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Box 1

 Box — Box: 1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The diary kept by Edwin Welsh Bush documents his journey from Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee to Texas in 1852. Bush entered the state by way of Pendleton’s Ferry and then made his way through Milam, San Augustine, Melrose, and Nacogdoches. The diary also contains notes written about travels through Texas and return trips to Tennessee between 1853 and 1854. Interesting anecdotes include Sam Houston’s railroad speech in Nacogdoches June 14, 1853; the Fourth of July in Melrose; the appearance of gubernatorial candidates in Nacogdoches July 6, 1853; Bush’s organization of a school in Melrose August 1, 1853; and shipwrecking on a return trip to Tennessee. Pages 1-45 are about events in 1852, pages 49-78 describe 1853, and pages 78-125 document 1854.

The collection has a handful of land, probate and oil lease deed documents, as well as a book of family funeral notices and obituaries.

Edwin W. Bush also wrote two letters to the ‘Nacogdoches Chronicle’ in 1854 from Washington Co., Texas. Use the microfilm at the archives, April 4, 1854, page 2, column 5.

Dates

  • Event: Donated 9/9/2019

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 0.05 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository

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