Ferdinand Louis Huth Papers 1778-1937 1843-1892

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Ferdinand Louis Huth Papers 1778-1937 1843-1892

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Personal and business correspondence, financial and legal records, manuscript material, printed material, photographic material, and translations and transcriptions, 1778-1937, bulk 1843-1892, (1 ft., 5 in.) in German, French, and English, document the business, personal, and civic activities of Ferdinand Louis Huth as he immigrated to Texas, assisted in the administration of a new colony, and served in public office.

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Castro, Henri, 1786-1865

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DeMontel, Charles S., 1812-1882

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Huth, Ferdinand Louis

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Ferdinand Louis Huth immigrated to Texas from Germany and assisted in the primarily French and German colonization of Castroville, Texas, in the 1840s. He was born January 3, 1813, in Baden. His father, Ludwig Huth, was a merchant and insurance agent in Neufreystadt, and his mother, Catherine (Leicht) Huth, was Alsatian. Louis had three brothers, August, Albert, and Cellirius, and one sister, Emilie. In 1842 Louis Huth met Henri Castro in Paris. Castro held a contract wi...