John D. Henry Letters

Collection — Box: Small Manuscript Collections Box 3

Identifier: MC 49

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Not requestable

Scope and Content Note

Five of the six letters in this collection are addressed to P.G. or Martha P. Henry, John's father and mother living in Locust Cottage. Two letters from John describe his living arrangements and financial difficulties in Fayetteville. Another letter, from O.C. Gray of Fayetteville, describes John's final illness. The last two letters are from relatives living or visiting Fayetteville and describe John's death and his burial site at Evergreen Cemetery.

The earliest letter in the collection is from Private John L. Russell, Company C, 6th Arkansas Infantry, dated July 7, 1861, from Pocahontas, Arkansas. Russell, a Confederate volunteer who probably lived in Dallas County, Arkansas, may have been related to the Henry family.

Dates

1861-1881

Creator

Henry, John D. (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

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Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

John D. Henry was a farmer from Locust Cottage, Jefferson County, Arkansas, who in 1876 attended the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville, Arkansas. While enrolled at the school, Henry developed what he described as a "bad cold," and he died near the end of March 1876.