Box 2
Container
Contains 4 Results:
Box 2
Box — Box: 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:
1857-1867
Letterbook -- Mostly business correspondence relating to lawsuits, land, Indian troubles, and the Texas Rangers; letters from Bowers to Dennis, who returned to Cincinnati, OH; the drought of 1860; and depression and inflation in Texas (indexed), 1/23/1860-12/21/1860
Item — Box: 2, Volume: 4
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:
1/23/1860-12/21/1860
Letterbook -- Personal correspondence of J. J. Dennis, mostly to his wife in Ohio relating conditions in Texas; and business and personal correspondence of Bowers re: politics, secession, Gov. Sam Houston, the Civil War, the Baptist Church, and the slave trade (not indexed), 3/8/1859-11/27/1866
Item — Box: 2, Volume: 5
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:
3/8/1859-11/27/1866
Letterbook -- Business of Bowers and Alexander Stuart Walker (indexed), 2/9/1866-11/27/1866
Item — Box: 2, Volume: 6
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:
2/9/1866-11/27/1866