I made, as best I could, original investigation as to facts plainly suggested by the proceedings of the courts, as to the men who constituted the court, their lives, character, etc., and also as to the events surrounding, or involved in, the entries as indicated by the substance of the “motions,” “orders,” etc.

Where authorities consulted and information obtained in my original investigation have conflicted as to a date, I have given that which seemed most probably the correct one: where no date at all could be found or fixed, I have followed the “illustrious example of distinguished historians,” and said, “about this time”—without giving any date at all.

By permission of my long, long time scholarly friend, Dr. R. L. C. White, the author, I publish with the volume “A Centennial Dream” with the Key thereto. The “dream” and interpretation are put in an appendix, for the reason that I can not copyright either.

Dr. White’s “Centennial Dream” has suggested, in fewer words, more Tennessee history than any publication heretofore made, and, as hundreds of persons can testify, has excited more interest, and caused more thorough investigation, in Early History of Tennessee, than any book or paper hitherto written on the subject. It will live as an attractive, proficient instructor and teacher of the history of the “Volunteer State” after he has “crossed over the river” and is at “rest under the shade of the trees.”

All who read the dream and key to it will appreciate the obligation I am under to Dr. White.

CONTENTS.

I.Andrew Jackson, Attorney at Law[1]
II.The Pickets of Civilization[15]
III.A Unique Court[38]
IV.A Tragic Episode[60]
V.Early Tennessee Legislation[69]
VI.Miro, alias “Mero”[86]
VII.Andrew Jackson as a “Sport”[100]
VIII.Jackson’s Duel with Avery[110]
IX.Andrew Jackson, Deputy Sheriff and Fireman[119]
X.Andrew Jackson, the Man[125]
“A Centennial Dream”[137]
Interpretation of the “Dream”[143]
Index[151]

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Tennessee History.