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 Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 1837-1840, 1987; Event: Donated in 1988

Letters from Kelsey Douglass to his wife Minerva (2 items), 9/4/1837, 11/27/1837

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 9/4/1837, 11/27/1837

Letters from Kelsey Douglass to his wife Minerva (3 items, one is a photocopy of a typed transcript), 9/7/1837, 10/15/1837, 12/10/1837

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 9/7/1837, 10/15/1837, 12/10/1837

Letters from Kelsey Douglass to his wife Minerva (2 items), 2/201838, 5/17/1838

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 2/201838, 5/17/1838

Letters from Jesse Benton to K. H. Douglass (2 items), 9/16/1840, 11/6/1840

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 9/16/1840, 11/6/1840

Newspaper articles and probate inventory (3 items, typescript, photocopy), 1838-1841

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 1838-1841

Research paper on Kelsey Harris Douglass, by Louise Currey Nicholls, 1987

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection includes seven letters written by Kelsey H. Douglass to his wife Minerva while he was a member of Congress in Houston. The letters are mostly concerned with getting things done at home during Kelsey's absence. These letters were laminated with the intent of preserving them. Unfortunately the lamination is starting to turn darker in color. There are also two letters from Minerva Douglass' aunt and uncle, Jesse and Mary Childress Benton. One letter was written from Nachitoches,...
Dates: 1987