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William Minor Quesenbury Receipt and Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS Qu3

Scope and Content Note

Receipt given by Quesenbury, at Bonham, Texas, December 6, 1864, to Brigadier General Douglas H. Cooper, acknowledging payment of $910 "...in full of claim I held against said...Cooper in the case of a payment made to Captain Abraham Foster, and about which I knew nothing on God's earth..."; together with letter, dated at Bonham February 26, 1865, from Quesenbury to Charles B. Johnson, boasting of the birth of son and dealing with other personal matters.

Dates

  • 1864-1865

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

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.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

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

Biographical Note

William Minor Quesenbury (1822-1888) was a teacher, poet, editor, soldier, and artist from Crawford County, Arkansas. He was born to a large family near Van Buren and after attending the local schools enrolled in St. Joseph's College, Bardstown, Kentucky. Quesenbury served in Archibald Yell's regiment during the Mexican War and then moved to Fort Smith around 1847. He taught for a brief period at Cane Hill College, Washington County, and finally settled in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he established a newspaper, the South West Independent in 1853. His newspaper lasted until 1857, and two years later he again resumed his career as an editor for the Arkansaian, a Fayetteville newspaper owned by James Pettigrew and Elias C. Boudinot. During the Civil War, Quesenbury served in the Confederate army under the command of Albert Pike and spent most of his service in the Indian Territory and Texas. He died at Neosho, Missouri in 1888.

Extent

.001 Linear Feet (2 items)

Arrangement of the Papers

The collection consists of a single folder, housed in a box with other smaller manuscript collections.

Acquisition Information

The William Minor Quesenbury Receipt and Letter were purchased by Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries circa 1936.

Processing Information

Unknown processing information.

Title
William Minor Quesenbury Receipt and Letter
Status
Completed
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

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