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Hays, John Coffee. Hays John Coffee Collection, 1817-1916

Title: Hays John Coffee Collection, 1817-1916

Correspondence, narratives, newspaper clippings, and narratives comprise the John Coffee Hays Collection, 1817-1916, which documents Hays' career as a Texas Ranger.

ArchivalResource: 2 in.

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Peter Hansborough Bell letters, 1850, 1854

Title: Peter Hansborough Bell letters 1850, 1854

American soldier and politician. Governor of TX 1849-1853; US Congressman from TX 1853-1857. 1850 letter to the Governor of Mississippi; 1854 letter to J.C. Dobbin, Secretary of the Navy, recommending John Bradley as a candidate for admission to Naval Academy.

ArchivalResource: 0.1; 1 folder

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Eaton, William, 1785-1862. William Eaton papers, 1725-1893 [manuscript].

Title: William Eaton papers, 1725-1893 [manuscript].

The collection includes deeds, bill, receipts, letters, and other papers pertaining to the Eaton and Bell families of Warren County, N.C. Included are colonial land grants, deeds, indentures, and receipts; accounts, 1850-1857, of William Eaton; letters, 1853, to William Eaton's daughter, Ella Rives Eaton Bell, from John McGill, Roman Catholic Bishop of Richmond, Va., written while he was in Paris, France, describing the wedding of Napoleon III and referring to Levi Silliman Ives (1797-1867); letters, 1853-1856, to Ella Rives Eaton Bell from Teresa and Beatrice Orsini of Rome, Italy; legal papers, 1870-1876, of the Eaton and Bell families, including the wills of William Eaton and his wife, Martha P. Eaton; and business papers, 1880-1893, of Peter Hansborough Bell (1812-1898) and Ella Rives Eaton Bell, living in Littleton, N.C. Peter Hansborough Bell, a native Virginian, had been in Texas during its war for independence and the Mexican War. He was governor of Texas from 1849 to 1853 and served in Congress from 1853 to 1857.

ArchivalResource: 90 items (0.5 linear ft.).

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Bell (Peter Hansbrough) Papers, 1847-1898

Title: Bell (Peter Hansbrough)Papers 1847-1898

Correspondence, letter books, legalpapers, business papers, and newspaper clippings comprise the Peter Hansbrough BellPapers, 1847-1898, documenting Bell’s activities as a soldier during the MexicanWar, as governor of Texas (1849-1851), as a United States Congressman (1853-1857),and during the Civil War.

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http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00964/00964-P.html View

Records, 1849-1853

Title: Records 1849-1853

Types of records are correspondence, lists, memorandums, proclamations, legal documents, financial records, proceedings, reports, transcripts, military orders, affidavits, muster rolls, warrants, resolutions, clippings, broadsides, and petitions from citizens of various counties, dating from 1849 to 1853. Records were created during Peter Hansbrough Bell's two terms as governor of Texas. Along with Bell's records are Lieutenant Governor James Wilson Henderson's records as governor following Bell's resignation in November 1853.

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Hays John Coffee Collection 1932; 1933; 70-107; 73-054., 1817-1916

Title: Hays John Coffee Collection 1817-1916

Correspondence, narratives, newspaper clippings, and narratives comprise the JohnCoffee Hays Collection, 1817-1916, which documents Hays’ career as a Texas Ranger.

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