Powell Clayton letters to B. J. Rosewater

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Title: Powell Clayton letters to B. J. Rosewater
Creator: Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914
Contributor: Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914
Republican Party (Ark.)
Rosewater, B. J.
Published / Created: 1898-1901
Abstract: Thirteen TLS from Powell Clayton, most written from Mexico, to "Ben" J. Rosewater, in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Most letters concern news of Arkansas politics, Republican conventions, and visits by Clayton to Arkansas. Also discussed is news of Eureka Springs politics. A few letters were written while Clayton was travelling in the United States.
Description: Powell Clayton served as governor of Arkansas, 1868-1871, and as a United States senator from Arkansas, 1871-1877. In 1882 he settled in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, where he built the Eureka Springs Railway. He was appointed minister to Mexico in 1897 and served as ambassador to Mexico, 1899-1905.
Purchased from South By Southwest on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1976.
Extent: 13 items.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Format: text
Genre: Correspondence
Manuscripts
Typescripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic): Arkansas--Politics and government--To 1950
Eureka Springs (Ark.)--Politics and government
Subject (Name): Clayton, Powell, 1833-1914
Republican Party (Ark.)
Rosewater, B. J.

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Citation: Powell Clayton Letters to B. J. Rosewater. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.