Edwin A. Bonewitz Collection 1830's-1960's

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846

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Mary Phelps Austin Holley was a poet, travel author and land speculator. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut on August 30, 1784. She received her education at nearby schools. In 1805, she married Horace Holley who later served as president of Transylvania University from 1818 to 1827. Harriete Williman Holley, the daughter of Mary Holley, was born in 1808. During the time the letter was written, Mary was recovering from a severe case of yellow fever which had caused the death of her husband i...

Moore, Francis, 1808-1864

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Allen, A. C. (Augustus Chapman), 1806-1864

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Allen, John K.

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Dickinson, Susanna

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Parker, James W.

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Holman, James

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Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway Company

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Brazoria Railway Company

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Houston Tap Railroad

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Mann, Pamelia

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Bonewitz, Edwin A.

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Edwin Bonewitz was a lay historian interested in the history of Texas and especially Houston during the Republic and early statehood periods. Ed Bonewitz spent countless hours in the Harris County Court Records and in the Houston Public Library researching various topics with all the intensity of a perfectionist. Although he was an antiquarian concerned with esoteric subjects and completely caught up in detail, the results of his research are impressive. From the guide to the Edwin A...

Austin, John

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