Turner, Amasa, papers 1827-1990

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Turner, Amasa, papers 1827-1990

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00531/00531-P.html

The Amasa Turner Papers, 1827-1990,consist of original, transcribed, and photocopied correspondence, deeds, surveys,poetry, essays, narratives, a journal, account books, receipts, circulars,broadsides, research files, and photographs, which document the military andpolitical career of Amasa Turner as well as his family’s relationships.

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