Records 1849-1853

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Records 1849-1853

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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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Bell, Peter Hansbrough, 1812-1898

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Governor Peter Hansbrough Bell (1812-1898) was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. As a private in the cavalry company of Henry W. Karnes, he fought in the battle of San Jacinto, for which service, on June 6, 1838, he was issued a donation certificate for 640 acres of land. Bell was appointed assistant adjutant general on May 10, 1837, and inspector general on January 30, 1839. He joined the Texas Rangers under John C. (Jack) Hays in 1840 and held the rank of major in the Somerve...

Henderson, James Wilson, 1817-1880

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Texas. Governor (1849-1853 : Bell)

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Peter Hansbrough Bell served as governor of Texas from December 21, 1849 to November 23, 1853. Born in Virginia on March 11, 1808, Bell came to Texas in 1836 and fought as a private in Henry Karnes' cavalry company at the Battle of San Jacinto. After serving as inspector general in 1839, he joined the Texas Rangers under Jack Hays in 1840 and was a major in the Somervell Expedition of 1842. Bell was in command of the Corpus Christi District when the Mexican War broke out. He served ...

Texas. Office of the Governor

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During the 1950s Governor Price Daniel popularized a tradition of Texas governors honoring citizens of Texas by proclaiming them “Admirals in the Texas Navy.” Citizens receive their honorary title for a number of reasons such as special achievement in government service or athletics. The criteria and the selection is at the discretion of the governor. Many citizens are nominated by their state legislators. Native-born Texans are designated as “admirals;” non-native Texans are “honorary admirals....