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Box 1

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Contains 4 Results:

Box 1

 Box — Box: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letterbooks in this collection are blotter copies containing legal correspondence to individuals, sheriffs, county clerks, and judges; and personal correspondence to friends and family. There are also letters to magazines and newspapers concerning subscriptions and advertising. One volume contains petitions, deeds, and briefs used in courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. The correspondence describes conditions in Texas before, during, and after the Civil War, including the...
Dates: 1857-1867

Letterbook -- Business correspondence and copies of some legal documents re: land and lawsuits; personal correspondence re: family matters, news of friends, the Baptist Church in Austin (Bowers was church clerk), politics, slavery, and conditions in Texas (partially indexed), 11/15/1856-12/29/1857

 Item — Box: 1, Volume: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letterbooks in this collection are blotter copies containing legal correspondence to individuals, sheriffs, county clerks, and judges; and personal correspondence to friends and family. There are also letters to magazines and newspapers concerning subscriptions and advertising. One volume contains petitions, deeds, and briefs used in courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. The correspondence describes conditions in Texas before, during, and after the Civil War, including the...
Dates: 11/15/1856-12/29/1857

Letterbook -- Some business correspondence, but mostly personal correspondence re: the death of a friend, experiences on arriving in Texas, women's fashions, social customs, agriculture, the Cortina War of 1859, politics, and letters "to the Editor" on Indians and conditions in Texas (not indexed), 10/28/1857-2/25/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Volume: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letterbooks in this collection are blotter copies containing legal correspondence to individuals, sheriffs, county clerks, and judges; and personal correspondence to friends and family. There are also letters to magazines and newspapers concerning subscriptions and advertising. One volume contains petitions, deeds, and briefs used in courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. The correspondence describes conditions in Texas before, during, and after the Civil War, including the...
Dates: 10/28/1857-2/25/1860

Letterbook -- Mostly business correspondence relating to land transactions (beginning in 1859, some letters are written by J. J. Dennis or signed "Dennis & Bowers") (indexed), 12/1857-5/8/1860

 Item — Box: 1, Volume: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The letterbooks in this collection are blotter copies containing legal correspondence to individuals, sheriffs, county clerks, and judges; and personal correspondence to friends and family. There are also letters to magazines and newspapers concerning subscriptions and advertising. One volume contains petitions, deeds, and briefs used in courts, including the Supreme Court of Texas. The correspondence describes conditions in Texas before, during, and after the Civil War, including the...
Dates: 12/1857-5/8/1860