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*Goodspeed firm, publishers, Chicago. ''[ | *Goodspeed firm, publishers, Chicago. ''[https://www.archive.org/details/historyoftenness00good History of Tennessee, from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin and Moore Counties]. ''Nashville, Tenn., The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1886. Free digital copy. | ||
*''Goodspeed History of Tennessee <ref>''Goodspeed History of Tennessee''. [Nashville, Tennessee]: Restoration and Reproduction Section, Library and Archives Division, Tennessee Dept. of Education, 1965. Micro-reproduction of county sections of: ''History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present''. Nashville, Tennessee: Goodspeed Publishing, 1886–1887. {{FSC|55122|item|disp=FS Library Film 899865; book 55122}}</ref>''This source contains histories of Tennessee counties, including a military history and an appendix of biographies. | *''Goodspeed History of Tennessee <ref>''Goodspeed History of Tennessee''. [Nashville, Tennessee]: Restoration and Reproduction Section, Library and Archives Division, Tennessee Dept. of Education, 1965. Micro-reproduction of county sections of: ''History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present''. Nashville, Tennessee: Goodspeed Publishing, 1886–1887. {{FSC|55122|item|disp=FS Library Film 899865; book 55122}}</ref>''This source contains histories of Tennessee counties, including a military history and an appendix of biographies. | ||
Here is a list of some Tennessee state histories: | Here is a list of some Tennessee state histories: | ||
*Carpenter, W.H. ''The History of Tennessee from Its EarliestSettlement to the Present Time''. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1856. Digital version at [ | *Carpenter, W.H. ''The History of Tennessee from Its EarliestSettlement to the Present Time''. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1856. Digital version at [https://www.archive.org/stream/historyoftenness00carpiala Internet Archive]. | ||
*Hale, Will T. and Merritt, Dixon L. ''A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans - The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities''. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1913. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=30088 Ancestry] ($); [ | *Hale, Will T. and Merritt, Dixon L. ''A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans - The Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities''. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 1913. Digital versions at [http://search.ancestry.com/iexec/Default.aspx?htx=BookList&dbid=30088 Ancestry] ($); [https://www.archive.org/details/ahistorytenness01merrgoog Internet Archive]. | ||
*Hamer, Philip M. ''Tennessee, a History, 1673-1932,'' 4 volumes. New York: American Historical Society, 1935. {{FSC|8619|item|disp=FS Library film 1000311 Items 1-4}} | *Hamer, Philip M. ''Tennessee, a History, 1673-1932,'' 4 volumes. New York: American Historical Society, 1935. {{FSC|8619|item|disp=FS Library film 1000311 Items 1-4}} | ||
*Haywood, John.[ | *Haywood, John.[https://www.archive.org/details/civilpoliticalhi00hayw ''The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee from its Earliest Settlement up to the Year 1796, including the Boundaries of the State'']. Nashville, Tennessee: Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, 1891. Free digital copy. | ||
*Garrett, William Robertson and Goodpasture, Albert Virgil. ''[ | *Garrett, William Robertson and Goodpasture, Albert Virgil. ''[https://www.archive.org/details/historyoftenness00garr History of Tennessee, its People and its Institutions.]'' The Brandon Co., Nashville, Tenn.: 1900. Includes the 1870 Constitution of Tennessee (pp.321-338) and ''Bibliography of Tennessee History and Biography'' (pp.338-341). | ||
*''History of Tennessee'' <ref>Folmsbee, Stanley John. ''History of Tennessee''. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1960. {{FSC|221417|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 H2fs}} </ref>This is a basic history of Tennessee, not indexed. | *''History of Tennessee'' <ref>Folmsbee, Stanley John. ''History of Tennessee''. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1960. {{FSC|221417|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 H2fs}} </ref>This is a basic history of Tennessee, not indexed. | ||
*Putnam, Albigence Waldo. ''History of Middle Tennessee: or, Life and Times of Gen. James Robertson''. Nashville, Tenn.: A.A. Stitt, Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1859. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=9DjMSsxUR_UC Google Books]. | *Putnam, Albigence Waldo. ''History of Middle Tennessee: or, Life and Times of Gen. James Robertson''. Nashville, Tenn.: A.A. Stitt, Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1859. Digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=9DjMSsxUR_UC Google Books]. | ||
*''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century:'' <ref>Ramsey, James Gettys McGready. ''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its Settlement as the Watauga Association, from 1769–1777; a Part of North Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; the State of Franklin, from 1788 to 1790; the Territory of the U.S. South of the Ohio, from 1790 to 1796; the State of Tennessee, from 1790 to 1800''. 1853. Reprint, Not published: 1967. {{FSC|221607|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.8 H2r}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=RXMOAAAAIAAJ Google Books].</ref> This extensive history of the early settlement era includes a map, a few biographical sketches, and an index. | *''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century:'' <ref>Ramsey, James Gettys McGready. ''The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its Settlement as the Watauga Association, from 1769–1777; a Part of North Carolina, from 1777 to 1784; the State of Franklin, from 1788 to 1790; the Territory of the U.S. South of the Ohio, from 1790 to 1796; the State of Tennessee, from 1790 to 1800''. 1853. Reprint, Not published: 1967. {{FSC|221607|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.8 H2r}}; digital version at [http://books.google.com/books?id=RXMOAAAAIAAJ Google Books].</ref> This extensive history of the early settlement era includes a map, a few biographical sketches, and an index. | ||
*Smith, Daniel. ''[ | *Smith, Daniel. ''[https://www.archive.org/details/shortdescription00smit A Short Description of the State of Tennessee]: lately called the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio; to accompany and explain a map of that country.'' (A very early history.) Philadelphia: Printer for Mathew Carey by Lang and Ustick, 1796. Free digital copy. | ||
*''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' <ref>West, Carroll Van. ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998. {{FSC|30661|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 H2te}}</ref>This comprehensive alphabetical work contains topics, biographies, and events representing aspects and disciplines of Tennessee’s history. | *''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture'' <ref>West, Carroll Van. ''The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''. Nashville, Tennessee: Rutledge Hill Press, 1998. {{FSC|30661|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 H2te}}</ref>This comprehensive alphabetical work contains topics, biographies, and events representing aspects and disciplines of Tennessee’s history. | ||
*Moore, John Trotwood and Justin P. Foster, editors. ''Tennessee: The Volunteer State, 1769-1923'', 4 vols. Nashville: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co., 1923. This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies.<ref>{{FSC|220742|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D3m v. 1-4}} Free online digital copy at the FamilySearch link {{WorldCat|1616538|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}</ref> This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies. <br> | *Moore, John Trotwood and Justin P. Foster, editors. ''Tennessee: The Volunteer State, 1769-1923'', 4 vols. Nashville: S.J.Clarke Publishing Co., 1923. This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies.<ref>{{FSC|220742|item|disp=FS Library book 976.8 D3m v. 1-4}} Free online digital copy at the FamilySearch link {{WorldCat|1616538|disp=at various libraries (WorldCat)}}</ref> This indexed four-volume set includes church information and Tennessee history in addition to three volumes of biographies. <br> | ||
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