Map of the Washita river in Louisiana from the Hot Springs to the conf...
Oriented with North to the upper left corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Mississippi river, with Ohio, Rock, Iowa River de Moins, Missouri, Wh...
Title devised by cataloger. Pen-and-ink, mounted on cloth. Includes 7 "Indian boundary lines." In lower left corner in pencil: 91. On verso: Transferred from Interior Department, Office of Indian Affairs. Jan. ... more
In memory of Dr. Thomas Russell, son of the late Capt. Edward Russell ...
Printed on satin.; Russell, Thomas.; Imprint 1. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 52... more
To the citizens of the Territory of Arkansas: Fellow citizens: I offer...
Positive Photostat.; Campaign.; Imprint 2. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1, Folder 32.
I, William S. Fulton, Governor of the Territory of Arkansas, do hereby...
Blank form filled in in mss for Bradford C. Fowler dated Feb. 26, 1836 and signed by the governor. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text... more
U.S. Reports: Sampetreac and Stewart v. United States, 32 U.S. (7 Pet....
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 32; Peters Volume 7; January Term, 1833; Bernardo Sampetreac and Joseph Stewart, Appellants v. the United States, Appellees
Map and profile of the proposed road from opposite Memphis, Tenn. to t...
Relief shown in hachures. "Level of the Mississippi River May 7th, 1833, nearly low water." From map in U.S. House Doc. no. 83, 23rd Congress, 2nd Session, 1834-1835, vol. 3. LC Trails, 243 The route is shown b... more
U.S. Reports: Chouteau's Heirs v. the United States (No. 2), 34 U.S. (...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 34; Peters Volume 9; January Term, 1835; Auguste Chouteau's Heirs, Appellants v. the United States
A map of a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Mi...
Accompanied by: Geological report of an examination made in 1834 of the elevated country between the Missouri and Red rivers / by G.W. Featherstonhaugh. Washington : Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. (97 p., [... more
Map showing the lands assigned to emigrant Indians west of Arkansas an...
From: [Documents concerning Col. Henry Dodge's expedition to the Rocky Mountains], House Document 181, 24th Cong., 1st session, 1835-36, serial 289. LC Many nations, 200 Exhibition: Indians of North America, Li... more
A new map of Arkansas with its canals, roads, & distances
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by H.S. Tanner in the Clerks Office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania." Relief shown by hachures. Reproduced from an original in the U.S. National Ar... more
U.S. Reports: Stoddard et al. v. Chambers, 43 U.S. (2 How) 284 (1844)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 43; Howard Volume 2; January Term, 1844; Simeon Stoddard, Curtis Stoddard, Daniel Stoddard, Anthony Stoddard, William Stoddard, Joseph Bunnell and Lucy his wife, Jonas Foster an... more
Funeral obsequies of free-trade
A gloomy view of the effects of the Polk administration's Tariff of 1846. The artist echoes Whig condemnation of the measure as adverse to American trade. A funeral cortege, composed of administration supporter... more
A new map of Arkansas with its canals, roads & distances
Scale ca. 1:1,700,000. Hand colored. Relief shown by hachures. "25" in upper right corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes "Steam boat routes." AACR2
U.S. Reports: Paup et al. v. Drew, 51 U.S. (10 How.) 218 (1851)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 51; Howard Volume 10; December Term, 1850; John W. Paup, James Trigg, and Richard Pryor, Plaintiffs in error, v. Thomas S. Drew, as Governor of the State of Arkansas, and succes... more
U.S. Reports: United States v. Boisdore's Heirs, 49 U.S. (8 How.) 113 ...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 49; Howard Volume 8; January Term, 1850; The United States, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Boisdore. Same, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Powers. Same, Appellants, v. The Heirs of Turner.
U.S. Reports: Woodruff v. Trapnell, 51 U.S. (10 How.) 190 (1851)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 51; Howard Volume 10; December Term, 1850; William E. Woodruff, Plaintiff in error, v. Frederick W. Trapnell
U.S. Reports: Lytle et al. v. The State of Arkansas et al. (NOTE: also...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 50; Howard Volume 9; January Term, 1850; Robinson Lytle and Lydia Louisa Lytle, his Wife, Elias Hooper and Mary E. Hooper, his Wife, and Nathan H. Cloyes, a Minor, under twenty-... more
A map of a part of the southern & western states showing the contempla...
The map covers an area from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi delta, and from Columbus, Ohio, to Little Rock, Ark. It shows Ft. Massac and "Capitol City" in southern Illinois and northern Kentucky as sites selec... more
U.S. Reports: The United States v. Porche, 53 U.S. (12 How.) 426 (1852...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 53; Howard Volume 12; December Term, 1851; The United States, Appellants, v. Alexis Porche
Indians set fire to their village at the approach of de Soto / J.W. Or...
Indians burning their village in Arkansas, at the approach of de Soto. Illus. in: The Life, travels and adventures of Ferdinand de Soto, Discoverer of the Mississippi / Lambert A. Wilmer. Philadelphia : J.T. Ll... more
A new map of Arkansas
Relief shown by hachures. Includes text and list to land districts. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by Sherman & Smith in the clerks office of the District Court of the Southern District ... more
Arms of the state of Arkansas, drawn for the ceiling of the Hall of Re...
U.S. Capitol (drawing).
U.S. Reports: Cunningham v. Ashley et al., 55 U.S. (14 How.) 377 (1853...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 55; Howard Volume 14; December Term, 1852; Matthew Cunningham, Plaintiff in error, v. Mary W. W. Ashley, executrix and sole legatee of Chester Ashley, deceased, and William E. A... more
Map of the Cairo & Fulton Railroad exhibiting the principal tributary ...
Map showing Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and part of Texas. Shows drainage, cities and towns, and state boundaries, west of the Mississippi River. The adjoining area east of the Mississippi River shows only t... more
U.S. Reports: Curran v. State of Arkansas, 56 U.S. (15 How.) 304 (1853...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 56; Howard Volume 15; December Term, 1853; James N. Curran, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Arkansas, The Bank of the State of Arkansas, John M. Ross, Financial Receiver, an... more
Colton's railroad & township map of Arkansas complied from the U.S. Su...
Detailed general map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and canals. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854 by J. H. Colton. LC also has an 1860 edition, p... more
Colton's railroad & township map of Arkansas compiled from the U.S. Su...
Detailed general map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, railroads, and canals. Scale ca. 1:750,000. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854 by J. H. Colton. LC also has an 1860 edition, p... more
Hon. Wm. King Sebastian of Ark
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Sen. Ark. 36th Senate. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mar... more
Hon. Wm. King Sebastian of Ark
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1954. Gene... more
U.S. Reports: Burke v. Gaines et al, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 388 (1857)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 60; Howard Volume 19; December Term, 1856; Patrick Burke, Plaintiff in Error, v. William H. Gaines and Wife, et al.
U.S. Reports: Byers v. Surget, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 303 (1857)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 60; Howard Volume 19; December Term, 1856; William Byers, Appellant, v. Francis Surget
U.S. Reports: Beers v. State of Arkansas. Platenius v. State of Arkans...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 61; Howard Volume 20; December Term, 1857; Joseph D. Beers, use of William A. Platenius, as Administrator of James Holford, deceased, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Arkansa... more
U.S. Reports: Thomas v. Lawson et al., 62 U.S. (21 How.) 331 (1858)
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 62; Howard Volume 21; December Term, 1858; Mary Ann Thomas, Plaintiff in Error, v. Eliza Lawson and others, heirs at law of James Lawson, deceased, by George A. Gallagher, their... more
Map of the city of Memphis : including Fort Pickering and Hopefield, A...
Cadastral map showing lot numbers and dimensions, block numbers, subdivision names, and some landowners' names. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the left. "Entered according to act of Congress i... more
[Robert W. Johnson, Senator from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 273. Each item includes subject's orig... more
U.S. Reports: Lytle et al. v. State of Arkansas et al., 63 U.S. (22 Ho...
Description: U.S. Reports Volume 63; Howard Volume 22; December Term, 1859; Robinson Little and Lydia L. his Wife, Nathan H. Cloyes, and others, Plaintiffs in Error, v. the State of Arkansas, Charles B. Bertran... more
[Alfred B. Greenwood, Representative from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congr...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 274. Each item includes subject's orig... more
Map exhibiting the fixed location of the main trunk of the New-Orleans...
Outline map of the south-central states from Mississippi to the Rio Grande. Shows the "Wheat Region of Texas." Indicates completed, located and proposed lines. Table of distances in left side of map. Scale 1:1,... more
[Wm. K. Sebastian, Senator from Arkansas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...
Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 272. Each item includes subject's orig... more
Capt. Fred F. Burlick, 4th Ark. Cav
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched on emulsion: 6314. Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. ... more
Hon. Oliver P. Snyder of Ark
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, glass side, top: O.P. Snyder. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... more
Map of Texas, showing the line of the Texas and New Orleans Rail Road,...
Shows railroads actually built, partially finished, under contract, and chartered but not under contract. Covers area of the U.S. Southwest and northern Mexico and includes Louisiana, Arkansas, and parts of adj... more
[Unidentified soldier in Union shell jacket with 7th Corps Dept. of Ar...
Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather, scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2011; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.lilj Purchased ... more
Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...
Scale ca. 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.5 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 185[5?] by J.H. Colton & Co." Inset: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 19 cm. Includes tables of population... more
Colton's map of the southern states. Including Maryland, Delaware, Vir...
Scale ca 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 6.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Laing, N.Y. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 20 cm.-Colton'... more
[Captain Daniel Turrentine of Company G, 12th Arkansas Infantry Regime...
Photograph shows identified soldier. Title devised by Library staff. Case: Leather; floral and scroll design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2012; (DLC/PP-2012:127). More information about this collection is available ... more
Colton's map of the southern states : including Maryland, Delaware, Vi...
Relief shown by spot heights and hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes inset of southern Florida, text, and statistical t... more
Resolutions passed by the Convention of the people of Arkansas on the ...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 1, Folder 34.
John Selden Roan, Brig. Gen., Ark.
Brig. Gen. John Selden Roane, half-length portrait, facing front. On verso: From Brady negative.
Read this! Let the following extract from a patriotic letter by Gen. H...
Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 19, Folder 6.
To the Governors and executive councils of the states of Virginia, Nor...
On verso : 1132 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 187, Folder 13a.
Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, on the Arkansas River : cap...
Annotated in pencil on verso: Approaches to Fort Hindman, Arkansas River, January 11, 1863. Shows Fort Hindman and adjacent areas of the Arkansas River. From the Joseph R. Hawley papers in LC Manuscript Divisio... more
[Map of the environs of Arkansas Post, Ark. January 1863].
Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S18, 113 Pen and ink and watercolor on cloth, mounted on paper. Title and date from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. Availab... more
View of Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post. [January 11, 1863]
Small drawing of the fort showing the location and size of guns, casemates, powder magazine, and other buildings. Scale ca. 1:2,450. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 115.2 From Report of the Secretary of the Navy, ... more
J. H. Colton's map of the southern states. Maryland, Delaware, Virgini...
Scale ca. 1:1,520,640. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 37.6 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1863 by J. H. Colton." Printed by Lang & Cooper. Insets: Southern part of Florida. 27 x 19 cm.-Colton's... more
[Map of Arkansas Post, Ark.] /
Relief shown by hachures. Shows troop positions and movements. Title from Stephenson's Civil War maps, 1989. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), S19, 114 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ra... more
Railway and county map of the Southern States; embracing the States of...
Map of the southern United States showing drainage, county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:1,950,000. Hand colored. LC Civil War ... more
[Map of the Red River campaign, March 10-May 22. 1864].
Shows the Red River valley in Arkansas and Louisiana, indicates the location of Camp Worth near Logansport, Louisiana, and the battle sites of April 8 and 9, 1864, between Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana... more
Rep. Hon. Charles B. Benedict of N.Y.?
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, scratched into emulsion: 680 [crossed out], C.B. Benedict, 453, 1157, Ark. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library... more
Calhoun County, Arknasas
Shows rivers, streams, fords, roads, farm land, tree types, houses, and names of some residents. Mounted on cloth. LC stamped in black ink at lower left corner. On verso in pencil at upper right: Land Ownership... more
Slemons, Hon. Wm. Ferguson of Ark. Colonel in Price's cavalry
Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Annotation from negative, inked on emulsion: 732; scratched into emulsion: [illegible], F. Slemons, Ex. MC, Arkansas, 881 [crossed out], 1072 [crossed out],... more
Map of Arkansas /
Relief shown by hachures. Shows land grant railroads, seats of land offices, and coal regions. Upper right hand margin: No. 10. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Langtree's new sectional map of the state of Arkansas /
Relief shown by hachures. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, in the Clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Arkansas, by G. McGowan." Printed by G.W. & ... more
"Mustered out" colored volunteers at Little Rock, Arkansas / A.R.W.
Illustration showing African American soldiers mustering out in Little Rock, Arkansas. Title from item. Signed on block "A.R.W" in lower right. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 490 (1866 May 19), p. 308.
Entry into Little Rock
Print shows a jubilant crowd lining the street during the grand entrance of Union troops following the end of the Civil War.