Chester Ashley [graphic] / James M. Fortenberry [painter]. [between 1872 and 1876]

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Chester Ashley [graphic] / James M. Fortenberry [painter]. [between 1872 and 1876]

Chester Ashley (1790-1848) was a Little Rock, Arkansas, attorney and land speculator who served U.S. Senator from Arkansas, 1844-48.

1 copy negative : b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (5 x 4 in.)

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Arkansas History Commission

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Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...

Ashley, C. (Chester), 1790-1848

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Chester Ashley (1790-1848) was a lawyer and United States senator, 1844-1848. Ashley was born in Massachusetts and was educated at Williams College and Litchfield Law School. He lived in Hudson, N.Y.; Edwardsville, Ill.; and St. Louis, Mo.; before settling in Little Rock, Ark., in 1820. From the guide to the C. Ashley Papers, ., 1828-1844, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) June 1790. About three years later he moved to Hu...

Fortenbury, James M., b. 1847.

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