Ellis, Richard, Speech 1836

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Ellis, Richard, Speech 1836

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/02786/02786-P.html

Comprised of a handwritten document, the Richard Ellis Speech, 1836, document Ellis’ remarks on March 17th regarding loans Ellis and others had received as well as their plans for the money.

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Planter, lawyer, and politician Richard Ellis (1781-1846) studied law in his home state of Virginia and then served in the Alabama Constitutional Convention and on the Supreme Court. In 1834, he moved to Pecan Point (now in Bowie County, Texas), located in territory claimed by both Mexico and the United States (as part of Arkansas). There Ellis established a large cotton plantation with his wife Mary West Ellis (née Dandridge), two children, and slaves and was selected as a represen...