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"The Life of Archibald Yell", Intro by Frederick W. Allsop. Unpublished manuscript.

Impressionistic account of Yell's life with a description of his two burial ceremonies. Includes poetry by Albert Pike, John Greenleaf Whittier and George Smoote. Also includes a long prose essay on the Mexican War by Anna Robinson Watson.

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Letter dated Union Court House, Arkansas, December 30, 1840, from A. G. Hill, Clerk of Union Circuit Court, to Governor Archibald Yell, relating to a petition praying the appointment of an additional Justice of the Peace for Franklin Township.

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...

Scope and Contents Printed letter dated Washington City, D.C., May 16, 1846, addressed to "Dear Sir" and bearing Archibald Yell's autograph signature, seeking assistance in raising a volunteer regiment in Arkansas [1st Regiment, Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry] for service in the Mexican War. Page 2 contains printed texts of Congressional act of May 13, 1846 "...providing for the prosecution of the existing war..." and of President James K. Polk's proclamation of the same date. Penned at foot of page 1 is previous...

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Photoduplications of typed extracts, with manuscript corrections and marginal additions, of three letters dated: "Waxhaws, near Fayetteville," April 6, 1836; "Wexhams," June 7, 1837; "Washington," Dec. 25, 1837. Letters are to William Moore, Mulberry, Lincoln County, Tennessee and to the nation.

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Letters from Archibald Yell to General M. Hunt, Galveston, Texas. Letters are dated May 20, 1845 (from Washington, DC), June 23, 1845 (from Fayetteville, AR), and October 25, 1845 (from Jefferson City, MO), and pertain to the annexation of Texas and Yell's plans for land speculation there. Positive photocopies.