Browse Items (4 total) Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Creator is exactly "Tate, Abner" Sort by: TitleCreatorIdentifierDate Added Letter to James M. Adams, C. C. Clay, and William Acklen from Abner Tate. Tate, Abner 1855-09-04 Note to Moore's Statement. Tate, Abner 1856 Depositions to Routt vs. Tate (1 of 14) Tate, Abner September 4, 1855 Legal and court documents, 1846 Fearn, Thomas Output Formats atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2 Refine search Identifier Select...loc_robf_000180_000182loc_robf_000217_000218r01b02-01r01b04-10 Title Select...Depositions to Routt vs. Tate (1 of 14)Legal and court documents, 1846Letter to James M. Adams, C. C. Clay, and William Acklen from Abner Tate.Note to Moore's Statement. Description Select...The Note to Moore's Statement was signed A.T., alluding to the possibility that Abner Tate wrote this. The note discusses the testimony of Mrs. Willis and Colonal Sheid regarding a search for Sawyer, one of the murdered men. It traces Sawyer's known whereabouts prior to him going missing. The note claims that A.T. had never heard of Sawyer or Rein, the second victim, until August 1855.This letter, written on September 4, 1855, contains information regarding several murders the occurred at the [sic] House between 1841 and 1846, as reported by D. H. Bingham. He further details the arrest and imprisonment of a Mr. John Gordon in relation to the murders, and his appearing in court. Possible information regarding the burial of the murdered men are offered in the letter as well. The letter ends with Abner Tate discussing the validity of certain confessions as many "delight" in "destroying the reputations of others." Creator Remove filter...Tate, Abner Temporal Coverage Select...1840-18491850-1859 Subject Select...Bingham, D.H.Connor County (Tenn.)ConspiracyCotton tradeCourts--United States--CasesEvidence (Law)ExtraditionHomicide InvestigationHuntsville (Ala.)Madison County (Ala.)MurderNew Orleans (La.)Pork industry-- United StatesSpinningTrials (Murder)--United StatesWhitesburg (Ala.) Type Select...CorrespondenceDepositionsReceiptText Language Select...en
