Powell Clayton letters to B. J. RosewaterClayton, Powell, 1833-19141898-1901Thirteen 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.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.text