Nathan Strong Family Papers Addendum

Collection

Identifier: MC 1221

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Scope and Content Note

The collection is essentially a continuation of the Nathan Strong Family Papers (MC 1210). The collection includes personal and business correspondence; invoices, receipts, loose pages from account books detailing sales from Henry Strong's store, and promissory notes; court orders, witness testimonials, depositions, sworn affidavits, arrest warrants, bail and hire bonds; freedmen contracts; and other miscellaneous papers. In this collection there are also documents created by other Justices of the Peace in Clark County, Arkansas, most of them by Jessee R. Harris. The legal papers contain a memorandum of an agreement dissolution between Henry Strong and his business partner, land sale transactions, and the exemption from service in the Confederate Army.

Dates

ca 1847-1892

Creator

Strong family (Family)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

Materials in this collection pertain primarily to Henry Strong (1825-1897), who operated a general store and boat landing at Montroy on the Ouachita River and was a Justice of the Peace for Manchester Township (near Arkadelphia), Clark County, Arkansas.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

The Strong family papers were donated to Special Collections by Clara McCaskill of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, on October 22, 1992.

Related Materials

Records relating to the Nathan Strong Family Papers Addendum include:

Nathan Strong Family Papers MC 1210 1851-1937

Separated Materials

Two publications, The Patrons' Parliamentary Guide, Washington, Gibson Brothers, Printers, 1874 and Constitution & By-Laws of the County & Farmers' Alliance of Arkansas (undated), were removed from the collection and added to the Arkansas Collection.