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Tennessee History for Kids: Donelson's Journal the Day They Passed Through the Mountain

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The journal kept by John Donelson during the journey by boats down the Tennessee River in 1779-80 is one of the great records of American migration. The most dramatic day of the journey was Wednesday, March 8, a day in which Donelson's fleet of flatboats and canoes passed through the present-day site of Chattanooga. Here is the unedited journal entry.

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