Date Original
1870
Description
This collection contains one letterbook of outgoing correspondence of Arkansas Governor Powell Clayton from January 4 through September 24, 1870.
Biographical/Historical Note
Powell Clayton served as Arkansas's ninth governor during some of the turbulent years of Reconstruction, 1868-1871. An officer in the Union Army during the Civil War, he came to Arkansas in 1863. After the war, he remained in the state and became governor in 1868. Clayton left office in 1871 to become one of Arkansas’s United States senators. He died in 1914 in Washington, District of Columbia.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MS.000019
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Powell Clayton letterbook, MS.000019
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Powell Clayton letterbook, 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
