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Autograph letter, signed, dated Alexandria, VA, July 4, 1874, from Albert Pike to David Walker (Fayetteville, Ark.), urging him to run for U.S. Senate and reviewing history of Whig Party in Arkansas.

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Correspondence and papers

Scope and Contents Letters pertaining to the professional, business, political, and other affairs of David Walker, Fayetteville, Ark. lawyer, jurist, politician, legislator, and state supreme court justice. Part of the material relates to the affairs of the Whig Party and to the Civil War and Reconstruction in Arkansas, and to the Arkansas Industrial University in 1874. Correspondents include: John D. Adams, Mark Bean, John J. Clendinin, John R. Eakin, Elbert Hartwell English, Augustus Hill Garland, Lorenzo...

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Handwritten receipt, signed by David Walker, for Letters of Administration of estate, and agreement to handle case in court for $10.

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The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, property records, newspaper clippings, and other materials pertaining to Judge David Walker and the Walker family. Included are materials related to the service of David Walker and other family members in the Confederate Army during the U. S. Civil War, as well as materials related to David Walker's judicial and legal career, and to Senator James David Walker's legal and political career.