Notes:
Scope and Contents
"The figures of the Cross has been found in Mexico, and a [...];" handwritten; 4 pages; p.30/31
Jones, Joseph; August 16,18[..]6; "Preface to the Explorations of the Antiquities of Tennessee"; handwritten; 1 page; p.30/31
U.S. Sanitary Commission, The Smithsonian Institution; 1868; Contents: archival receipts; print and handwritten; 2 pages; p.44/45
[Ma...] 15, 1891; (Contents: notes written in blue pencil); handwritten; 1 page; p.50/51
"Natchez Indians. Accounts of Father Le Petit. New Orleans. July 12, 1730"; handwritten; 7 pages; p.58/59
Maury, Tennessee; ccNotes on "Parishes' Mound"; Impressed insignia: 'Congress'; handwritten; 1 page; p.60/61
Sept. 20, 1869; "William Fellows. Examined for life insurance"; handwritten; 1 page; p.88/89
"Large oblong mound, half a mile from [...]; handwritten; 1 page; p.114/115
Maury, Matt F.; Williamson County, Tennessee, Sept. 18, 1868; "Slate of Tennessee, WmSon County"; handwritten; 1 page (notes and map); p 118/119
Maury, Matt F.; Williamson County, Tennessee, Sept. 18,1868; "Slate of Tennessee, Williamson County"; handwritten; 1 page (notes and map); p. 120/121
[Montoz], John H.; April 5, 1868; "List of Indian Relics obtainence of Dr. Freeman for Dr. Joseph Jones"; handwritten; 1 page; p. 122/123
"[...] of them one painted outside, and some inside"; handwritten; 1 page; p. 126/127
"Notes on the mound at [De'Graflfrousuds], Williamson County, 3 miles above Franklin on Harpeth. Where the two vases bearing the 'Crosses and Crowns' were found"; handwritten; 4 pages (notes and maps); p. 128/129
Maps of Harpeth River area; handwritten; 2 pages; p. 132/133
Dates
- 1846 - 1889
- Majority of material found within 1867 - 1868
Creator
- From the Collection: Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896. (Person)
- From the Collection: Burnett, Edwin Kenneth. (Person)
- From the Collection: Hyatt, Alpheus, 1838-1902. (Person)
- From the Collection: Miles, William Porcher, 1822-1899. (Person)
- From the Collection: Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902. (Person)
- From the Collection: Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
- From the Collection: Louisiana State Museum (Organization)
- From the Collection: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of Ethnology (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
.8 cubic feet. (.8 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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