Guide to the TexasGovernors Letters collection 1889, 1935-36

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Guide to the TexasGovernors Letters collection 1889, 1935-36

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This collection containsthree letters: two from Governor James Allred of Texas to Emil Hurja of theDemocratic National Committee in Washington D.C. (1935-36), and one from Gov.Lawrence Sullivan Ross of Texas to General M. Cist of Cincinnati, Ohio (1889).Subjects include thanks for gifts sent and requests for reading materials, anddo not relate specifically to Texas politics.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Allred, James V., 1899-1959

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Jurist and governor of Texas. From the description of Proclamation of James V. Allred, 1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449510 ...

Ross, Lawrence Sullivan

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Soldier, governor, and university president Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898) was born in the Iowa Territory and immigrated to Texas in 1839. After earning his A.B. from Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama in 1859, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, initially as a lieutenant and later as a captain. Ross' fame in Texas greatly increased when, during the battle of the Pease River, his company rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, and prompt...