Notes on Texas : Jefferson, Texas, 1886.

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Notes on Texas : Jefferson, Texas, 1886.

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The notes include an A. Ms. S., dated January 15, 1886, and a clipping from the Jefferson Iron News, February 10, 1886, in which the last portion of the Ms. prepared for H.H. Bancroft was printed. With his father to Texas, 1843; settler at Boston and at Clarksville, Red River County; senior Todd a lawyer, Judge of the Eighth Judicial District of Texas, and a member of the Secession Convention of 1861; law practice of son from 1860; Civil War service in Hood's Texas Brigade; life at Jefferson as lawyer, district attorney, and legislator; comments on frontier contests between Regulators and Moderators in northeastern Texas. The printed "notes" concern Jefferson County's resources and advantages.

Originals : 2 items.Copies : partial microfilm reel (14 exposures) : negative (Rich. 117:17) and positive.

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