Identity elements
Reference code
US TxAM-C C000023-S4
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Series
Title
Financial and Legal Documents
Date(s)
- 1854-1902 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1825-1892)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
This series contains documents relating to Texas and East Coast real estate transactions, much definitive information on the "Sibley Tent" and the lawsuit resulting from a disagreement concerning patent royalties. Includes two House Bills to force the government to pay Burns as well as the final statement of judgment. Also various other financial correspondence, largely contentious in nature, including documents concerning a bad debt owed to General Burns. Some of the later correspondence was directed to General Burns' sister and concerned selling some real estate.