John May Correspondence

Collection

Identifier: MS M452 464

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Scope and Content Note

Collection consists of 22 autograph letters signed from John May to his wife Caroline who lived in Clarksville, Arkansas and later Scotia, Arkansas. Written during the overland expedition of the Clarksville and California Mining Association to California April-October 1849 and during his stay in California October 1849-January 1851. The letters depict the daily life of a man "gone to seek his fortune." Other miscellaneous letters and John May's commission papers in Floyd's Company of Volunteer Infantry, 10th Regiment, Johnson County Militia are included in the collection.

Dates

1849-1851
1849

Creator

May, John (Person)

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

Use restrictions apply: No publication of material is permitted without permission of the donor.

No Interlibrary Loan.

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

Biographical Note

John May was a member of the Clarksville and California Mining Association who traveled to California as part of the gold rush. He later returned to Arkansas and served in the Civil War.

Extent

.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

This collection is arranged chronologically with correspondence first followed by the Civil War documents.

Acquisition Information

The John May Correspondence was donated to Special Collections, University of Arkansas Libraries in 1983 by Boyd and Christine Murphy, in memory of Alice Latta Smith.