Date Original
1849-1932
Description
This collection contains twelve letters and an article written between 1849 and 1932 between members of the Magruder family of Batesville, Arkansas and Maryland.
Biographical/Historical Note
Lloyd Magruder and Ann Holmes Magruder of Montgomery County, Maryland had twelve children: Mary Catherine Holmes, Lucy Beall, Eugenia, Charles Brooke, Ann Holmes, Olivia Dunbar, Thomas Contee, Arthur, Lloyd, John Holmes, William Ogden Chappell, and Rebecca Johnson. Charles Brooke Magruder moved to Batesville, Arkansas in the early 1840s and his brother Lloyd moved there in 1845 and Mary Catherine Magruder Carter and her husband John Carter. The Magruders in Arkansas wrote letters to their siblings in the east primarily their brother Thomas, deputy collector at port of Georgetown.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Batesville, Independence County (Ark.); Maryland
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.059.005
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Magruder family letters, SMC.059.005
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Magruder family letters, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
