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P. Scott Regressions

2/01: Regression charts 1852, 1856

2/02: Regression charts 1852, 1857

2/03: Regression charts 1856, 1857

2/04: Regression charts 1852, 1858

2/05: Regression charts 1856, 1858

2/06: Regression charts 1857, 1858

2/07: Regression charts 1852, 1859

2/08: Regression charts 1856, 1859

2/09: Regression charts 1857, 1859

2/10: Regression charts 1858, 1859

2/11: Regression charts 1852, 1859 Congressional

2/12: Regression charts 1856, 1859 Congressional

2/13: Regression charts 1857, 1859 Congressional

2/14: Regression charts 1858, 1859 Congressional

2/15: Regression charts 1859 Congressional and Gubernatorial

2/16: Regression charts 1852, 1860

2/17: Regression charts 1856, 1860

2/18: Regression charts 1857, 1960

2/19: Regression charts 1858, 1860

2/20: Regression charts 1859, 1860 Gubernatorial

2/21: Regression charts 1859, 1860 Congressional

2/22: Regression charts 1852, 1861

2/23: Regression charts 1856, 1861

2/24: Regression charts 1857, 1861

2/25: Regression charts 1858, 1861

2/26: Regression charts 1859, 1861 Gubernatorial

2/27: Regression charts 1859, 1861 Congressional

2/28: Regression charts 1860, 1861

Republic of Texas Stock Certificates and Confederate States of America Notes

  • US TxAM-C 261
  • Collectie
  • 1838-1862

This collection contains one Treasury Warrant (February 13, 1861), one $100 share in the Consolidated Fund of Texas (September 1, 1837), one $10 treasury note (December 10, 1838), one $100 stock certificate in the 10 percent Consolidated Fund (June 15, 1840), and one $2 Confederate note and a $3 Confederate note (both dated July 7, 1862).

Sellers Civil War Letters

Camp Waitman, Arkansas.

Camp Weightman, Arkansas. January 15, 1862

Camp Organization, Arkansas. March 1, 1862

Camp Nall(?), Arkansas. March 31, 1862

Corinth, Mississippi. May 12, 1862

Camp near Saltillo, Mississippi. August 20, 1862

Baldwin, Mississippi. September 7, 1862

Washington, Arkansas. September 13, (1862)

Camilla, Georgia. October 20, 1862

Aunt Honeybunch to Jo Fred. TLS, 1 leaf, photocopy. April 20, 1953

D. Hobart Taylor Diary

  • US TxAM-C 390
  • Collectie
  • 1862

This collection contains the original handwritten diary of D. Hobart Taylor from January 1 to May 30, 1862. Taylor was a northern soldier during the Civil War. Also included in a transcription of the diary.

Benjamin M. Linsley Letters

  • US TxAM-C 156
  • Collectie
  • 1862-1863

These six letters, dated December 12, 1862 - August 6, 1863, are from Benjamin M. Linsley to his friend Mrs. Lucy G. Palmer in Suffield, Conn. Each letter is written in ink on both sides of a single folded sheet, except for the first one, which is on two folded sheets, sewn together in the center with cloth thread at some point after they were composed. All are addressed by Linsley from the camp near Falmouth, Va., where his regiment, the 14th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac was based, except the last one, which is addressed from McKinnis Hospital in Baltimore, Md., where Linsley was sent to recover from typhoid fever.

In the letters, Linsley comments on the failure of the Union army to obtain substantial victories ever since the Union defeat at Fredericksburg; inflated prices for postage stamps and sutler's goods; the despair he feels at the poor treatment in general of the sick in military hospitals, not only by medical personnel but by fellow soldiers; strategies for obtaining better food and bedding for his brother while nursing him through a severe fever, probably typhoid; the need for statesmen of moral standing more like George Washington than the much clamoured for "little man" George MacClellan; the trials of long marches in either rain and mud to cross the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers, only to retreat back over them after the battle of Chancellorsville, or the intense heat of marches toward Warrenton Junction, Va., from which Linsley was transported with the sick and wounded to recover from typhoid himself in McKinnis Hospital at Baltimore; the desperation of deserters being taken to their punishment; the immoral behaviour of men in camp; the need for more good chaplains like Clay Trumbull of Hartford, Conn., who served with his brother's regiment of Volunteers; and perhaps, more poignantly, the eerie sound of drums during funerals for the many soldiers who died in camp from sickness in their poor living conditions.

The letters are now each encased in a clear plastic sleeve. A one-page report from the National Archives and Records Administration is included with the first letter. This NARA report (2 July 2001) replies to a request made by Professor Dale Baum of Texas A & M University in April 2001 to locate and make a copy of Benjamin M. Linsley's pension documents packet, stating NARA staff could not locate the materials. Baum had listed Linsley as an enlistee of the U.S. Army in Company A, 1st Battalion, 14th U.S. Infantry.

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Letters

This series contains three group of letters, with the first group containing sixteen letters written in the period June 12, 1846 - May 16, 1847, by Edward Everett in San Antonio de Bexar during his service in the Mexican War, to his brother, Samuel W. Everett in Quincy, Ill. A few letters, also from this period, sent to Everett by Captain J. H. Ralston, Colonel R. Jones, Captain James D. Morgan, and Colonel William Weatherford pertain to Everett's disability and eventual discharge from the Army.

The second group has three letters from the period after the Mexican War. The first letter, no more than a note, dated 1852, is from W. H. Bissell concerning a piece of legislation. The other two letters are from 1863, and both discuss the Civil War. One is addressed from Fort Jackson, probably in Louisiana, dated 13 April 1863, opening with "My Dear Father," and closing with "your son Taylar Clark." This writer mentions the Civil War in general terms, and the spelling and grammar are both very poor. The other letter, with much more educated spelling and grammatical style, is addressed "Camp near Warrenton, Va.," dated 6 Sept. 1863, opens with "Dear Parents," and closes "From your affect. son, Henry." This letter discusses army camp life in some detail, including the responsibilities of training U.S. Army Conscripts, various incidents occurring during patrol duty, and an attack that had just been mounted by "Mosebys Gang " at New Baltimore.

Letters

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Letters from Edward Everett to Samuel W. Everett. June 21, 1846 - May 16, 1847

Letter to Edward Everett from Capt. James O. Morgan. Copy of formal notice of having been wounded. September 11, 1846

Letter to Edward Everett from Captain James Harvey Ralston. Certificate of disability. July 10, 1847

Letter to Col. R. Jones from Edward Everett. Application for pension due to a disability. September 18, 1847

Letter, "To All Whom it may concern" from Col. William Weatherford. Honorable discharge. June 18, 1846
Handwritten copy in ink of official record. January 26, 1849

Letter, "To Whom It May Concern" from Captain James D. Morgan. Granting on one year's furlough due to injury. May 26, 1847
Handwritten copy in ink of official record. January 26, 1849

Letter to Edward Everett from W. H. Bissell. Short note on "his bill passing the House". January 9, 1852

Letter to "Dear Father" from Taylar Clark. April 13, 1863

Letter to "Dear Parents" from Henry. September 6, 1863

J. F. Rowley Diary

  • US TxAM-C 389
  • Collectie
  • 1863-1865

The collection contains the original handwritten diary of southern rebel J. F. Rowley from 1863 to 1865 in a protective engraved box and a transcription of the diary.

Ingram Civil War Letters

1/1: Transcript of letters. Effort was made to preserve the flavor of the originals, as some letters have been grammatically corrected the original spelling has been retained throughout even where it was inconsistent.

1/2: Copies of letter transcripts, along with rough drafts of the transcripts.

1/3: Original Ingram letters, and a diary from the Civil War.

George W. Ingram Letters

  • US TxAM-C 1218
  • Collectie
  • 1861-1865

This collection contains original letters exchanged between George W. Ingram and his wife, Martha F. Ingram, while George was serving as an officer in the 12th Texas Cavalry during the Civil War. Typed transcripts of the letters are included.

James Samuel Hart Civil War Letters

  • US TxAM-C 1587
  • Collectie
  • 1865

This collection contains two letters with transcriptions from James Samuel Hart to Julia Nancy Foster in 1865 along with a brief biography of the two and photocopies of photographs.

Transcriptions of the letters were created and provided by Elaine Matheney Gibson.

John W. Anderson Diary

  • US TxAM-C 16
  • Collectie
  • 1861-1866

This collection contains the original diary handwritten as a fair copy by John W. Anderson in 1867, in a notebook made by A. Drury, measuring approximately 24 x 19 cm. The notebook is bound in cardboard, covered in paper, with quarter leather corners and backstrap. Pages are machine ruled in blue, almost all filled with entries handwritten in ink. An albumen photographic print of Richmond before the Civil War is included as a full-page size frontispiece.

An extremely ornate calligraphic title page drawn by Anderson dedicates the diary "To His Beloved Sister, Minnie (Mrs. M. L. Hopkins) ... By John W. Anderson, M.D. 1867." The entries, dated 1861-1866, were copied over in 1867 after the end of the Civil War (1861-1865), from various other journals Anderson kept during the war, as a commemorative record of historical events, including his personal experiences and observations. Sections are enhanced with decorative initial letters and given titles such as "First Year of the War. 1861," with the last section, dated 1866, entitled "Reconstruction."

In the manner of a scrapbook, the journal is profusely illustrated with: pasted in photographs of military and political figures, as well as Anderson family members; pasted in Confederate money and stamps; pen and ink, mostly humorous sketches by John W. Anderson, some hand-colored; hand drawn and colored rebuses, with pasted on, or pen and ink drawn sections; as well as two hand-drawn maps, one showing the First Battle of Bull Run, annotated in red ink with the location of Alabama companies, and of the deathsites for those soldiers well known to Anderson, the other a map in a circular format, showing, at the center, Richmond, Virginia, with roads, railroads and fortifications radiating from or surrounding it. The photographs of family members are particularly interesting as they are included to accompany sketches of the "dramatis personae" of Anderson's narrative.

The original diary pages were numbered 2-300 in pencil on the upper outer corners of each page by Mrs. Robert W. Barnett, whose husband's great-great-grandfather, John W. Anderson had written the diary in 1967, as a fair copy compilation of journals he kept throughout the war and its immediate aftermath.

The original diary is very fragile and housed in a phase box under Restricted access. Permission must be requested from the Cushing Memorial Library Director and an appointment made to view the original diary.

Anderson's reporting skill is evident in the pithy, often vivid diary entries, evidently written by a quite well-educated and informed individual. As a member of the more privileged Southern classes, he is adamantly opposed to what he views as Northern tyranny and does not criticize the institution of slavery. While under siege in Richmond, Va., Anderson and his family, and particularly his fellow soldiers, face hardship in obtaining adequate shelter and food. Although often lighthearted, the entries betray an increasing awareness of the grimness of a drawn-out war and siege on Richmond.

Comments on battles include disparagement of Beauregard's failure to pursue the Federal forces at the battle of Shiloh, as well as mixed evaluations of General John Bell Hood and his Texas Brigade. On a more personal note, during one of Anderson's trips outside of Richmond on business to Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, or Maryland, Anderson's beloved daughter dies. In contrast, there is a charming account of his little boy's birthday party, complete with a pen and ink sketch of the child tearing into a rare treat of a meat pie. The death of a friend, wounded and without the comfort of family, is told without the usual light touch, but full of sympathy.

Events described expressing public opinion on the part of the Southern citizens under besiegement in Richmond include a "bread riot," illustrated with a sketch of women stealing bacon, with one shooting a policeman. Currency values are often mentioned. The flogging of Missouri Representative George Graham Vest by Mrs. Dowell in the House of Representatives is recorded, as is the 1865 New Year's feast prepared by Richmond citizens for the soldiers. After the war, the decision to institute cleaning of the Confederate graves and place flowers on them every 31 May foreshadows the official designation of Memorial Day to commemorate all U. S. soldiers killed in battle.

Also included with the original diary as Item 2. is a black and white photographic copy of the diary pages made by the repository in 1988. This photographic copy includes a few colored enlargements of illustrations in the diary.

Each 8 by 10-inch photograph of a page in the original diary is numbered on the back in pencil. The photographs are inserted in photograph sleeves, two photographs inserted back to back in each sleeve, and bound in three three-ring clamshell box albums holding approximately 50 photograph sleeves each. The black and white photographs of the diary pages are thus divided between the three clamshell box albums, with the colored photographs of selected illustrations added as a group in the back of the third clamshell album box (Item 2. Box 4/album 3). All photograph sleeves clearly bear in print marking pen the Collection ID number and the appropriate page number from the back of the print on the margin of the sleeve.

Negatives for the photographic copy of the diary are included in Box 5, folder 1. As with the photographic prints of the pages, the negatives are also inserted in sleeves and labeled with the Collection ID number and page numbers. The pages were obviously photographed in groups of all "Even" and "Odd," corresponding to recto and verso pages; therefore, the sleeves are labeled with the page numbers and either "Even" or "Odd." It is preferred that this copy of the diary be used as a surrogate copy.

Item 3. of the Diary is a photocopy made on archival quality paper in 2002 of the photographic prints of the original diary. This copy is also suitable for a surrogate copy.

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Correspondence

George Walker Crawford

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George Walker Crawford giving advice to his brother on the business prospects of his nephew Charles P. Crawford, in an autograph letter, signed from Bel-Air (his plantation near Augusta) to Joel Crawford (4 pages, approximately 600 words). "But in respect to these professional partnerships I know that parents greatly desire that their sons should be appointed with men of professional experience and reputation, and it always seemed to me like the method of breaking a young ox to the yoke".
May 8, 1854

Joel Crawford

(1/2 to 1/15)
A series of twelve autographed letters to his son Charles P. Crawford, giving advice on entering the legal profession and conducting his business, signed from Blakely, Macon, or Sparta, Georgia. Four of the letters are accompanied by envelopes addressed by Joel Crawford to his son. Total of 33 pages and approximately 5500 words.

"I advise you to buy no books nor anything else but clothing & food, until you get known, and then buy only what you want. Everything needed can be had in Georgia & about on as good terms as it can be imported. Book stores are now to be found in a dozen towns of this State, some of them large." The letters concern possible locations for establishing an office, people to associate with, the importance of frugality, the status of the economy, and other issues of importance to a man in his 20s, just beginning his career.

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Joel Crawford to son Charles P. Crawford, written in Blakely, GA, with envelope
May 16, 1854

1/3
Joel Crawford to son in reply to a letter of June 26, written in Sparta, GA, with envelope
July 8, 1854

1/4
Joel Crawford to son, written in Sparta, GA
July 8, 1854

1/5
Joel Crawford to son, written in Blakely, GA
January 12, 1855

1/6
Joel Crawford to son, written near Blakely, GA
January 21, 1855

1/7
Joel Crawford to son, written in Blakely, GA
February 5, 1855

1/8
Joel Crawford to son, written in Blakely, GA
February 20, 1855

1/9
Joel Crawford to son, written near Blakely, GA
August 28, 1855

1/10
Joel Crawford to son, written near Blakely, GA
September 5, 1855

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Joel Crawford to son, with envelope
April 26, 1857

1/12
Joel Crawford to son
September 17, 1857

1/13
Joel Crawford to son, written in Macon, GA, with envelope
February 25, 1858

1/14
Joel Crawford making a gift of sixteen slaves to his son Charles P. Crawford, in an autograph and signed document, mentioning the slaves by name (1 page, docketed on verso). Crawford's autograph appraisal for the slaves included two families, a husband, a wife, and their four children, and another husband and wife and their two children.
February 22, 1855

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Another autograph document by Joel Crawford authorizing his son to purchase seven or eight thousand dollars worth of land in Texas.
October 2, 1857

Eli A. Benton

1/16
Eli A. Benton to Joel Crawford expansively describing methods and routes of traveling from Georgia to Texas, in an autograph letter, signed from Mount Zion, Georgia (6 pages, approximately 1500 words). Benton offers advice on traveling as Crawford's son Charles plans to move west, being especially concerned about traveling with slaves; the final two pages of the letter offer advice on evaluating the land and suggest Eastern Texas in the vicinity of the Red River as the place to choose.
September 25, 1857.

Charles P. Crawford

(1/17 to 1/25)
Nine letters informing his wife of daily activities, in a series of eight autograph letters, signed from Blakely, Americus, and Bainbridge, Georgia, Orange Mills, Florida, and Richmond, Virginia, to his wife Mattie in Milledgeville or Flat Pond, Lee County, Georgia (8vo, 4to, and folio. 29 pages, approximately 7500 words; accompanied by six mailing envelopes).

In the first four antebellum letters, Crawford describes his activities traveling on the court circuit, mostly in southern Georgia, and describes at length in one, the wonderful possibilities for a move to Florida; the three Civil War letters recount an illness in Richmond, news of fellow soldiers, plans for planting at home, and, in the latest one, a wish to return to duty; the last letter, written in 1867, expresses a longing for former times, and bitterness toward the North.

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Charles P. Crawford to wife Mattie, written in Blakely, with envelope
April 21, 1855

1/18
Charles P. Crawford to wife, written in Bainbridge, GA
April 25, 1855

1/19
Charles P. Crawford to wife, written in Americus, GA
August 11, 1857

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Charles P. Crawford to wife, written in Orange Mills, FL, with envelope
June 2, 1858

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Charles P. Crawford to wife, written in Richmond, VA, with envelope
May 12, 1862

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Charles P. Crawford to wife, written in Richmond, VA, with envelope
July 10, 1862

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Charles P. Crawford to wife, written in Americus, GA, with envelope
July 25, 1864

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Charles P. Crawford to wife, with envelope
November 21, 1867

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Charles P. Crawford to his daughter. This unfinished letter is not signed or dated by Crawford nor is it addressed to any daughter in particular. The letter expresses regrets regarding his delay in writing and talks of his weak health. He talks of missing her and wishes she could come. He also talks about her noble qualities and great capabilities.

Mattie Crawford

(1/26 to 1/28)
Three letters informing her husband, Charles P. Crawford about the state of her health and the activities of their baby boy, in three autograph letters, signed from Milledgeville (8vo. 14 pages, approximately 1600 words).

In the final letter, Mrs. Crawford mentions a July 4 visit to the statehouse, "I don't think I ever saw so many persons at one time before... 17 respectable size military companies on parade at one time, & uniforms perfectly beautiful … we went to see & hear Governor Johnson deliver an address, better than two hours long."

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Mattie Crawford to her husband Charles P. Crawford
August 19, 1856

1/27
Mattie Crawford to her husband
August 21, 1856

1/28
Mattie Crawford to her husband
July 4, 1856

Sara Crawford

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Sara Crawford to her brother, Charles P. Crawford. Sending news from the home front, in an autograph letter, signed from Americus, Georgia (4vo. 4 pages, approximately 700 words).
"The war news today is good compared with what we have had for several weeks... it is generally believed that Sherman will invade Carolina & let Ga. rest for a while."
January 1, 1865.

Original Diary Copy

Diary has some interleaving with tissue since pasted in the illustrative matter has begun to stain pages opposite them.

Thomas Affleck, Jr.

These letters are typed carbon copies of the original handwritten material, some have handwritten typo corrections.

A4-10
Undated miscellaneous items. There are 6 items, totaling 13 leaves.

Land Measures of Texas, as used at the General Land Office. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

To the Editor of the Dumfries Weekly Journal. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

An Act to Incorporate, the Natchez and Washington Plank Road Company. Typed copy of original, 5 leaves.

Underdraining No. 2. Typed copy of original, 2 leaves.

Letter regarding teaching young boys core subjects before teaching them Latin or Greek. Included is a letter regarding ants. Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

Letter from Affleck to unknown regarding the formation of a neighborhood Farmer's Club. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

A4-20
Articles from The Western Farmer and Gardener, Vol. III, 1842 and other publications 1843 and undated.

Editorial from Vol. III, No. II, page 23. Typed copy of original, 2 leaves.

Article "The Cincinnati Independent Shooting Club" from Vol. III, No. II, pages 25 26. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Article "Taking Stock to Louisiana State Fair," from Vol. III, No. III, page 41. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article "Common School Laws Science and Agriculture," from Vol. III, No. III, pages 52 53. Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

Article "A Trip to the South," from Vol. III, No. IV, pages 78 85. Typed copy of original, 11 leaves.

Article "A Trip to the South," from Vol. III, No. VI, pages 122 123. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Article "To Charles Foster, Esq.: A Stroll in the Woods Near Baton Rouge," from January 28, 1842 issue. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Article "Wine Making," from Vol. III, No. VI, page 140. Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

Article "The Controversy between Dr. Martin and Mr. Mahard," from Vol. III, No. VII, pages 146 147. Typed copy of original, 2 leaves.

Article regarding the marriage of Thomas Affleck to Mrs. Anna M. Smith, from Vol. III, No. VIII, page 192. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article "The Wool Trade." Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Article regarding Western Farmer and Gardener's Almanac. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article Projected Trip to Europe, and The Fair at Baton Rouge." Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

Article "The Poor Indian." Typed copy of original, 2 leaves.

A4-30
Articles from The American Agriculturist and other periodicals. 1843-1848, 1854.

Article regarding using the "Cherokee Rose Hedge" for fencing purposes. Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

Letter to the editor regarding the Fair being over. April 29, 1843. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Article "The Jefferson County Agricultural and Horticultural Society Fair." Typed copy of original, 1 page.

Article "Southern Agricultural Implements." (1844), pages 305 306. Typed copy of original, 10 leaves.

Letter to The Albany Cultivator (1844), pages 278 279 from Thomas Affleck. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Incomplete article regarding the yields and procedures for growing in the area (probably Brenham). Typed copy of original, 5 leaves.

Last page of a letter signed by Affleck regarding a disease. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article fragment, this portion regarding Cultivation of Turnips, and Lime and Marl. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Last page of a letter signed by Affleck regarding cotton crops. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Letter to the Editor of The Albany Cultivator. November 16, 1844. Typed copy of original, 7 pages.

Letter to the Editor of The Albany Cultivator. July, 1844. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Article "Cotton seed for Cows and Value of Grade Durhams." February 15, 1843. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article regarding Norman's Southern Agricultural Almanac, VI (1847), page 356. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article "The Cow Pea, Peach, Cuba Tobacco, etc." III (1844), pages 181 2. Typed copy of original, 8 leaves.

Article "Rust in Cotton." II (1843), pages 150 51. Typed copy of original, 5 leaves.

Article "The Cherokee Rose and Hedging in The South," De Bow's Review, V (1849), pages 175 79. Typed copy of original, 15 leaves.

Article "Mississippi Her Agriculture, etc." Vol. I (1844), pages 83 84. Typed copy of original, 10 leaves.

Article "Show of the Agricultural, Horticultural and Botanical Society of Jefferson College." Vol. III, (1844), pages 197 98. Typed copy of original, 2 leaves.

Incomplete article regarding implements. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Incomplete article regarding implements. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article regarding The Plantation Record and Account Books. Vol. VI (1847), page 356. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article "Climate and Production of the South." Vol. I (1844), page 60. Typed copy of original, 2 leaves.

Article "A Rat Proof Cellar." November 30, 1843. Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

Article "The Fair at Fayette." May 23, 1843. Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

Article "A Plow for Turning Under the Cow Pea." Vol. III (1844), pages 362 63. Typed copy of original, 2 pages.

Letter to the Editor of the Natchez Courier. October 24, 1854. Typed copy of original, 10 leaves.

Article in Prairie Farmer, "Sundry Comments by Thomas Affleck." Vol. VI (1846), pages 106 107. Typed copy of original, 5 leaves.

Article "Destruction of the Cotton Crop by Insects." Vol. V (1846), pages 341 343. Typed copy of original, 10 leaves.

Article "Southern Agricultural Implements." Vol. III (1844), pages 247 48. Typed copy of original, 5 leaves.

Article "Sheep at the South." Vol. V (1846), pages 115 117. Typed copy of original, 8 leaves.

Article "The Cherokee Rose Rosa Laevigata, and Hedging in the South." From DeBow's Review, Vol. V (1848), pages 82 86. Typed copy of original, 9 leaves.

A4-40
Newspaper clippings, 1846 and undated. There are 4 articles totaling 6 leaves.

"Partnerships to Woolen Manufacturers." Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

"Lost Silver Is Recovered." Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

"Diamond Jubilee is Closed." Typed copy of original, 1 leaf.

"As a resident of..." Included: Harper, L. to W.H. Bulloch, Esq. October 26, 1846. Typed copy of original, 3 leaves.

A4-50
Article from The Concordia Intelligencer (Vidalia,La.). March 9, 1844. Typed copy of original, 17 leaves.

A4-60
Letters from Weekly Herald and Herald (Dallas, Tx.), 1866. There are 6 letters totaling 29 leaves, all are typed copies of originals.

Letter from Mr. Affleck from the Galveston News, printed in The Dallas Weekly Herald. May 26, 1866. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Letter from Mr. Affleck from the Galveston News, printed in The Dallas Weekly Herald. June 2, 1866. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Letter from Mr. Affleck from the Galveston News, printed in The Dallas Herald. June 9, 1866. Typed copy of original, 6 leaves.

Letter from Mr. Affleck from the Galveston News, printed in The Dallas Herald. June 16, 1866. Typed copy of original, 4 leaves.

Letter from Mr. Affleck from the Galveston News, printed in The Dallas Herald. June 23, 1866. Typed copy of original, 7 leaves.

Letter from Mr. Affleck from the Galveston News, printed in The Dallas Herald. June 30, 1866. Typed copy of original, 6 leaves.

A4-70
Typed copy of Thomas Affleck's Bee Breeding In The West (Cincinnati: E. Lucas), 1841. 41 leaves.

A4-80
Typed copy of Thomas Affleck's Southern Rural Almanac and Plantation and Garden Calendar for 1860 (New York: David Felt, and New Orleans: H.G. Stetson and Co.), 1859(?). 7 leaves.

A4-90
Typed copy of Thomas Affleck's Hedging and Hedging Plants in the Southern States (Houston: E.H. Cushing), 1869. 28 leaves.

A4-100
Typed copy of Thomas Affleck's Texas and Her Resources (Dumfries, Scotland: W.R. M'Diarmid and Co.). undated. 20 leaves.

Klan Collection: American and Commercial Advertiser

Issues of the American and Commercial Newspaper (Baltimore, MD):

1-3/1: Issues between March 28, 1868 - June 11, 1868

1-3/2: Issues between July 10, 1868 - October 10, 1868

1-3/3: Issues between November 3, 1868 - March 17, 1869

1-3/4: Issues between May 10, 1869 - August 13, 1870

Deeds of Conveyance - Lot No. 8, Block No. 28, Corpus Christi, Texas

Item 1 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from James Gallagher to Charles Avery for Lot. No. 8, Block No. 28, Corpus Christi, TX. Dated August 14, 1866. (2 pages, sleeved separately, writing on front and back)

Item 2 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from Charles Avery to Clara St. Clair for Lot. No. 8, Block No. 28, Corpus Christi, TX. Dated August 18, 1866.

Item 3 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from the Estate of Charles Avery Executors to Clara St. Clair, dated December 27, 1869 (2 pages connected along the top of both pages, writing on front and back)

Item 4 - Deed of Conveyance, handwritten, from J. Temple Droswell to Clara St. Clair for Lot No. 8, Block No. 28. Dated May 1, 1872

G. A. Ames Diary

  • TxAM-CRS 828
  • Collectie
  • 1850-1873

The diary starts with an account of a voyage from Southampton to Barbados on the auxiliary sailing ship "Severn."  The bulk of the diary details the author's life in the new West Indies, the purpose of his visit being a bit obscure, but apparently involved with the building of machinery on the sugar plantations.  The diary makes fascinating reading with great detail about the way of life of the English settlers in mid-19th century West Indie, with much on the social side, including accounts of yachting trips, etc.  The final fifty or so pages include accounts of a voyage to and tour in India and European travels.  The diary concludes with a 20 page log of the voyage of the yacht "Urania," from Cowes to the Mediterranean and back from January through July 1872.

Slavery and Emancipation Documents

  • US TxAM-C C000006
  • Collectie
  • 1737-1875

This collection contains 58 items are related to slavery or emancipation in the states of Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Texas and the countries of Cuba, the Caribbean, Jamaica, and Paris, France.

The descriptive write-up provided by Respess and William Reese, Company is used in the listing of documents. Each document purchased has a title, date, and some have an abbreviated transcription of the text.

The Texas document recounts the hiring, auctions, renting, and transferring ownership of slaves. The Missouri documents concern the purchase and transferring of ownership of slaves named Nancy, George, Phebe, Washington, Lucinda, Madison, Benjamin, and Sarah. No last names or additional information is provided except that Nancy is a Mulatto Woman and George is "of the age of seventeen or thereabouts." Of particular note are two documents, a Texas free woman of color filing a complaint regarding an illegal beating by a group of five men one and the other document is from Missouri and details a sale of slaves by a woman, a rarer document than those recording sales by men.

Texas Slavery and Emancipation Documents

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The sale of five slaves as recorded in an autograph document transferring ownership of "Sundry Negroes slaves for life (to wit) Jim, July, Harriet, Ann & George with their Increase" to D. A. Perry for $2400, signed by S. W. Perry of Washington County, Republic of Texas, February 28, 1838. Half-sheet 4to. One-page, approximately 50 words; docketed on verso/ Folded; traces of an attached sheet on verso.

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Renting a slave for the interest on debt as recorded in an autograph document transferring temporary ownership of "a negro woman named Lucretia about 18 years old copper complexion or yellow" from Wyatt Hanks for a period of 12 or 20 months, for the interest on $900, to John Campbell and his wife of Dewitt County, Texas, and signed by John Campbell and Hanks, July 24, 1857. Folio. One page, approximately 200 words; docketed on verso. In a signed statement on the verso, a bit less than two years later, Hanks relinquishes claims on the slave for $300. Folded; some edgewear and browning.

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Transferring ownership of "a negro woman named Harriet, about thirty years old," to J. S. Hanna for $1000, in a manuscript document, signed by J. C. Rogers of Milam County, Texas, October 6, 1857. Folio. 1-page docketed on verso. Signed by A. M. Massengale and D. R. Cole as witnesses.

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Accounting for the hiring and rent of land and slaves, a one-page accounting for the estate of F. R. Garnett. Listing includes five slaves, identified by name, and one parcel of land; for each slave entered the "hirer" and the monthly fee paid to the estate for services or use; William Woodson of Harrison County, Texas, was acting as administrator for the estate. February 8, 1858.

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Announcing the auction of slaves in Caldwell, Texas, in an autograph document headed "notice," signed by Ellis Gregg as the administrator of the estate of John Gregg, deceased, September 27, 1858. Half-sheet 4to. One page, approximately 65 words. "I will sell to the highest bidder at the Court House door in the town of Caldwell on the first Tuesday in November next … the Negro woman named Ellen and children named Frances, Jinny, and Austin." Pinholes at corners from an original mounting; another hole in the middle of the document, taking parts of two letters.

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Seeking $10,000 in damages for an illegal beating, a plaintiff's attorney's manuscript complain, signed by L. T. Harris and R. L. Elkins in February (?), 1960 on behalf of Rose Ann, "a free woman of color, and a resident of Jackson County." Folio. 2 pages approximately 325 words. Malcolm Gandy, Andrew Sea, William Wingfield, John White, and Adam McDaniel, all of Jackson County, allegedly "with force of arms & without right … dragged the said pltf. Who is an old and defenseless woman, about 60 years of age, a considerable distance, and then and there with force of arms, …beat, bruised & wounded the said plaintiff with sticks, clubs, and quirts." Rose Ann is later described as "a citizen of Texas at the date of the Declaration of the Independence of Texas," the first such description we've seen for an African-American. Folded (some wear and short separation at folds); some browning and smudging. The complaint was prepared for the March term of the Lavaca County Court but bears no court markings or docketings (the complaint is apparently a copy or was never filed).

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Transferring ownership of "thirty seven negroes," from Jesse Tubbs to William Davis, Robert Calvert, and James S. Hanna for $36,750, in a manuscript document, signed by Davis, 15 October 1860. 4to. 1-page docketed on verso. Signed by T. W. Cunningham as a witness.

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Transferring ownership of "a negro man by the name of Tom," from H.J. Willson, to "Davis, Calvert & Hanna," for $1050 ($25 down payment made here), in a manuscript document, signed by Willson, October 25, 1860, at "Railway Camp." 4to. 1-page docketed on verso. Signed by T. W. Cunningham as a witness.

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Printed slave hire, a partly printed document completed in manuscript and signed by J. D. Billups, John Billups, and G. W. Beauchamp. [Palestine, TX?], January 1, 1861. Handbill, 8 x 6.5 inches. "[blank] By the Twenty-fifth day of December next, we, or either of us, promise to pay to W. W. Quarles, as guardian of M. Quarles, [blank] Dollars, for the hire of a Negro [blank] named [blank] said Negro we are to furnish with three suits of good clothing, one of which to be woolen; two pairs of shoes, one [blank] and one good blanket. And we are to pay the Taxes, and are to employ a Physician, when necessary, and pay the Physician's bill: --and we are to pay five Dollars for every article of clothing we fail to furnish according to the above agreement. Ten per cent for maturity/ January 1st 1861." The blank spaces are here completed appropriately in the manuscript. While autograph slave hires are among the most common slavery-related documents, this is the first printed form for one that we have encountered.

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Promising to pay $25 per month for "three Negro Boys to work," to Geo. R. Tubb, in a manuscript document, signed "Davis, Calvert, & Hanna," Leon County, October 21, 1860, additionally agreeing to "clothe and feed said boys." Half-sheet 4to. 1-page docketed on the verso. Over the hire is written "Cancelled & the Negroes taken home & payment made in full to G.R. Tubb this day February 7th 1861."

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Promising to "furnish [sic] Samuel King a negro man four months at 20 dollars per month", in a manuscript document, signed by James S. Hanna, in "Sterling," [TX?], March 8, 1862. Half-sheet 4to. 1-page. Hanna further notes the $80, "being the balance due him for buck work done in the year 1861."

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Transferring ownership of "a certain negroe girl named Banbry, about seventeen years of age," in a manuscript document, signed by Joseph Mason of Harrison County, Texas, January 2, 1854. Folio. 1-page docketed on the verso. Signed by Pendleton Murrah as a witness. Folded as for filing, but very good. Benjamin Young and Alfred Johnson purchased the slave for $1041. Murrah (1826-1865) was elected governor of Texas in 1863 and served to the end of the war when he fled to Mexico, dying there of tuberculosis in August 1865.

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Posting bond for an accused murderer of "Jack Hunter a negro man, formerly belonging to Mrs. A. M. J. Hunter on the Seventh of April A.D. 1864," in a manuscript document, signed by Joseph W. Slater, as Justice of the Peace, Thomas W. Hull, the accused, and 16 of his supporters, all of Harrison County, Texas, September 18, 1865. Folio. 1-page; docketed on the verso. Folded, but very good.

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Paying a J. S. Hanna a $25 bounty as a "reward for recovery of a Freedman Rance Ross - charged with horse stealing," in an autograph document, signed by M. F. Harman, December 9, 1875, on a "John Orr & Co." billhead, dated Calvert, Texas. 8 vo. 1-page.

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Transferring ownership of "a negro boy named Stephen, said boy … about twenty years of age … and slave for life" from W. W. Watts to J. S. Hanna for $4000, in a manuscript document, signed by Watts and by W. Rowland as a witness in Robinson, Texas. December 7, 1863 (i.e., after the Emancipation Proclamation) Half-sheet 4to. 1-page. Undated

John Henry Bliler Diary

  • US TxAM-C 97
  • Collectie
  • 1862-1875

This diary serves as John Henry Bliler's account of the Civil War. It was kept in the Bliler family, in some form since the Civil War, up until it was acquired by the repository.

It looks that Bliler copied over his original diary several times himself, and this last copy occupies all but a few leaves of the five exercise tablets. As noted in the description of Series 1, these first five exercise books could not possibly have contained a copy made any earlier than 1890. The only exception seems to be a portion of the last tablet, which is filled by entries copied over in pencil in 1944 by one of Bliler's descendants, Ardath Bliler Kelly, reportedly since the family copy had become quite damaged by then.

Thus, according to p. 56 of the typewritten transcript of the diary entries in the five exercise books, "[John Henry] Bliler copied his account of the Civil War three times during his lifetime. The last copy was made shortly before his death in 1924." On page number 116 in pencil in the fifth exercise book, an entry from March 31, 1944, made in different handwriting reads "The following copied from by [sic.] originally by Ardath Bliler Kelly, granddaughter of the narrator [sic.]. The original is ragged and yellowed and crumbling." Entries which are thus copied on p. 116-123 of this last exercise book are out of order, dated June 24, [1865] - June 29, 1865, followed by a note in Ardath Bliler Kelly's hand, "A portion of the original omitted in the copy," then the dates January 24 - January 31, 1865.

The typed transcript and index were probably made by Roy K. Bliler later than 1944, and not too long previous to when it was received by the repository. This transcript preserves the original order of John Henry Bliler's diary entries.

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Gathright Hall Gavel

  • US TxAM-C 1316
  • Collectie
  • 1876

This collection contains one wooden gavel with a medal inscription reading "Gathright Hall, 1876."

Warrington Penn Portraits

  • US TxAM-C C000576
  • Collectie
  • 1848-1876

These two volumes documents feature the personal and political reminiscences of journalist William S. Robinson and were edited and published by his wife in 1877. In the first edition, the first volume was expanded to two with extra illustrations (142 portraits and 53 autograph letters from prominent Americans of the time). Writing as “Warrington,” the journalist was especially noted for his reform positions and radical anti-slavery voice. The portraits and views represent a wide range of 19th-century American historic events, sites, and public figures.

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Texas A&M College Student Correspondence Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1197
  • Collectie
  • 1877-1878

This collection contains letters written by two A&M College students and general information about the collection. The first two letters are written by David Gordon Miller to his mother in 1877 (folder 2), and tell of Gordon's desire to be with his family at Christmas including a few words about A&M College and life. The third letter (folder 3) was written by E. G. Mills to his sister A. H. Sears on March 30, 1878, with a small section expressing the tedious life of an A&M student at the time.

James Hart Davis Letters

  • US TxAM-C 693
  • Collectie
  • 1879

This collection consists of three letters from James Hart Davis, who was attending Texas A&M College at the time, to his sister Martha Powe Davis (great grandmother of the donors for these letters), his father Judge N[athaniel] H[art] Davis, and to his uncle J. R. Davis.

W. R. Cavitt Journal

  • US TxAM-C 1200
  • Collectie
  • 1878-1879

This collection consists of a bound journal belonging to William Richard Cavitt from the late 1800s describing his law practice and the Cavitt House in Bryan, TX. Also included is a typed transcript of the journal and notes on it.

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Davis Letters

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Letter from James H. Davis to his uncle J. R. Davis on State Agricultural and Mechanical College paper, acknowledging the letter he received from his uncle and his good advice on life matters. Davis goes on to discuss political matters of a McCobe trying to take over his uncles political office that he was elected, and the classes he is taking at A&M along with personal matters. April 4, 1879 (handwritten)

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Letter From James H. Davis to his father Judge N. H. Davis on State Agricultural and Mechanical College paper, discussing family correspondence with his sisters and a classmate who got in trouble, includes a list of books bought for $10 from the president of the university, and that he is almost out of boots and schoolwork. April 20, 1879 (handwritten)

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Letter from James H. Davis to his sister Pat Davis on State Agricultural and Mechanical College paper, acknowledging a letter from her and apologizing for corresponding late, and personal matters. June 20, 1879 (handwritten)

Certificates and Correspondence

Teaching Certificate from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. September 26, 1871

Teaching Certificate from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. August 12, 1872

Letter to J. R. Cole [Sr.] from J. K. Gilman. June 12, 1876 (handwritten)

Letter on State A&M College of Texas parchment from Thomas S. Gathright to "My dear Colonel" [J. R. Cole Sr.]. August 27, 1875 (handwritten, 5 pages)

Letter on State A&M College of Texas parchment addressed to "My dear Colonel" [J. R. Cole Sr.] from Thomas S. Gathright. November 4, 1979 (handwritten, 2 pages)

Letter addressed to "My dear wife" from J. R. Cole [Sr.] written on State A&M College of Texas parchment. December 9, 1879 (handwritten)

Letter addressed to "My dear wife" from J. R. Cole [Sr.]. November 25, 1879 (handwritten, 4 pages)

Letter written on State A&M College of Texas parchment formally addressing the university about E. B. Picket written by Professor J. R. Cole [Sr.] Undated [inscribed with 188_] (handwritten)

Diary of J. G. James (president) written on State A&M College of Texas parchment. March 15, 1883 (handwritten, 5 pages)

Document [diary?]. August 1884 (handwritten, 9 pages)

Letter from Louis L. McJonnis, Professor of Math, to J. R. Cole [Sr.] on State A&M College of Texas parchment. December 29, 1885 (handwritten, includes photocopy)

Letter written to Col. J. R. Cole [Sr.] from T. M. Scott on State A&M College of Texas parchment. July 8, 1885 (handwritten)

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