Miller, James B., Letter 1844

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Miller, James B., Letter 1844

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01921/01921-P.html

The James B. Miller Letter, 1844,consists of one letter written by Dr. James B. Miller to Charles Elliot, the Britishminister stationed in Texas. Miller wrote the letter on June 10, 1844, to obtainBritish papers for Reuben Potter, who the Texas Congress charged with carrying moneyto Mexico for the relief of the Mier Expedition prisoners.

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Miller, James B., 1801? -1854

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Miller, James B. (James Bradley), 1942-

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Early Texas physician and public official James B. Miller (ca. 1801-1854) came to Texas in 1829, settling at San Felipe, and practiced medicine with Dr. Robert Peebles. Along with his medical practice, Miller represented the Fort Bend area at the Convention of 1833 and served as a member of the legislature of Coahuila and Texas in 1834 and as the political chief of the Department of the Brazos from 1834 to 1835. He resigned his position in July 1835, claiming ill health. However, in...

Elliot, Charles, 1801-1875

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Epithet: Captain; RN; KCB 1856 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x00010f ...

Potter, Reuben M. (Reuben Marmaduke), 1802-1890

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Reuben M. Potter was born in New Jersey in 1802. From 1827 to 1833 he was an agent of a commercial house in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, after which he served as the customs comptroller at Galveston, Texas. In December 1846 Potter became secretary to Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup, quartermaster general of the United States Army. He was made a prisoner of war in San Antonio during the Civil War. After his parole, he moved to New York to resume his quartermaster duties until his retirement in 1882....