Gowen, Mary, Papers 1838-1869

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Gowen, Mary, Papers 1838-1869

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/03101/03101-P.html

A diary, with partial transcript,correspondence, marriage license, inaugural address, Bible, genealogy, and a handpainted photograph inside a union case comprise the Mary Gowen Papers, 1838-1869,documenting Mary Gowen’s ancestry, and a personal account of being aprisoner-of-war.

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Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

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