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Documents pertaining to student life at Arkansas Industrial University (later known as the University of Arkansas).

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Documents pertaining to student life at Arkansas Industrial University (later known as the University of Arkansas).

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

Documents pertaining to student life at Arkansas Industrial University (later known as the University of Arkansas).

Scope and Content Note From the Collection:

Documents pertaining to student life at Arkansas Industrial University (later known as the University of Arkansas).

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Document signed "W. Dent" [Dant?], pertaining to "Daniel [David?] Robins of [?] County 50 acres located on Flagg Meadow …."

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Copy of will (MS, 1p.) executed by James Balla of Air Township, Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania, with endorsements on verso; attaching certificate (MS/PR, 1p.) executed Jun 20, 1770 by John Armstrong, deputy to Register General Benjamin Chew, to record for probate.

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Samuel Findlay [Findly?] to Agusta [i.e., Augustus?] Balla, £1.19.0, "being in full …."

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Contract executed at Galway [Ireland] by Richard Joice, as servant, and Abraham Woodside of Baltimore, as employer, in consideration of passage to America and provision of "necessaries" during 4-yr. term to indentured service. On verso: MS notations and release from indenture, executed by Abraham Woodside at Baltimore Oct 30, 1775.

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Williams W [?] to James Balla, "the full sum of Nineteen Shillings it being contracted by James Balla Senior Deceased..."

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John King to James Balla, "for Nathan McDowell[?] the sum of Nine Shillings."

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Executed by David McFawl [?], certifying that James Ballah [sic], "did not improch upon my land any farther than the agreeable lines …." On verso: "David McFall."

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Augustus Ballah [sic], sworn before sworn before William Patterson, Bedford County [Pa?] Justice of Peace, in matter of land dispute between James Ballah [sic] and Samuel Findly [sic]. On verso: "Augustus Ballah Oath."

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Document signed by W[illiam?] Parker for Daniel Brodhead, Surveyor General, pertaining to land "situate in Air township, Bedford County [Pa.?], surveyed to James Balla on warrant said to be dated the 22 day of November 1785." On verso: "7 April 1796 James Balla."

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Itemized statement, certified by Ben[jamin?] Williams, Franklin County [Pa?] Justice of Peace, listing indebted­ness of James Balla, Deceased, accrued to creditor William Harris May 1799 to August 1804; endorsed by Harris "March 30th" as received in full from Sarah Balla and Thomas Mardis.

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"The account of Sarah Balla and Thomas Mardis Adminis­trators of the Estate of James Balla dec.," with certifying endorsements executed by John Findlay[?], Clk. of the orphan's court. On verso: certifying endorsement executed at Chambersburg [Pa.?] by Henry Reges [?], Deputy Register for Franklin County.

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G[?] Murphy, Deputy U. S. Marshal, to Daniel Bellow, for $99.50 ($96 "Fine imposted by a Court-Martial for not performing a Tour of Militia Duty," $1.50 "marchel fee," and $2 "Millage") paid at Chambersburg [Pa?]

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Catherine Thomas, Frederick County, Md. To her sister Margaret Thomas, Franklin County, Pa., regarding recent illness, marriages in the county, and other matters of familial interest.

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"A list of the Property kept by the Widow Balla at the apraisment." On verso: "Goods taken by Widow at appraisement."

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: Last will and testament of James Balla of Cumberland County, Province of Pennsylvania, together with receipts, statements of account, certificate, letter, list and other documents pertaining to affairs of his sons James and Augustus and other heirs and descendants, and to indentured service, 1771-1775, of Irish immigrant Richard Joice. Places to which material relates include Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Bedford, Cumberland, and Franklin Counties, Pennsylvania; Baltimore and Frederick County,...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The collection contains photoduplicates (2 copies) of a map of Faulkner County, Arkansas, with descriptive information about Faulkner County, originally published by Higgins & Co., St. Louis, and reproduced by Joe C. Shaw, circa 1970, from a copy of Louis C. Lincoln's Facts Concerning Faulkner County. Also included is Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings (Conway, Ark., Faulkner County Historical Society) vol. 12, no. 2, Summer...

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: The collection contains photoduplicates (2 copies) of a map of Faulkner County, Arkansas, with descriptive information about Faulkner County, originally published by Higgins & Co., St. Louis, and reproduced by Joe C. Shaw, circa 1970, from a copy of Louis C. Lincoln's Facts Concerning Faulkner County. Also included is Faulkner Facts and Fiddlings (Conway, Ark., Faulkner County Historical Society) vol. 12, no. 2, Summer...

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Mimeographed copy of an essay, "Early History of Fort Smith," written by Minnie Pahotski, elementary school supervisor in Fort Smith (Sebastian County), Arkansas.

Scope and Content Note From the Collection: 29 items. Photoduplicates of obituary notices, news articles, and editorial eulogies appearing in the Arkansas Gazette, the New York Times, and other newspapers, 1868-1916, reporting the deaths of 13 of the 16 congressmen who represented Arkansas in the Senate and House of the 40th-43rd U.S. Congresses (Jun 23, 1868-Mar 3, 1875) during "Congressional Reconstruction." Includes obituaries for Thomas Boles (1837-1905),...

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Xerox copy of single issue of Winfield Scott Morgan's populist newspaper, Morgan's Buzz-Saw, published monthly at Hardy, Arkansas.

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Statistical data compiled from U.S. Censuses, 1850-1936, prefaced by letter of transmittal, Morgan to Lester Bickford, Little Rock, December 6, 1970.