Records of the third term 1865-1869

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Records of the third term 1865-1869

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Types of records are correspondence, including letters, petitions, telegrams, reports, lists, and letterpress books, dating from September 1865 to September 1869, from Elisha M. Pease's third term as governor of Texas. A large portion of the correspondence consists of letters, telegrams, and reports sent to military officials in Texas, particularly Generals Griffin and Reynolds, which were then forwarded to the governor's office.

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Texas. Office of the Governor

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Elisha M. Pease served his third term as governor of Texas from August 8, 1867 to September 30, 1869. For biographical information through his first two terms in office, see the finding aid for his earlier terms. As a Unionist, Pease spent 1858 through 1866 in semi-retirement from public life, refraining even from practicing law during the Civil War. After attending the Convention of Southern Loyalists at Philadelphia, Pease ran for governor in 1866 as the candidate of the Union Party, but lost ...