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Letter dated at Washington, D. C. February 21, 1876, from Acting Commissioner Lippincott of the United States General Land Office to Thomas Montague Gunter, United States Congressman from Arkansas, regarding proposed legislation to place "the Fort Wayne abandoned military reservation in Arkansas...in the condition of ordinary public lands."

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Letter dated at Paris, April 27, 1928, from Mauriac to Cecilia Russell, Chicago, Illinois, pertaining to the novelist's current literary work.

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Letter dated at Headquarters, Camp Jackson, Arkansas September 25, 1861, from McCulloch, Brigadier General, to Henry Massey Rector, Governor of Arkansas, regarding difficulty encountered in recruiting and arming five regiments.

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Letter written from Berlin, to Charles Sumner, urging his influence in obtaining appointment of Alexander W. Thayer to diplomatic post in Prussia; letter also pertains to personal, political, and other affairs in Prussia and in the United States, and to Henry Wilson (Jeremiah Jones Colbath), Robert Apthorp, and Joseph Albert Wright.

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Letter dated at "Wichita Agency" October 31, 1861, from Leeper, Indian Agent for the Confederate States of America, to J. J. Storm, Commissary at the post, regarding issuance of rations to Reserve Indians.

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Typewritten letter dated to Washington, D. C. May 9, 1896 from J. S. Patterson to his friend John Young, Springdale, AR describing the writer's impressions on his recent excursion to Mount Vernon, VA.

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Letter dated Van Buren December 23, 1840 from S. P. Woodruff to "Mr. Wood," to collect the cash equivalent of a hat owed to Woodruff by Wood in accordance of a wager on the Pennsylvania election returns.

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Autographed letter signed, dated Little Rock, AR August 15, 1851 from Woodruff to Alexander McLean of Van Buren, AR pertaining to the shipment of "the press & seal for your district court, which I ordered for you..."

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Typescript letter signed, dated Conway, AR March 13, 1897 from D. R. Fones, cashier, Bank of Conway, to George M. Heard of Kinsworthy & Hard, attorneys, Little Rock. Typescript letter dated Little Rock, March 15, 1897, from Heard to Fones. Regarding the use of Heard's influence to secure re-appointment for Fones's sister-in-law to position as nurse at Deaf Mute Institute.

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Typescript letter signed, dated Conway, AR March 13, 1897 from D. R. Fones, cashier, Bank of Conway, to George M. Heard of Kinsworthy & Hard, attorneys, Little Rock. Typescript letter dated Little Rock, March 15, 1897, from Heard to Fones. Regarding the use of Heard's influence to secure re-appointment for Fones's sister-in-law to position as nurse at Deaf Mute Institute.

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Typescript letter signed, dated Muskogee, OK November 5, 1939 from Foreman to Miss Jim P. Matthews, University of Arkansas Library, regarding the location of the Tibbetts [sic] Papers.

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Photocopy of typed letter signed, dated Dallas, TX February 9, 1967 from Ben H. Wooten to E. C. Deane, University of Arkansas News Service, regarding Wooten's role "in establishing the forerunner of the USO in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the Fall of the year 1940."

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"The Life of Archibald Yell", Intro by Frederick W. Allsop. Unpublished manuscript.

Impressionistic account of Yell's life with a description of his two burial ceremonies. Includes poetry by Albert Pike, John Greenleaf Whittier and George Smoote. Also includes a long prose essay on the Mexican War by Anna Robinson Watson.

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Letter dated at Woodville, Mississippi, May 21, 1838. inviting the Reverend James Smylie to accept a teaching appointment.

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Six-page letter, dated at Billingsley P.O., Arkansas, June 26, 1876 and addressed to "The committee appointed to collect historical matter for the centennial celebration...at Fort Smith...." Letter pertains to the history of Sebastian County, Arkansas and to pioneer life in the state from 1814.

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Mounted clipping from unidentified periodical, publishing exchange of correspondence, October 26 and November 24, 1874, between F. G. McCauley of West Salem, Ohio and John T. Jones, Master of State Grange, Little Rock, regarding conditions in Arkansas with respect to treatment of Republicans, black citizens, and northerners.

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Letter from John Byrne, Jr., of St. Louis, Missouri, to Bonneville, June 7, 1870, regarding personal affairs, and papers, 1908-1910, relating to the pension claim of Mexican War widow Susan News Bonneville.

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Note, dated Elmira, New York, September 3, 1880, to T. W. M. Boone of Fort Smith, Arkansas, conveying writer's thanks to Young Folk's Literary Guild of Fort Smith for election to honorary membership.

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Letter dated at Little Rock, Arkansas June 19, 1913, from Acting Governor J. M. Futrell to Professor L. E. Aylsworth, Lincoln, Nebraska, advising that he is forwarding, under separate cover, copies of the messages delivered to the Arkansas General Assembly by his gubernatorial predecessors, George Washington Donaghey and Joseph Taylor Robinson.

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Typewritten transcripts of letters dated Office of Commissary of Subsistence, at Fayetteville, Arkansas August 19, 1864 and at Fort Smith, Arkansas December 26, 1865. Addressed to William H. Houlton, Co. E, 8th Minnesota Volunteers, the letters relate to Crowell's war experiences in Arkansas.

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Presidential pardon issued August 3, 1868 for Charles Cane, convicted of manslaughter "at the May term 1868, of the United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas...."

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: Letters dated at Washington, D. C. April 19, 1830 and April 25, 1831, from President Jackson to, respectively, Samuel F. Hays at Nashville, Tennessee and the Reverend Hardy M. Cryer, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The earlier, one-page letter deals with personal affairs, principally with the care of Jackson's garden and his wife's grave at "The Hermitage." The second letter, of eight pages, discusses political affairs, especially the resignation of Martin Van Buren and John Henry Eaton from...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: Letters dated at Washington, D. C. April 19, 1830 and April 25, 1831, from President Jackson to, respectively, Samuel F. Hays at Nashville, Tennessee and the Reverend Hardy M. Cryer, near Gallatin, Tennessee. The earlier, one-page letter deals with personal affairs, principally with the care of Jackson's garden and his wife's grave at "The Hermitage." The second letter, of eight pages, discusses political affairs, especially the resignation of Martin Van Buren and John Henry Eaton from...

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Letter dated Washington County, Tennessee August 25, 1844, from John Hodges to William Hodges, Washington County, Arkansas, regarding personal and familial affairs.

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Letter dated Union Court House, Arkansas, December 30, 1840, from A. G. Hill, Clerk of Union Circuit Court, to Governor Archibald Yell, relating to a petition praying the appointment of an additional Justice of the Peace for Franklin Township.