A.W. Harris’ Personal and Business Receipts, 1873

The A.W. Harris Papers are contained within one Hollinger box of 25 folders. The collection is primarily composed of the financial transactions, various correspondences, newsletters and horse pedigree papers from the Trotting Horse Breeders Association. The collection holds eight folders of receipts from the years 1861-1874, those of his wife Fannie A. Wilson, his in-law relatives Thomas B. Wilson, and W.L. Wilson; showcasing the sale of domestic goods, real estate, labor and livestock. Some purchases are accompanied by reserve stamps from the Civil War, and are noteworthy for their representation of 19^th century local economics and business life within the Nashville area as well as broader Tennessee. The collection also holds seven folders of correspondence between the Harris and Wilson families between 1867-1895. These correspondences pertain to private matters, various business transactions of the family businesses, as well as the incoming correspondences of Temple O. Harris and A.W. Harris. Two folders containing documents, newspaper clippings, and records concerning agriculture and animal husbandry from the years 1867-1873. Four folders containing bank receipts from the Fourth National Bank from the years 1872-1873. The remaining four folders contain an assessment list issued by Davidson county in 1874, a newspaper clipping regarding veteran pensions, Nashville local business documents, and the personal notes of A.W. Harris.