found an old message from 2003 on this board....

Question: Where are the papers for the Lost State of Franklin?

Answer: THE JOURNAL OF EAST TENNESSEE HISTORY, Number Sixty-Nine, 1967 p. 84 has an article by ned Irwin, Archivist, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University entitled, "The Lost Papers of the 'Lost State of Franklin' " that gives useful information about the papers.

now - how you get this article I don't know, but perhaps someone else can help us.

Mary Turney Miller