Reconstruction telegrams collection, 1865-1871.

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Reconstruction telegrams collection, 1865-1871.

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Typed transcripts, made by Dallas Herndon, of telegrams received by the Arkansas Governor's Office during the Reconstruction era. The collection includes telegrams received by governors Isaac Murphy, Powell Clayton, and O.A. Hadley, and by members of their staffs.

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Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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SNAC Resource ID: 7097582

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Herndon, Dallas T. (Dallas Tabor), 1878-

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Executive secretary of the Arkansas History Commission from 1911 to 1953; d. 1953. From the description of Dallas T. Herndon letter, 1939 Oct. 6. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 650854362 ...

Hadley, O. A. (Ozra Amander), 1826-1915

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Ozra A. Hadley was born on 10 June 1826 and died on 18 July 1915. He served as governor of Arkansas from 1871 to 1873 in the stead of Sen. Powell Clayton. In 1873 Hadley bought a plantation in Lonoke County. He served as registrar of the U.S. Land Office at Little Rock from 1875 until 1877. Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes appointed him the postmaster of Little Rock on 6 June 1877. He served as postmaster until 1882, when he moved to New Mexico Territory and established a cattle ranch near Watrous. ...

Arkansas. Governor

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Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914

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Powell Foulk Clayton was born in Bethel Township, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann (Clarke) Clayton. The Clayton family was descended from early Quaker settlers of Pennsylvania. Clayton's ancestor William Clayton emigrated from Chichester, England, was a personal friend and associate of William Penn as well as one of nine justices who sat at the Upland Court in 1681. Clayton attended the Forwood School in Wilmington, Delaware and the Pennsylvania Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy in Bri...

Murphy, Isaac, 1799-1882

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