Records of the first two terms 1853-1857

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Records of the first two terms 1853-1857

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Types of records include correspondence, broadsides, proclamations, proceedings, memorials, minutes, reports, testimony, recommendations, petitions from citizens of various counties, clippings, financial records, lists, and messages to and from the Texas Senate and House of Representatives. These records were created during Elisha M. Pease's first two terms as governor of Texas, from 1853 to 1857.

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Pease, E. M. (Elisha Marshall), 1812-1883

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Two land grant certificates for Christopher King and John H. King for land in Denton County, Texas. The first certificate was signed by Texas Governor Elisha M. Pease on April 30, 1857, and the second signed by Texas Governor Sam Houston on February 6, 1860. From the description of Denton County land grants for Christopher C. King, 1857-1860. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 647767788 Born in Enfield, Connecticut...

Texas. Governor (1853-1857 : Pease)

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Elisha Marshall Pease served his first two terms as governor of Texas from December 21, 1853 to December 21, 1857. Pease was born in Connecticut in 1812, where he clerked in a general store and then in a post office. In 1835 he immigrated to Texas, settling at Mina (Bastrop), where he read law under D.C. Barrett. As secretary of Mina's Committee of Public Safety (the first in Texas), Pease was a member of the peace faction until hostilities loomed; he fought in the first battle of t...

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....