Letter of thanks to Miss Lizzie Ford from Lawrence Sullivan Ross, dated December 22, 1890.

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Letter of thanks to Miss Lizzie Ford from Lawrence Sullivan Ross, dated December 22, 1890.

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Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State University Library

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Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library, Sul Ross State University Library

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Ford, Lizzie

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Ross, Lawrence Sullivan, 1838-1898

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Soldier, governor, and university president Lawrence Sullivan (Sul) Ross (1838-1898) was born in the Iowa Territory and immigrated to Texas in 1839. After earning his A.B. from Wesleyan University in Florence, Alabama in 1859, Ross joined the Texas Rangers, initially as a lieutenant and later as a captain. Ross' fame in Texas greatly increased when, during the battle of the Pease River, his company rescued Cynthia Ann Parker. In 1861, he married Elizabeth Dorothy Tinsley, and prompt...