Richard Bachman Collection about 1820-1983, undated bulk 1840-1920

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Richard Bachman Collection about 1820-1983, undated bulk 1840-1920

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/90008/90008-P.html

The Richard Bachman Collection is an assembly of papers, ephemera, photographs, and other materials that document the lives and activities of several Texas families from 1825 to1983. The represented families, related by marriage, are Elmore, Miller, Obenchain, Wall, Rugeley, Bachman, Hawkins, and Guinn. The collection has a wide variety of documents, from receipts, business documents, and wills and deeds, to correspondence and a family Bible. Major Texas events are documented, including the Texas Archives War, annexation to the United States, the Civil War, and the Battle of Galveston. Notable items in the collection include documentation of the Colorado Navigation Company, an early Rand McNally Texas map (1880s), a proclamation by Republic of Texas President Anson Jones, and an extensive selection of deeds and wills. Photographs make up a significant portion of the collection and cover nearly 130 years of family and photographic history. The collection contains images in a variety of photographic formats, including daguerreotypes, cartes-de-visite, snapshots, and Polaroids. Images include a young Confederate soldier, Company C of the Texas Rangers, various family members represented in the rest of the collection, and several individuals yet to be identified.

6.99 cubic ft.

eng,

Texas State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6640741

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Rugeley Motor Company

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Elmore, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick

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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, 1798-1859

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Lamar served as President of Republic of Texas (1838-1841). This journal, in Lamar's own hand, documents his June-October 1835 trip from Columbus, Georgia to Brazoria, Texas. Observations of the climate, political situations, and people encountered during the journey, delving into Lamar's own thoughts on these subjects. Lamar, like other travelers, stopped overnight in private houses and farms, and stayed longer in settled areas such as San Augustine, Nacogdoches, Brazoria, and Velasco. ...

Rugeley, Henry L.

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Rugeley, Rowland.

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Rugeley, James.

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Colorado Navigation Company (Tex.)

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Texas Rangers

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In November 1835, Texas lawmakers created a corps of Texas Rangers to guard the frontier between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. During the Texas Revolution and republic era, the Rangers were used principally for protection against Native American raids. After serving for the Confederacy in the Civil War, the organization was restructured as state police and charged with the enforcement of unpopular Reconstruction laws. The beginning of the 20th century saw the Rangers involved in de...

Jacob Bachman Grocery (Bay City, Tex.)

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Miller, Lucinda Jefferson

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Hawkins, John Boyd

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Harris, Dilue Rose, 1825-1914

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Memoirist Dilue Rose Harris (1825-1914) arrived at Stafford’s Point, Texas, with her family in 1833. During the Texas Revolution she made bullets for the defenders of the Alamo, was acquainted with the revolutionary leaders, and fled with her family during the Runaway Scrape in 1836. After Texas gained its independence, the Harrises moved outside of Houston where she attended school. In 1839, she married Ira Harris with whom she had nine children. Harris wrote her reminiscences that...

Miller, John F., 1798-1854

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A resident of Columbus, Texas, John F. Miller (d. 1854) was appointed justice of the peace of Colorado County in 1841 and chief justice in 1843. Other members of Miller’s family also lived in Columbus, including Daniel Miller (b. ca. 1816), who worked as a farmer, and Thomas R. Miller. From the guide to the Miller, John F. Papers, 1820-1882, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin) ...

Rugeley, John, 1792-1878

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Rugeley, Elizabeth.

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Miller, George Forrester

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Obenchain, Edgar B.

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Jones, Anson, 1798-1858

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President of Texas (Republic), physician, and a public official of Texas (Republic). From the description of Grant of Anson Jones, 1845. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423856 Anson Jones (1798-1858) was a doctor, congressman, diplomatic minister, and President of the Republic of Texas. Son of Solomon and Sarah (Strong) Jones, he was born in Massachusetts and practiced medicine in New York and Pennsylvania. Jones practiced medicine in Venezuela from 1824 to 182...

Lea, Albert Miller, 1808-1891

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Lea was a U.S. Army topographical engineer and a civil engineer in several places on the United States frontier in the 1830s, and subsequently had a varied career as engineer, businessman, and public official, largely in Tennessee and Texas. From the description of Journal and autobiography, 1833-1835, 1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122588419 ...

Elmore, Henry Marshall, 1816-1879

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