Robertson, Joseph William, Papers 1840-1940

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Robertson, Joseph William, Papers 1840-1940

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/03062/03062-P.html

Composed of letters, legal documents, receipts, an amnesty oath, receipts, account papers, and a commission, the Joseph William Robertson Papers, 1840-1940, chronicle Robertson’s career as a physician and his acquisition of the French Legation building.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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Smith, Sarah Robertson

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Robertson, Joseph William, 1809-1870

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Born in South Carolina in 1809, Joseph William Robertson (1809-1870) attended Transylvania University in Kentucky before practicing medicine in Alabama for a year. There he married Ann Philips with whom he had two children. In 1836, Robertson moved to Texas with his family arriving the next year. They settled in Bastrop County and Robertson represented the county in the House of Representatives in the Fourth Congress of the Republic of Texas and served in the Texas Rangers. Followin...