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Arkansas

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Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

A Map of the Indian Territory, Northern Texas, and New Mexico Showing the Great Western Prairies, 1842 or 1844

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3926.802
Description Josiah Gregg was the trader and writer. Transcript (DCI) Waters of Colorado and of CaliforniaA MAP OF THE INDIAN TERRITORY NORTHER TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO Showing the GREAT WESTERN PRAIRIES By JOSIAH GREGGEntered according to Act of Congress in the year 1844 by Sidney E. Morse and Samuel Breesa in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of New YorkNote: The (?) portions are Prairie. The white Timber...
Dates: 1842 or 1844

Affidavit of Persis Lovely, March 15, 1832

 Item — Folder 69: [Barcode: 187.69]
Identifier: 4026.105
Description

Affidavit of Persis Lovely concerning a negro given to Patsy Chisholm by Titus Ogden Chisholm. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 69

Dates: March 15, 1832

C. T. Wells’ account of a trip from Mulberry, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 219.1]
Identifier: 4026.8414
Description

C. T. Wells' account of a 15-day, 375-mile trip from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, which lasted from November 7 to 22, 1878. It also contains his comments on Sun City, Kansas from June 1879. It is addressed to "[t]o [his] friend Sallie." Folder 1

Dates: November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879

Carte des États-Unis d’Amérique, 1830

 Item — Folder Unknown: [Barcode: 233.Unknown]
Identifier: 3976.554
Translated Title

Map of the United States of America

Dates: 1830

Contract between E. B. Alexander and John Drew for corn and oats, September 27, 1844

 Item — Folder 77: [Barcode: 61.77]
Identifier: 4026.1624
Description

Contract between Captain E. B. Alexander and John Drew, where John Drew agreed to furnish 5,000 bushels of corn and 1,000 bushels of oats by February 1, 1845. John Drew was to deliver the corn and oats to Fort Gibson and be compensated $0.55 for each bushel of corn and $0.45 for each bushel of oats. Folder 77

Dates: September 27, 1844

Copy of Letter from C. Runyan to Chief John Ross, February 23, 1840

 Item — Folder 707: [Barcode: 187.707]
Identifier: 4026.897-.1
Description

Copy of letter from C. Runyan, Little Rock, to Chief John Ross. Regarding conditions in Arkansas and steam boat business with mention that people are satisfied with decision of last council. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 707



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink, "Copies of letters"

Dates: February 23, 1840

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector, February 22, 1861

 Item — Folder 1096: [Barcode: 187.1096]
Identifier: 4026.1264-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Arkansas Governor Henry M. Rector holding that Cherokee Nation is bound by Treaties with and under protection of the United States, but friendly to slave-holding citizens. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on four pages. Folder 1096



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: February 22, 1861

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady, May 17, 1861

 Item — Folder 1102: [Barcode: 187.1102]
Identifier: 4026.1271-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Kannady in reply to letter of May 15, 1861 stating that the Cherokee are bound by treaties to the United States and hope to remain neutral and hope their lands do not become a battleground. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 1102



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "Copy"

Dates: May 17, 1861

Copy of Letter from Chief John Ross to Mark Bean and others, May 18, 1861

 Item — Folder 1103: [Barcode: 187.1103]
Identifier: 4026.1270-.1
Description

Copy of letter from Chief John Ross to Mark Bean and others in reply to letter of May 9, 1861. (Moulton). Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on two pages. Folder 1103



Inscription(s)

Inscribed in ink on recto, "A Copy"

Dates: May 18, 1861