Tweedy, Joseph, Papers 1876-1899,1908

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Tweedy, Joseph, Papers 1876-1899,1908

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Correspondence, a diary, and photographs comprise the Joseph Tweedy Papers,1876-1899, 1908, and relate to the activities of Tweedy’s Knickerbocker Ranch near San Angelo,Texas.

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