Seven ALsS written between 1869-1872 by George Andrews,Tennessee Supreme Court Judge.

“I studied law in the city of Detroit, and practiced my profession there till 1865…”

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A Vermont native, George Andrews (1826–1889) was appointed as a justice to the Tennessee Supreme Court by Governor W.G. Brownlow in 1868. He served for two years. Subsequently, Andrews was U.S. district attorney for East Tennessee and a University of Tennessee trustee.

Contents

1.  Knoxville. March 27, 1869, James E. Merwin Esq. in St. Louis. [1¼]pp. Andrews inquires about acquiring a book on the Andrews family genealogy and notes his friendship with General John Eaton (1829–1906), editor of the Memphis Daily Post.

2.  Knoxville. April 5, 1869, to Alfred Andrews Esq. [1]p. Andrews mentions “Maj. Merwin” (see above), asks again about a published genealogy and provides brief details about his immediate family.

3.  Knoxville. April 5, 1869, to Alfred Andrews Esq. [2¼]pp. Andrews provides information about his siblings, noting that he is considering submitting a portrait for Alfred’s proposed genealogy book on the Andrews family: “I would like very well to go down to posterity in your book, but being in the midst of a canvass for re-election…I will send to you in regard to the portrait hereafter…” George mentions his physician brother, Seth Lathrop Andrews—“many years a missionary stationed at Kailua Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]”—and his brother Edmund, “Physician & Professor of Surgery in Medical Department Lind University Chicago, Ill. – graduate of Michigan University – was during the war Surgeon of a Regiment of Illinois Artillery.”

4.  Brownsville, Tennessee. June 10, 1869, to Alfred Andrews Esq. [2½]pp. Andrews gives more family information for Alfred’s book, mentioning his brother’s insanity (“it will not be necessary to print his insanity”) and providing a brief autobiography in which he mentions that he did not receive a college education and that he “studied law in the city of Detroit, and practiced my profession there till 1865 when I removed to Knoxville, Tenn., where I have since resided.”

5.  Knoxville. November 23, 1869, to Alfred Andrews Esq. [2¼]pp. Regarding his subscription to Alfred’s genealogy book and the preparation of an engraving of his portrait for the book.

6.  Knoxville. July 22, 1870, to Alfred Andrews Esq. [1]p. Enquiring after the progress of publishing Alfred’s book and noting he has discovered two additional “Andrews” families in Tennessee, one Irish and one German.

7.  Knoxville. April 4, 1872, to Alfred Andrews Esq. [1]p. on stationery of Office of the United States District Attorney for the District of Tennessee. Asking about obtaining a copy of Alfred’s book which he believes was “in press” last September.

Price: $650.00