Papers, 1778-1929.

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Papers, 1778-1929.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20188769

Correspondence and papers of Jesse Turner, Sr. (1805-1894), lawyer, jurist, and Whig politician of Van Buren, Ark.; his wife, Rebecca (Allen) Turner (1823-1917); their son, Jesse Turner, Jr. (1856-1919); and other members of the Turner family, relating to law practice, family affairs, political activities in Arkansas and the U.S. (1840-1900), secession in Arkansas, the Arkansas Constitution of 1836, social life and customs in Arkansas, and life during Reconstruction. Includes legal records, a family diary (1857-1859), a journal of work on steamboats in the West (1840-1850), and scrapbooks relating to the elections of 1848 and 1860. Correspondents include Albert Pike and Absalom Fowler.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6996855

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Turner, Rebecca Allen, 1823-1917

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Fowler, Absalom, 1806-1859

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Pike, Albert, 1809-1891

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General Albert Pike (1809-1891), grand commander of the Supreme Grand Council, Southern Jurisdiction, of the Scottish Rite, 1859-1891. From the description of Letter to Bro. Hayden /by Albert Pike, 1885 Feb 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702128274 After his work as commissioner to the Indian tribes west of the Arkansas, Pike was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in November, 1861. He recruited Native American troops on the promise that they would o...

Turner, Jesse, 1856-1919

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Lawyer, bank president, and mayor of Van Buren, Ark. From the description of Jesse Turner, Jr., correspondence, 1911. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 650785015 ...

Turner, Jesse, 1805-1894

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