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R         Arthur, George Clinton.

244                  Papers, ca. 1914-1944.

                                    Three folders.

 

 

 

These are reminiscences and miscellaneous papers assembled in connection with Arthur’s work on “Bushwhacker” Bill Wilson during the Civil War in Phelps County, Missouri.  There is also genealogical information concerning the Arthur and Tur­nure families, and correspondence re­garding Arthur’s books, Backwoodsmen and Bushwhacker.

 

 

Folder 1:                 Reminiscence of John W. Karnes concerning the Wright family murders, 1939 (4 pages).

 

                                Reminiscence of R. C. Jones concerning the Wright family murders, n.d. (3 pages).

 

                                Drafts of affidavits on the accuracy of information provided by Jim Lanning and ________ Woolsey for George Clinton Arthur’s Bushwhacker, n.d. (1 page).

 

                                Description of Civil War rifle owned by George Clinton Arthur, n.d. (1 page).

 

 

Folder 2:                 Turnure family data, unsigned, with cover postmarked Chesterfield, Missouri, 7 January 1914 (1 page).

 

                                Letters from Sen. Roscoe C. Patterson, Washington, D.C., to Hattie M. Arthur con­cerning Michael Turnure, 21 March 1934 and 16 April 1934.

 

                                Notes on Arthur and Turnure genealogy, n.d. (4 pages).

 

 

Folder 3:                 Miscellaneous papers, 1940-ca. 1944 (7 items).

 

 

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