L.C. Gulley collection of state papers, 1819-1904.

ArchivalResource

L.C. Gulley collection of state papers, 1819-1904.

This collection contains early correspondence of the first governors and other officials of the territory and state, official correspondence in regard to the Indians, and some French and Spanish papers of an early date. There are also messages of some governors to the legislature, reports of various Civil War generals to the war governors of the state, correspondence regarding the situation after the war, and a considerable number of letters concerning the purchase of land in Arkansas.

814 items.

spa,

eng,

fre,

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7503318

Related Entities

There are 26 Entities related to this resource.

Ku Klux Klan (19th cent.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6941k5n (corporateBody)

Confederate states of America. Army

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fn4wfh (corporateBody)

The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Arkansas. Governor

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn3b6p (corporateBody)

Woodruff, William Edward, 1795-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6808cs6 (person)

American soldier and editor. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Louisville, Kentucky, to President Arthur, 1881 Dec. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270584014 William Edward Woodruff, Sr., newspaperman, publisher, editor, and land agent came to Arkansas Territory in 1819. Born in Bellport, Suffolk County, N.Y., 24 Dec.1795, he was the first child born to Nathanial Woodruff and Hannah Clarke Woodruff. At eighteen he became an apprentice of Alden Spooner of t...

Pope, John, 1770-1845

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c83b42 (person)

Epithet: sherman, of London British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00016d Epithet: of Cauldon, county Staffordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x00016c John Pope was born in Prince William County, Virginia, in 1770. After studying law, he moved to Springfield, Kentucky, and was admitted to the bar. Pope served in...

Danley, Christopher Columbus, 1818-1865

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62v4v1c (person)

Hadley, O. A. 1826-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68365gz (person)

Roane, J. S. 1817-1867.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65f15r5 (person)

Miller, James, 1776-1851

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xp8f9j (person)

Governor of Arkansas, U.S. representative from New Hampshire, and army officer. From the description of Papers of James Miller, 1789-1914. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71071540 ...

Baxter, Elisha, 1827-1899

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60z9h94 (person)

Arkansas governor From the guide to the Elisha Baxter letters to President Ulysses S. Grant, 1873, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Arkansas. Auditor of State

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb3gj1 (corporateBody)

An act of the Arkansas General Assembly passed 1 Apr. 1891 allowed for the granting of pensions to Arkansas' former Confederates and their widows. Arkansas was one of the first states to provide for their Confederate veterans. The act created a State Board of Pensions with seventy-five local pension boards, one in each county. These boards oversaw the granting of pensions. Almost 50,000 Arkansans received pensions for Confederate service under this program which was administered from 1891 until ...

Garland, A. H. (Augustus Hill), 1832-1899

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kk9zx2 (person)

U.S. senator from Arkansas. From the description of A.H. Garland letter and address, 1862. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 604884726 American lawyer and politician; Governor of Arkansas. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Little Rock, to the Daily Tribune, 1875 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269572048 American lawyer and politican; Governor of Arkansas. From the description of Signature to printed fo...

Fulton, William Savin, 1795-1844

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg0x41 (person)

Lawyer, Arkansas governor (1835-1836), and U.S. senator (1836-1844). From the description of William Savin Fulton papers, 1807-1929 (bulk 1830-1843). (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 228657120 ...

Flanagin, Harris, 1817-1874

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6252r92 (person)

Harris Flanagin was born in New Jersey on 3 Nov. 1817. He moved to Greenville, Ark., then the county seat of Clark County, and began practicing law. In 1841 he served as deputy sheriff of Clark County. In 1842 Flanagin was elected state representative and served for two years. He was again elected to public office in 1848 and served in the state senate for the next two years. Flanagin married Martha E. Nash of Washington in 1851. They had three children: Duncan, Nash and Laura. Following Arkansa...

Izard, George, 1777-1828

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr2k3c (person)

American general; governor of Arkansas. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Baltimore, to Thomas Jefferson, 1801 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269521993 U.S. Army officer, engineer, and Governor of the Arkansas Territory (1825-1828). George Izard was the son of Ralph Izard (1741/2-1894), a U.S. Senator from South Carolina. Born in Richmond, England, George Izard was brought up in Paris and attended schools in Charleston, S.C. and New York and graduate...

Yell, Archibald, 1797 or 1799-1847

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sb587r (person)

Governor of and U.S. representative from Arkansas, public official of Tennessee, jurist, and army officer. From the description of Archibald Yell papers, 1836-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981226 From the description of Archibald Yell letter, 1839 Feb. 6. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 430350370 Archibald Yell was a soldier and congressman. From the guide to the Archibald Yell correspondence, 1836-1847., 1836-1847, (American ...

Conway, James Sevier, 1798-1855

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wq238q (person)

Arkansas. General Assembly

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp21wz (corporateBody)

Huey, A. S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rj6xgw (person)

Drew, Thomas S. (Thomas Stevenson), 1802-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r524jz (person)

Borland, Solon, 1808-1864

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6515264 (person)

The Borland, Green, and Godwin families are related in the following manner. George Godwin, son of Jeremiah Godwin, married Fanny Green (whose mother was Mary (Giles) Green) in 1805. Dr. Thomas Wood Borland (d. 1830 or 1831), father of Roscius Cicero Borland, married Harriott Godwin, daughter of Jeremiah Godwin and Sarah (Wilkinson) Godwin. From the guide to the Borland Family Papers, 1771-1940., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Gulley, L. C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60c783x (person)

Conway, Elias N. (Elias Nelson), 1812-1892

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pp0d6k (person)

Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p55xmw (person)

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

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xw5sfd (person)

Rector, Henry M. (Henry Massey), 1816-1899

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6b57skf (person)

Born in Kentucky, later moved to Arkansas where he served in the House of Representatives and the Senate as well as a justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Served as Governor of Arkansas, 1860-1862 and then joined the army to fight for the Confederacy. From the description of Letter, April 11, 1862. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 53969477 U.S. surveyor general for Arkansas, state legislator, and Arkansas governor. From the descriptio...