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Thomas D. Tinsley Collection

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Union College Archives

UC 26.1 Thomas D. Tinsley Collection

Record Group : 26 Personal Collections-Books
Collection : 1
Physical Description : 109 bound volumes

Source: Thomas D. Tinsley
Provenance: Donated by William G. Tinsley on June 29, 1987.


Processing Information: Finding Aid completed by Bruce Miracle on February 12, 2007.

Contents:

Collection arranged on the shelf according to the following list: 

  1. Abraham Lincoln, The Year of His Election: A Cartoon History. Shaw, Albert; The Review of Reviews Corp, 1930.
     
  2. Abraham Lincoln, His Path to the Presidency: A Cartoon History. Shaw, Albert; The Review of Reviews Corp, 1930.
     
  3. Acts Passed At the First Session of the Fifth Congress of the United States of America. Printed by William Ross, 1797.
     
  4. Adair’s History of the American Indians. Williams, Samuel Cole; Watauga Press, 1930. 
     
  5. The Age of Hate, Andrew Johnson and the Radicals. Milton, George Fort; Coward-McCann 1930.
     
  6. All That’s Kentucky: An Anthology. Edited by Combs, Josiah Henry; John P. Morton & Co., 1915. 
     
  7. The American Revolution, from the Commencement to the Disbanding of the American Army. Thacker, James; Mack R. Barnitz Pub., 1859.
     
  8. Andrew Jackson, The Border Captain. James, Marquis; Bobbs-Merrill, 1933. 
     
  9. Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800. Summers, Lewis Preston; Lewis Preston Summers Pub., 1929.
     
  10. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the 18th Century. Ramsey, J.G.M.; Walker & James 1853. 
     
  11. The Black Patch War. Miller, John G.; University of North Carolina Press, 1936. 
     
  12. Boone’s Wilderness Road, (Historic Highways of America., Vol. VI). Hulbert, Archer Butler; Arthur H. Clark Co., 1903.
     
  13. Calendar of the Kentucky Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1925 (Calendar Series, Vol. II).
     
  14. Calendar of the Tennessee & King’s Mountain Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1929 (Calendar Series, Vol. III). 
     
  15. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. I (Records of Augusta County, Va.). Chalkey, Lyman; D.A.R., 1912.
     
  16. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. II (Records of Augusta County, Va.). Chalkey, Lyman; D.A.R., 1912.
     
  17. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, Vol. III (Records of Augusta County, Va.). Chalkey, Lyman; D.A.R., 1912.
     
  18. The Civil & Political History of the State of Tennessee. Haywood, John; Publishing House of Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Reprint of 1823 edition) 1891. 
     
  19. Collins History of Kentucky. Common School Library, approx. 1871.
    Note: Missing most of the first 65 pages.
     
  20. Colonials & Patriots, Vol. VI. Sarles, Frank B., & Shedd, Charles E.; National Park Service, 1964. 
     
  21. The Conquest of the Old Southwest. Henderson, Archibald; Century Co., 1920.
     
  22. The Cradle of the Republic, 2nd edition. Tyler, Lyon Gardiner; Hermitage Press, 1906.
     
  23. The Crittenden Memoirs. Crittenden, H.H.; G.P. Putnam’s, 1936.
     
  24. Cumberland Parish, Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1816: Vestry Book 1746-1816. Bell, Landon; William Byrd Press, 1930.
     
  25. Daniel Boone & The Wilderness Road. Bruce, H. Addington; Macmillan, 1910.
     
  26. Daniel Boone Wilderness Scout. White, Stewart Edward; Doubleday, Page & Co., 1922.
     
  27. Daniel Boone’s Predecessor in Kentucky, Vol. I. Burns, Ann Walker.
     
  28. Debate on the Evidences of Christianity Between Robert Owen & Alexander Campbell. Published by Alexander Campbell, 1829.
     
  29. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. I. Gibbon, Edward; Kelmscott Society.
     
  30. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. II. Gibbon, Edward; Kelmscott Society.
     
  31. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. III. Gibbon, Edward; Kelmscott Society.
     
  32. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. IV. Gibbon, Edward; Kelmscott Society.
     
  33. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. V. Gibbon, Edward; Kelmscott Society.
     
  34. Digest of American Cases on the Law of Evidence. Bayard, Samuel; William P. Fairand & Co., 18l0.
     
  35. A Digest of the General Laws of Kentucky Enacted by the Legislature Between the 4th Day of December 1859 & 4th Day of June, 1865. Myers, Harvey; Robert Clarke, & Co. 1866.
     
  36. Digest of the Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. I. Littell, William & Jacob Swigert; Kendall & Russell, 1822.
     
  37. Digest of the Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. II. Littell, William & Jacob Swigert; Kendall & Russell, 1822.
     
  38. Digest of the Statue Laws of Kentucky, Vol. I. Morehead, C.S. & Brown, Mason; Albert C. Hodges, 1834.
     
  39. Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky, Vol. II. Morehead, C.S. & Brown, Mason; Albert C. Hodges, 1834.
    Note: Two copies.
     
  40. A Digest of the Statute Laws of Kentucky of a Public & Permanent Nature Passed Since 1834. Loughborough, Preston; S. Albert C. Hodges, 1842.
     
  41. Documentary History of Dunmore’s War, 1774.Edited by Thwaites, Reuben Gold & Kellogg, Louise Pheps; Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905.
     
  42. Early Travels in the Tennessee Country l540-1800. Williams, Samuel Cole; Watauga Press, 1928.
     
  43. The Eve of Conflict. Milton, George Fort; Houghton Mifflin Co., 1934.
     
  44. Five Typical Scotch-Irish Families of the Cumberland Valley. Shoemaker, Mary Craig; 1922.
     
  45. A Handwritten Early Land Records for Knox County & Surrounding Areas. Approx. 1786-1798.
     
  46. Handwritten Early Legal Judgements. Approx. 1807-1810.
     
  47. Harlan County, Kentucky. Middleton, Elman; James Taylor Adams & James Taylor Adams I, 1934.
     
  48. Heads of Families at the First Census of the U.S. Taken in the Year 1790. Records of the State Enumerations: 1782-1785 Virginia, Bureau of the Census, GPO, 1908.
     
  49. Historic Sullivan. Taylor, Oliver; King Printing, Co., 1909.
     
  50. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution. Keitman, F.B., 1893.
     
  51. Historical Sketches of the Holston Valleys. Preston, Thomas W.; Kingsport Press, 1926.
     
  52. History of Kentucky, Vol. I. Collins, Lewis; Reviewed by Richard H. Collins; Collins Co., 1874.
     
  53. History of Kentucky, Vol. II. Collins, Lewis; Reviewed by Richard H. Collins; Collins Co., 1874.
     
  54. A History of Kentucky. Kinkead, Elizabeth Shelby; American Book Co., 1896.
     
  55. The History of Massachusetts from the First Settlement Thereof in 1628 Until the Year 1750, 3rd Edition, Vol. I. Hutchinson, Thomas; 1795.
     
  56. A History of Rockbridge County Virginia. Morton, Oren F.; McClure Co. Inc., 1920.
     
  57. History of Scott County, Virginia. Addington, Robert M.; Privately Printed, 1932.
     
  58. History of Southwest Virginia, 1746-1786: Washington County 1777-1870. Summers, Lewis Preston; J.L. Hill Printing Co., 1903.
     
  59. A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Butler, Mann, Wilcox, Dickermann & Co., 1834.
     
  60. History of the Great Rebellion, Vol. I. Kettel I, Thomas P., 1864.
     
  61. History of the Lost State of Franklin. Revised and Edited by Williams, Samuel Cole; Press of the Pioneers, 1933.
     
  62. John Filson: The First Historian of Kentucky. Durrett, Reuben; John P. Morton & Co., 1884.
     
  63. The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell 1774-1777, 2nd Edition. Dial Press, 1928.
     
  64. A Journey to the Land of Eden & Other Papers. Byrd, William; Macy-Masius, 1928.
     
  65. Kentucke & The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone. Filson, John; John P. Morton & Co., 1934.
    Note: Facsimile reproduction of the original.
     
  66. Kentucky, A Pioneer Commonwealth. Shaler, N.S.; Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1884.
     
  67. The Kentucky Mountains Transportation & Commerce 1750-1911. Verhoeff, Mary; John P. Morton & Co., 1911.
     
  68. King’s Mountain & Its Heroes. Draper, Lyman; Dauber & Pine, 1881 (Printed 1929).
     
  69. Ladies National Magazine, Vol. VII, Jan-June 1845, Nos. 1-6, and Vol. VII, July-December 1845, Nos. 1-6.
    Note: Published in one volume.
     
  70. Letters from Texas. Cardelle, Cara; 1852.
     
  71. The Life & Speeches of the Honorable Henry Clay, Vol. I. Edited by Mallory, Daniel; Silas Andrews & Son, 1853.
     
  72. The Life & Speeches of the Honorable Henry Clay, Vol. II. Edited by Mallory, Daniel; Silas Andrews & Son, 1853.
     
  73. Life & Times of Edward Swanson. McKaven, William Henry; Kingsport Press, 1937.
     
  74. Life & Trail of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr.. Crozier, C.W.; Prentice & Weissinger, Printers, 1846.
     
  75. Mississippi Valley Beginnings. Chambers, Henry E.G.P.; Putnams’ Sons, 1922.
     
  76. My Own Story. Powers, Caleb; Bobbs-Merri11, 1905.
     
  77. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, Vol. I. Bishop Meade J.B. Lippincott, 1857.
     
  78. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia, Vol. II. Bishop Meade J.B. Lippincott, 1857.
     
  79. Old Virginia & Her Neighbours, Vol. II. Fiske, John; Houghton Mifflin Co., 1897.
     
  80. The Planters of Colonial Virginia. Wertenbaker, Thomas J.; Princeton, 1922.
     
  81. Political Register, Setting Forth the Principles of the Whig and Locofoco Parties in the U.S. with the Life and Public Services of Henry Clay. Brownlow, William; Jonesborough Whig, 1844.
     
  82. The Preston & Virginia Papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1915 (Calendar Series Vol. I).
     
  83. The Real Authorship of the Constitution of the U.S. Explained. USGPO, 1912.
     
  84. Recollections of a Lifetime by John Goode of Virginia. Goode, John; Neale Pub. Co., 1906.
     
  85. Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812: Roster of the Volunteer Officers & Soldiers from Kentucky in the War with Mexico. Sam E. Hill, Adjutant General of Kentucky; Printed by Authority of the Legislature of Kentucky, 1891.
     
  86. The Revised Statutes of Kentucky, Vol. I . Stanton, Richard H.; Robert Clarke & Co., 1859.
     
  87. The Revised Statutes of Kentucky, Vol. II . Stanton, Richard H.; Robert Clarke & Co., 1859.
     
  88. Roger B. Taney. Swisher, Carl Brent; Macmillan, 1935.
     
  89. Selected Works of Young E. Allison. John P. Morton & Co., 1935.
     
  90. Sketches & Recollections of Lynchburg. Cabill, Margaret Couch (Anthony); C.H. Wynne, 1858.
     
  91. The Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. I. Littell, William; Printed by & for Wm. Hunter, 1809.
     
  92. The Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. II. Littell, William; Printed for Wm. Hunter by Johnston & Pleasants, 1810.
     
  93. The Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. III. Littell , William; Printed for Wm. Hunter by Johnston & Pleasants, 1811.
     
  94. The Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. IV. Littell, William; Printed for Wm. Hunter by Robert Johnston, 1814.
     
  95. The Statute Law of Kentucky, Vol. V. Littell, William; Butler & Wood, 1819.
      
  96. Virginia, A History of the People. Cooke, John Esten; Houghton Mifflin, 1903.
     
  97. Virginia & Kentucky Land Laws & Data. Compiled - beginning June 6, 1914 by Thomas D. Tinsley.
     
  98. Virginia Militia in the Revolutionary War. McAllister, J.T.; McAllister Pub. Co., 1913.
     
  99. Virginia, The Old Dominion. Andrews, Matthew Page; Doubleday Doran & Co., 1931.
     
  100. The Wilderness Road. Speed, Thomas; John P. Morton & Co., 1886.
     
  101. The Wilderness Road to Kentucky. Pusey, Wm. Allen; George H. Doran Co., 1921.
     
  102. A Williamsburg Scrap Book. Compiled by the Williamsburg Garden Club; Published by Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1932.
     
  103. The Winning of the West, Pt. I: The Spread of English-Speaking Peoples. Roosevelt, Theodore; Current Literature Pub. Co., 1889.
     
  104. The Winning of the West, Pt. II: In the Current of the Revolution. Roosevelt, Theodore; Current Literature Pub. Co., 1889.
     
  105. The Winning of the West, Pt. III: The War in the Northwest. Roosevelt, Theodore; Current Literature Pub. Co., 1889.
     
  106. The Winning of the West, Pt. IV:The Indian Wars, 1784-1787. Roosevelt, Theodore; Current Literature Pub. Co., 1894.
     
  107. The Winning of the West, Pt. V: St. Clair & Wayne. Roosevelt, Theodore; Current Literature Pub. Co., 1896.
     
  108. The Winning of the West, Pt. VI: Louisiana & Aaron Burr. Roosevelt, Theodore; Current Literature Pub. Co., 1896.