Newcomb, James Pearson, Sr., papers, 1835-1941.

Davis, Edmund Jackson, 1827-1883

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Davis was born in St. Augustine, Florida, a son of William Godwin Davis and the former Mary Ann Channer. His father was a lawyer and land developer in St. Augustine, the oldest permanent settlement in the United States. In 1848, after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Davis moved with his parents to Galveston, Texas. The next year, Davis moved to Corpus Christi, where he was admitted to the bar. He was an inspector and deputy collector of customs from 1849 to 1853, when he was a...

Newcomb, James Pearson, b. 1881.

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MacGregor, Henry Frederick, 1855-1923

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Newcomb, James P. (James Pearson), 1837-1907

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Newcomb's San Antonio pro-Union newspaper, the Alamo Express, was destroyed by a mob on 13 November 1861, and his life was threatened. He fled to Mexico and then California where he joined Col. J.H. Carleton's California Column on its trek through Arizona and New Mexico. He later went on mining expeditions in Arizona and published a newspaper in San Francisco before returning to Texas in 1867. From the guide to the James Pearson Newcomb, Sr. Papers 21509352., 1835-1941, (Dolph Brisco...

Clark, William Thomas, 1831-1905

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Clark was born in Norwalk, Connecticut. He became a school teacher and moved in 1854 to New York City, where he passed the bar exam. After marrying, he moved to Iowa and established a legal practice. At the beginning of the Civil War, he became a lieutenant and adjutant of the 13th Iowa Infantry Regiment. He fought at the battle of Shiloh and Corinth. He served as assistant adjutant general in the XVII Corps during the siege of Vicksburg and assistant adjutant-general to the Army of the Tenne...

Siemering, August, 1828-1883

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Carleton, James Henry, 1814-1873

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Carleton was born in Lubec, Maine. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army in 1839, during the Aroostook War, and took part in the Mexican–American War. He served in the 1st U.S. Dragoons in the American West, participating as a lieutenant in an 1844 expedition to the Pawnee and the Oto. One of Carleton's children, Henry Guy Carleton (1852–1910) was a journalist, playwright, and inventor. In May 1859, Maj. Carleton and K Company of the 1st Dragoons out of Fort Tejon, California, ...

Historical Records Survey (U.S.)

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The Historical Records Survey (HRS) had its origins in the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civil Works Administration. In 1935 it came under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration Federal Writers' Project and eventually was designated as an independent program under Federal Project No. One. The projects, ideally suited for white collar workers, employed individuals to survey, classify and collect historical records. One program of the HRS was to document American portr...

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Hamilton, Morgan Calvin, 1809-1893

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Ruby, George T., b. 1841

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Union League of America

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The Union League of America, sometimes called the Loyal League, was a Civil War era pro-Union club. From the guide to the Union League of America records, 1863-1864, (Oregon Historical Society Research Library) The Union League of America, sometimes called the Loyal League, was a Civil War era pro-Union club. It was an organization formed in Ohio in 1862 when the prognosis for Union victory seemed doubtful. Its purpose was to raise troops, and suppli...

Texas. Constitutional Convention (1868-1869)

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Republican Party (Tex.)

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Republican Party (Tex.) State convention (1896: Houston)

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Evans, Ira Hobart, 1844-1922

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Ira Hobart Evans (1844-1923) was general manager of the Texas Land Company, secretary of the International and Great Northern Railroad Company, and President of the New York and Texas Land Company. From the description of Ira Hobart Evans papers 1867-1913. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 226800434 ...

DeGress, Jacob C., 1842-1894

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