Burns, Robert A., Collection 1839-1984

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Burns, Robert A., Collection 1839-1984

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The Robert A Burns Collection,1839-1984, contains printed material, photographs, legal documents, correspondence,and clippings regarding research on the history of Samuel Bell Maxey, the Sam BellMaxey House State Historic Site, and residents in Paris, Texas, Lamar County, and Red RiverCounty. Of special interest are aerial and panoramic photographs of Paris, Texas, aswell as documents from the Republic of Texas and early Texas statehood.

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Maxey, S. B. (Samuel Bell), 1825-1895

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U.S. Senator from Texas. From the description of Letter, 1878. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39522014 Samuel Bell Maxey spent his early years in Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky. His family lived in nearby Clinton County when Maxey was appointed to United States Military Academy at West Point. Upon graduation in 1846, he was breveted a Second Lieutenant in the regular army and served in the Mexican War until its close in 1848. In 1849 he r...

Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site (Tex.)

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Burns, Robert A., 1934-

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Robert A. Burns graduated from the University of Texas in 1980. He served as superintendent of the Sam Bell Maxey House State Historic Site in Paris, Texas, a Greek Revival home which Confederate Major General, and later U.S. Senator, Samuel Bell Maxey built in 1867. Burns also wrote a column for the Paris News, was chairman of the Lamar County Historical Society, and was elected as a Lamar County judge 1987. Source: Alumni Notes: 80s. The Alcalde 75:4 (March...