Arkansas (state)
Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
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Found in 75 Collections and/or Records:
Spoliation Claim, April 7, 1842
Item — Folder 834: [Barcode: 187.834]
Identifier: 4026.999-.1
Description
Spoliation claim, Judge Wind. Property lost on St. Francis River (Ark) in 1817; sworn before Gunter. Single folded sheet of paper with handwritten text in ink on three pages. Folder 834
Dates:
April 7, 1842
Supply order from Archibald Harris to Henry Cunningham, March 24, 1844
Item — Box 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: 3826.1282
Description
Letter from Archibald Harris at Beatties Prairie to Henry Cunningham in Van Buren, Arkansas, placing an order for supplies. Photocopies included. Folder 29
Dates:
March 24, 1844
The Removal of the Cherokee, circa 1927
Item — Box 1, Folder: 65
Identifier: 4027.5291
Description
Typescript of an essay titled "The Removal of the Cherokee" by John Madden. Describes how the comissioner J.F. Schermerhorn arranged the Treaty of 1835 in absence of Cherokee officers. By this treaty, the Cherokee Nation ceded to the U.S. all territory east of the Mississippi River. Includes history of the removal from June 1838 to March 1839. Folder 65
Dates:
circa 1927
Transcript titled "Extract from California Diary" describing the journey from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, March 26 - May 29, 1849
Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 3616.149
Description
The excerpt was written by Phineas U. Blunt, a member of the Knickerbocker Exploring Company en route to the gold fields in California. The author spends a great deal of time discussing the trials and obstacles faced on the trail—including quicksand, lack of clean drinking water, sand flees, hail, and loss of livestock. The author details the different people groups he encountered during his travels; a variety of individuals from various states such as Arkansas, Tennessee, Indiana, Ohio, and...
Dates:
March 26 - May 29, 1849
Typed minutes of a meeting of the conservative citizens of Webbers Falls concerning elections of new officers, April 3, 1903
Item — Folder 578: [Barcode: 61.578]
Identifier: 4027.3089-.1
Description
Minutes are typed on Gibson Bros. letterhead. Meeting took place in Webbers Falls, Indian Territory at 8:00 p.m. D. W. McCorkle presided as temporary chairman. Minutes detailed the nomination and voting process for electing officers. C. C. Tittle was declared elected as nominee for Mayor. S. L. Milligan was elected as nominee for recorder. Geo. Pollard, William Gibson, T.M. Looper, J. T. Neal, and Cal Hanks were declared elected aldermen. Minutes were signed my D. W. McCorkle, President Pro....
Dates:
April 3, 1903