Grandison Delaney Royston Correspondence
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Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of printed text of correspondence exchanged at Washington, Arkansas, July 9 and 13, 1863, between Rufus King Garland and Royston, pertaining to Garland's candidacy for election to the Congress of the Confederate States.
Copied from original printed text, torn from an unidentified work in the Robert Wilson Trimble Collection, Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock.
Dates
- 1863
Creator
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
Grandison Delaney Royston was born in Carter County, Tennessee on December 9, 1809. He later moved to Arkansas where he held several political offices, serving in the Arkansas House of Representatives in 1837 and the Arkansas State Senate in 1858. He represented the state in the First Confederate Congress between 1862 and 1864. He would pass away on August 14, 1889 in Washington, Arkansas.
Extent
.001 Linear Feet (2 items)
Arrangement of the Papers
The collection consists of a single folder, arranged chronologically, housed in a box with other smaller manuscript collections.
Acquisition Information
The Grandison Delaney Royston Correspondence were donated to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 1956 by the Arkansas History Commission of Little Rock, Arkansas
Processing Information
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- Title
- Grandison Delaney Royston Correspondence
- 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
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu