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Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical/Historical Note...... 4 Scope and Contents...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 5 Collection Inventory...... 6 Financial papers...... 6 Miscellaneous...... 8 Photographs (photocopies)...... 8 Newspaper clippings...... 9 Correspondence...... 11
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Summary Information
Repository Arkansas State Archives
Title William Savin Fulton papers
Date [inclusive] 1807-1909
Extent 0.5 Cubic feet 1 box
Language English
Language of Materials Materials entirely in English.
Preferred Citation William Savin Fulton papers, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Biographical/Historical Note
William Savin Fulton was born in Cecil County, Maryland, on June 2, 1795. He attended Baltimore College in 1813 before beginning his law practice in 1817. Fulton also served as a corporal in the Baltimore Fencibles, an elite volunteer unit, alongside his father in the days leading up to the fourteen- hour naval bombardment at Fort McHenry during the War of 1812. In 1815, Fulton traveled to Florida to serve as private secretary to General Andrew Jackson in the Seminole Wars. After his service, Fulton moved to Tennessee in 1820 and then to Florence, Alabama, where he engaged in law and wrote editorials for the Democratic newspaper, the Florence Gazette. He served as judge of Lauderdale County, Alabama, in the 1820s. Fulton married Matilda Frances Nowland, in 1823. The couple had eight children: Elizabeth Rebecca, David Peregrine, Hickory, Sophia, Mary Jane, Matilda Frances, Maria Eller, and Ida. Only Elizabeth, Sophia, and Ida would survive to adulthood. In 1829, Fulton was appointed by President Andrew Jackson as the secretary to the Territory of Arkansas, replacing Robert Crittenden. During Governor Pope’s frequent absences from Arkansas, Fulton often acted as governor or traveled between Washington, District of Columbia, and Little Rock, Arkansas, on territorial business. Jackson appointed Fulton as Governor of the Arkansas Territory on March 9, 1835. Fulton was generally opposed to Arkansas statehood on the grounds that neither the people nor the resources were ready. Despite the criticism aimed at him for this view, Fulton was appointed by President Jackson to serve as the first junior senator from the State of Arkansas to the United States Congress in 1836, a position he held until his death in late 1844.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, notes, resolutions, agreements, a diary, and other items pertaining to William Savin Fulton and his family.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
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Conditions Governing Access This collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use The copyright law of the United States (Title 17-U.S. Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. The person using this material is liable for any infringement.
Immediate Source of Acquisition Mrs. A.E. White, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1968.
Related Materials
Separated Materials Photographs transferred to general photograph file.
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Collection Inventory
1. 1814 January 19-1822: Diary
2. Undated: Printed sketch, Nowland and Fulton families, by E.R. Wright
3. 1845 May 3: Contract, Matilda F. Fulton to the Bank of Arkansas
4. 1837 June 12: Resolution, Bank of the State of Arkansas, authorizing Ambrose H. Sevier and William S. Fulton to contract sale of residue of state bonds, signed by Jacob Brown, forwarded to William S. Fulton
5. 1909 March 8: Confirmation certificates, Annette Dickinson, St. George's Church, Des Arc
Financial papers
6. 1833 October 4-1834 April 1: Land sale receipt, Thomas Morris
7. 1833 November 5: Sale of land, Little Rock courthouse and jail, A.H. Sevier, Benjamin Johnson
8. 1833 November 11: Sale of lands, Little Rock courthouse and jail, Benjamin F. Pattie, Governor John Pope
9. 1833 November 13: Contract, William Field and Paul M. Rutherford, land for Little Rock courthouse and jail
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10. 1833 November 30: Receipt, courthouse lands, Richard Hawkins, Governor John Pope
11. 1834 April 7: Land sale, Little Rock courthouse and jail, Benjamin F. Pattie, Governor John Pope
12. 1835 August 8: Transfer of deed notice, William Field, Ambrose Sevier
13. 1841 April 28: Reciept, William S. Fulton to Thomas Allen and J. Goodrich, subscription to the Madisonian
14. 1841 December 7: Receipt, W.S. Fulton, from Thomas Allen and J. Goodrich
15. 1843: Stock note, William S. Fulton, amounts and dates due
16. 1843-1845: William S. Fulton, expenses and income
17. 1843 November 11: Accounts, amounts owed William S. Fulton
18. 1843 November 16: Receipt, settlement of David Fulton's estate, David F. Shall
19. 1844 August 5: Receipt, 677 pounds of pork to William S. Fulton
20. 1844 November 15: William F. Fulton's estate, inventory of property
21. 1845 November 16: William S. Fulton, Horace B. Allis, sale of slaves Jo, Wesley, Charlotte, and Legrond, plus horses, for oxen, wagon, plows, axes, and harrow
22. 1845 December 15: Accounts of sale, William Fulton's estate
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23. 1847 January 13: Estate of William S. Fulton, shares
24. 1850 March 27: Receipt, David Shall
25. 1858 January 11: American marble monument, bill
26. 1858 January 25: Receipt for monument, William Fulton, Elizabeth Wright
27. 1859 February 26: Receipt for purchase and hire of slaves, Minerva and Anne
28. [?] May 3: Loan due in 12 months, 900 dollars plus 63 dollars interest
29. Undated: Payment calculations, slaves, land lots
Miscellaneous
30. Undated: Speech notes
31. Undated: Advertisement, National Cyclopædia of American Biography
32. Undated: Notes, William S. Fulton's career and life, plus biography
33. Undated: Memorial, "In Memorium, Our Mother"
Photographs (photocopies)
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34. David Fulton, father of William S. Fulton
35. Elizabeth Fulton, mother of William S. Fulton
36. Fulton family portrait
37. Rosewood, William S. Fulton's Little Rock home
38. Frederick Elias Conway
39. Alice Curran Conway, wife of Frederick Elias Conway
40. The White family, donors of the collection
41. 1866 June 20-1923: Programs, Patapsco Institute, Christ Church parish
Newspaper clippings
42. Undated: Obituaries, Elizabeth Savin Shall, William S. Fulton's niece, and Dr. R.L. Harris
43. Undated: Poem, "Now are we sure that thou knowest all things"
44. [?] May 27: News of other days, Arkansas Gazette
45. Undated: Obituary, Elizabeth Savin Shall
46. Undated: In Memorium, David M. Fulton, brother of William S. Fulton, and his wife
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47. [?] January 4: Obituary, Imogene Wright Sevier, wife of Ambrose H. Sevier
48. Undated: Obituary, Rose Shields
49. 1871 July 20: Obituary, Mary Shall
50. Undated: In Memorium, Dr. Craven Peyton
51. Undated: Poem, on the death of Rose Shields
52. 1891 May 8: In Memorium, Jane J. Holt
53. [?] April 29: Wedding announcement, Thomas D. Singleton and Maud Sevier, daughter of Ambrose H. Sevier
54. 1897 February 25: Obituary, Amelie Adams
55. Undated: Report on Boston Ideals performance, led by M.A. Adams, with Amelie Sevier, Maude Sevier and others
56. 1878 August 31: Article, The Republican, St. Louis, Missouri, theatrical anecdotes mentioning William Fulton
57. Slivers of George Washington's coffin
58. 1835 October 5: Message, Governor William S. Fulton to "Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, and of the House of Representatives"
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Correspondence
59. 1807 February 20: Ben Nowland, Baltimore, Maryland, to Marie Nowland
60. 1810 November 21: Ben Nowland, Baltimore, Maryland, to "My dear Sister"
61. 1815 February 27: William S. Fulton, Baltimore, Maryland, to Maria Nowland
62. 1815 June 9: Ben Nowland, Baltimore, Maryland, to Maria Nowland
63. 1815 June 13: Ben Nowland, Cape Henry, to Rebecca Nowland
64. 1815 August 1: Ben Nowland, St. Salvador, Brazil, to Rebecca Nowland
65. 1826 October 18: William S. Fulton, Chickasaw Nation, to Matilda Fulton
66. 1826 October 28: William S. Fulton, Treaty Ground, Chickasaw Nation, to Matilda F. Fulton
67. 1830 January 4: David Fulton, Florence, Alabama, to John Fulton
68. 1830 February 22: Mary Ann Fulton Crockett, Callatin, Tennessee, to William Fulton
69. 1831 May 1: David Fulton, Florence, Alabama, to John Fulton
70. 1831 July 18: Harriet C. Nowland, Nashville, Tennessee, to Mrs. R. Nowland
71. 1831 August 5: E.B. Nowland, Nashville, Tennessee, to Mrs. M.F. Fulton
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72. 1832 February 9: M. Fulton, Little Rock, to William S. Fulton
73. 1832 February 23: William Fulton to Matilda Fulton
74. 1832 November 21: David Fulton to John T. Fulton
75. 1833 January 15: William S. Fulton to Matilda Fulton
76. 1837 February 25: William S. Fulton to Matilda Fulton
77. 1837 March 28: Jacob Brown, Arkansas State Bank, to Levi Woodbury, Secretary of the Treasury
78. 1837 September 12: I.H. Crease, Arkansas State Bank, to A. Sevier and William S. Fulton
79. 1837 December 27: Levi Woodbury, Treasury Department, to William S. Fulton
80. 1837 October 26: Elizabeth Randolph, Clifton, Tennessee, to Matilda Fulton
81.1839 September 11: Miss S.L. English, Georgetown, District of Columbia, to Matilda Fulton
82. 1839 November 17: Matilda Fulton, Little Rock, to William S. Fulton
83.1839 December 30: Matilda Fulton, Little Rock, to William S. Fulton
84. 1840 January 26: Matilda Fulton, Little Rock, to Elizabeth Fulton
85. 1840 January 27: William S. Fulton to Matilda Fulton
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86. 1840 March 1: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
87. 1840 March 15: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
88. 1840 April 5: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
89: 1840 April 26: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
90. 1840 May 3: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
91. 1840 May 12: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
92. 1840 May 23: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
93. 1840 May 31: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
94. 1840 June 2: William S. Fulton, Washington, District of Columbia, to Matilda Fulton
95. 1840 June 6: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
96. 1840 June 11: David Fulton, Little Rock, to William S. Fulton
97. 1840 June 11: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
98. 1840 June 18: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
99. 1840 June 20: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
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100. 1840 June 25: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
101. 1840 December 21: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
102. 1841 January 17: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
103. 1841 January 26: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
104. 1841 January 30: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
105. 1841 January 31: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
106. 1841 March 10: William S. Fulton, Washington, District of Columbia, to Matilda Fulton
107. 1841 July 20: C. Fulton, Little Rock, to Matilda Fulton
108. 1841 November 7: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
109. 1841 November 16: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
110. 1841 November 21: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
111. 1841 December 11: David Fulton to William S. Fulton
112. 1841 December 31: John T. Fulton to William S. Fulton
113. 1842 January 3: John T. Fulton to William S. Fulton
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114. 1842 January 9: John T. Fulton to William S. Fulton
115. 1842 January 22: John T. Fulton to William S. Fulton
116. 1842 January 26: John T. Fulton to William S. Fulton
117. 1842 January 30: John T. Fulton to William S. Fulton
118. 1842 February 2: David Fulton, Little Rock, to William Fulton
119. 1842 February 6: David Fulton to William Fulton
120. 1842 February 27: John T. Fulton to William Fulton
121. 1842 March 10: William Woodruff, Little Rock, to William S. Fulton
122. 1842 March 18: John T. Fulton to William Fulton
123. 1842 March 21: David Fulton to William Fulton
124. 1842 March 24: John T. Fulton to William Fulton
125. 1842 April 5: David Fulton to William Fulton
126. 1842 April 6: John T. Fulton to William Fulton
127. 1842 April 14: John Fulton to William Fulton
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128. 1842 April 16: David Fulton to William Fulton
129. 1842 April 17: David Fulton to William Fulton
130. 1842 May 2: John Fulton to William Fulton
131. 1842 May 16: David Fulton to William Fulton
132. 1842 May 29: Matilda Fulton to William S. Fulton
133. 1842 May 30: David Fulton to William Fulton
134. 1842 June 3: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
135. 1842 June 12: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
136. 1842 June 19: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
137. 1842 June 20: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
138. 1842 June 23: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
139. 1842 June 30: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
140. 1842 July 3: David Fulton to William Fulton
141. 1842 July 3: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
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142. 1842 July 11: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
143. 1842 July 11: David Fulton, Little Rock, to William Fulton
144. 1842 July 15: David Fulton to William Fulton
145. 1842 July 31: Elizabeth Fulton to William Fulton
146. 1842 August 15: Matilda Fulton, Little Rock, to William Fulton
147. 1842 December 2: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
148. 1842 December 16: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
149. 1842 December 19: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
150. 1842 December 25: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
151. 1842 [?] 15: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
152. 1843 January 1: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
153. 1843 January 8: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
154. 1843 January 16: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
155. 1843 January 22: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
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156. 1843 February 3: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
157. 1843 February 6: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
158. 1843 Febraury 10: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
159. 1843 February 13: Matilda Fulton to William Fulton
160. 1843 June 18: H. Dodge to William Fulton
161. 1843 August 16: William Fulton, Fayetteville, to Matilda Fulton
162. 1843 August 25: William Fulton, Huntsville, Alabama, to Matilda Fulton
163. 1843 August 26: William Fulton, Carrollton, Alabama, to Matilda
164. 1843 September 1: William Fulton, Batesville, Arkansas, to Matilda
165. 1843 November 16: David Fulton, Woodlawn Cabins, to William Fulton
166. 1890 November 20: Laura Humber, New York, to "Dear Cousin Lizzie Wright"
167. Miscellaneous envelopes
168. 1827: "Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind," by Benjamin Rush, M.D.
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