Scope and Content Note 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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Obituary. "Died--at the residence of Joel D. Conway, near Washington, on June 15, 1853...Charlotte Maria, only child of the late George M. and Margaret A. Gray..." [Washington, Ark., 1853.] Broadside, 15 x 10.5 cm. At the end are four stanzas of funereal verse.