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Adele Looscan Texana collection MC059. 50121323., 1826-1928

Title: Adele Looscan Texana collection 1826-1928

Subject files, correspondence, financial and legal records, printed materials, notes and memorandum, and surveyor's notes represent the documents located in the Adele Looscan Texana Collection.

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Looscan, Adele Briscoe, 1848-1935. Adele Looscan Texana collection, 1826-1928.

Title: Adele Looscan Texana collection, 1826-1928.

Subject files, correspondence, financial and legal records, printed materials, notes and memorandum, and surveyor's notes represent the documents located in the Adele Looscan Texana Collection. The subject files illustrate early Houston life and Texas history and include documents associated with A.C. and J.K. Allen, William Garrett, Nathaniel Lynch, Daniel Richardson, Stephen Richardson, Sidney Sherman, Thomas William Ward, and Abel H. White. Correspondence consists of individual letters (many authors or recipients unknown) written from 1837-1849; correspondents include L.M. Hitchcock, Bartlett Sims, and William M. Eastland, veteran of San Jacinto. The 56 financial records include bank drafts, certificates, promissory notes, receipts, statements of account, and general records. The legal records consist of an abstract of title, an 1839 bill to charter the Bank of Texas, contracts and agreements, certificates, deeds, estate and probate records, a power of attorney and a summons. Of interest is an 1842 indictment issued by the Republic of Texas against James M. McGee for playing cards. The Texana printed materials contain broadsides dating from the time of the Texas Revolution to the Civil War era, a Stephen F. Austin calling card, Confederate and Texian bond certificates, and election tickets. The collection also contains nine notes and memorandum and four surveyor's sketches and field notes. All fragments and photostats associated with the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection are arranged within this collection.

ArchivalResource: 1 box (.4 linear ft.)

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James L. Britton collection MC010. 46636450., 1817-1889, (Bulk: 1829-1855)

Title: James L. Britton collection 1817-1889 (Bulk: 1829-1855)

This collection of Texana was brought together by James L. Britton.

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