John Overton papers
Publisher: Tennssee State Library and Archives
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Format: [microform]
Subjects: Archives; Correspondence; Politics and government
Notes: Title from container label.

Papers of John Overton, lawyer, land speculator, resident of Nashville, and political advisor to Andrew Jackson. Collection includes letters written by Jackson to Overton. Other correspondents include John Bell, William Blount, Willie Blount, Henry Clay, John Coffee, John Dickinson, John H. Eaton, Felix Grundy, Sam Houston, John Peyton, James Robertson, John Sevier, Hugh L. White and other prominent men of the period. Reel Ac. #748 also includes a Third Judical Court record from 1815 and a promissory note.

Film includes material from 3 separate collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives: Ac. #16 (2 reels) and Ac. #748 (1 reel).