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Ben Forney law license (Lamar County, TX), 1858

 Item — Box: Manuscript Collections Oversize Box 18, Folder: MC 2483 Oversize Folder 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MC 2483

Content Description

From the Collection:

Family and personal papers of Catharine Adrianna Forney-Smith, including correspondence, clippings, photographs, and a land grant certificate. Many family members lived in Hope, Hempstead County, and Little Rock, Arkansas. Several folders of correspondence are comprised of a series of letters written to her by her husband, Benjamin F. Forney, while she was visiting relatives in New York. The collection also includes a handwritten organizational history of the Pat Cleburne chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, which Forney-Smith founded in 1896.

Dates

  • 1858

Conditions Governing Access

From the Collection:

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444