Scope and Content Note Letter dated at Washington, D. C. January 16, 1885, from United States Attorney General Benjamin Harris Brewster to Parker, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith, together with two other documents created or received by Parker, February 2, 1885 and August 22, 1888, pertaining to the employment of a stenographer for the court. After this term, Parker was elected to represent Missouri's 7th district in the U. S. House of Representatives,...

Scope and Content Note Electrostatic copies of indictments, complaints, writs, subpoenas, motions, bonds, orders, depositions, lists, reports, vouchers, receipts, correspondence and other records created by officers of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas or of the U.S. Circuit Court (Commissioner’s Court) for the Western District of Arkansas [see “Note on Courts”] and pertaining to criminal and legal proceedings of the courts. Note on Documents...