Peters Colony Papers 1852-1853, 1925

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Peters Colony Papers 1852-1853, 1925

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Composed of originals and transcripts of correspondence and a legal document, the Peters Colony Papers, 1852-1853, 1925, chronicle the surveying and legal disputes over the land in North Texas.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Established by the Republic of Texas in 1841, Peters Colony was a North Texas land grant made to twenty investors led by William S. Peters. With its headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky, the investors sought to attract middle class English immigrants by granting 320 acres per person and 640 acres per family. A year later, the investors encountered financial difficulties that compelled them to transfer the colony to Daniel J. Carroll, Sherman Converse, and Charles Fenton Mercer. In 1...

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