Manuscripts

Thomas J. Hood letter, Walnut Ridge, Ark

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Description: The letter signed "W.G.C.", deals with the elections to the Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1849), the letter of Henry Clay to Richard Pindell (1849) and projects of gradual emancipation of slaves, anti-slavery movement in Kentucky, news of the California Gold Rush and the author's Arkansas plantation
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1849, March 30.
Call number: mssHM 58075
Creator: Hood, Thomas J (active 1849)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Scott Winslow and Ass., July 8 1998.
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Thomas Hood autograph letters

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Includes Preface written by his son Thomas Hood (1835-1874).

mssHM 12386-12405

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Thomas J. Beall letter to H.R. Wagner

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Letter from Thomas J. Beall to H.R. Wagner, replying to Wagner's request to the Lewiston Morning Tribune for copies of the "Craig article" (possibly Beall's article 'Recollections of William Craig,' published March 3, 1918).

mssHM 74117

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William J. Howard letters

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The seven letters, which are all addressed to William J. Howard, are written by Patrick Edward Connor, William Proctor Hughey, James Mason Hutchings, and John Ricketson. The letters by Patrick Edward Connor, who was also a California Ranger, discuss Harry Love and the act that was passed May 13, 1854 giving Captain Love his reward money for killing Murieta. William Hughey's letter (1879, June 16) discusses Denis Kearney, the Workingmen's Party of California, and the state constitutional convention of 1878. James Mason Hutchings' three letters (1879) are about tourism in the Yosemite Valley, the Yosemite commission, and the state constitution. John Ricketson's letter (1879, Feb. 27) discusses land in Sonora, Mexico

mssHM 65969-65975

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Letter book of Cleophas J. Moross

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The letter book contains typescripts of Cleophas' letters to his parents from 1904 to 1907 (the letters are bound out of order). He writes from Denver, Colorado; Spokane, and Rosalia, Washington; Post Falls, Idaho; Ogden, Utah; Portland and Pendleton, Oregon; San Francisco (after the earthquake), San Jose, Los Angeles and Fullerton, California; Hot Springs, Arkansas; Fort Worth, and San Antonio, Texas; and Monterrey, Mexico. In his letters he talks about the activities he does in each city; the work he does to earn money (he spends some time working with the Coeur D'Alene and Spokane Railroad and at a grocery store in Fullerton); relatives he visits; and the weather and geography of each location. He also talks more specifically about the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City; the Sidney Sloane murder case in Spokane as well as Indians he sees in Washington; the conditions of San Francisco since the 1906 earthquake; and his visit to the Alamo. In a letter dated 1906, August 18, Cleophas writes "I have fallen in love with the West since I have been here and I think it is the only place." He urges his parents to sell their property in Michigan and come West as well. With the letter book is a letter written by his brother Harry to their parents, Christmas 1896, and newspaper clippings about the drowning of both Harry and Cleophas.

mssHM 75102

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Jonathan B. Labrant papers

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Correspondence between Jonathan Labrant and his wife Mary Melissa and his parents and siblings (chiefly between 1862 and 1864), miscellaneous letters addressed to the Labrants, photographs and documents. One letter is in German. Jonathan Labrant's Civil War letters cover his service in Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas, including encouters with fugitive slaves, "black rebels," and Confederacy sympathizers, and discuss military actions, camp life - rations, inspections, drills, etc., recruiting in Illinois in 1863, and war news. His correspondence with other veterans of the 58th Regiment includes discussions of the history of the regiment and current political affairs. His wife's letters give updates on friends and family, local news, and describe challenges faced by a young mother running a household.

mssHM 73100-73223

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Balderston, John L. Letter to George E. Hastings

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John Lloyd Balderston (1889-1954), author, son of Lloyd Balderston (b. 1863) George E. Hastings: University of Arkansas. Re: evidence for Betsy Ross story. Item is a typescript letter, with a carbon copy.

mssHM 41760 (1-39)

Thomas J. Hood letter, Walnut Ridge, Ark

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