary figure in Tennessee folklore. This information from the book: CUMBERLAND FURNACE: A frontier Industrial Village. Permission of the author:George E. Jackson

Murfressboro newspaper reports the assasination of Eugene Ward Carmack, killed on the streets of Nashville. Two pages are missing from the paper and all have been encapsulated in heavy mylar to protect it. The front page has quite a bit of damage, especially at the fold with acidic browning and some loss of text. Also heavily chipped at the bottom edge, not affecting the text. More loss on the back page which does not affect the news of Carmack's death. Included is the editorial page which covers the death and it is in relatively good condition. The scan looks worse than it looks in person and was affected by the heavy mylar. Ignore the pinkish cast.

Nice graphics on this special tax on dealers in manufactured tobacco, this for the Humboldt-Gibson County Tennessee.

Hole at middle fold. Letterhead and postal cover from the Southern Building & Loan in Knoxville Tennessee

One page of a incomplete letter with wonderful graphics of this resort hotel. "Headquarters for Ashley's Bromine & Arsenic Water." Hope the bromine was a cure for the arsenic.

This bill head is from F E McArthur and would make a nice go-with for a pen collector.

Folds in this 1891 letterhead displaying a wagon

Two checks from the Third National Bank in Nashville, 1884 and 1879. One from the Fourth National Bank in 1872. Holes where the cut cancel was made.

Cute stage coach on this very early bill of lading by A O Harris. See tears on the scan, folds and some age spotting

The graphics of the "Memphi" Cooking stove takes up more than half of the billhead. Three spindle holes and a inch and a half tear at mid lower edge which could easily be repaired with acid free tape.

I'm guessing that this was a newspaper "extra" since it was printed by the Nashville Whig Office. Not listed in Allen. List of members of the House of Representatives of the Tennessee Legislature. Some repairs made with archival tape on the back and loss of margin on the left hand side. Lists all the members, their home counties, and their occupation. Light rag paper.

Neat old bill head from Horton and Company, seller of field and garden seeds and agricultural implements. This bill head is made out to Campbell Brown of Spring Hill Tennessee. Folds, a grease like spot and other minor wear. Brown was a major in the Confederate cause