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10 items. Positive photocopies of U.S. Court of Claims records pertaining to the case of Nathaniel Madison Aldridge of Rienzi, Mississippi. A Union sympathizer, Aldridge supplied Federal troops with foodstuffs during the Civil War.

Scope and Content Note Materials include poetry, articles, and books written by Maggie Smith. Also included is correspondence by Smith and her extended family, and newspaper clippings pertaining to Smith and topics of interest. Genealogical materials pertain to relations of Smith, including the Aldridge, Chastain, and Sager families, as well as efforts to preserve the Simon Sager cabin. Other genealogical materials relate primarily to families from Benton County, Arkansas, including the diary and photo album of...

Scope and Content Note Five original business papers, 1824-1831, and photocopies of material Maggie Smith used in preparing her article, "The Nicks and Gibson Papers and Lovely County" (Benton County Pioneer, vol. 12, no. 4, October, 1967, pp. 86-95). The collection includes legal documents, descriptions of parcels of land, correspondence, inventories, accounts, and advertisements. The papers pertain to the business of merchants Nicks & Gibson, to the estate...