Thomas Jefferson Chambers papers, 1830-1942, (bulk 1870-1925).

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Thomas Jefferson Chambers papers, 1830-1942, (bulk 1870-1925).

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The Thomas Jefferson Chambers Papers document the legal battle from 1870 to 1925 to obtain restitution for lands condemned for construction of the Texas state capitol. There are four groups, each composed of records created by Chambers or one of his heirs, his wife Abbie Chambers, daughter Kate C. Sturgis and granddaughter Katharine S. Evans. Documents include correspondence that concern the administration of the Chambers estate, legal briefs and opinions regarding Chambers v. Fisk et al, land grants, the Texas legislature's House Journal and Senate Journal, clippings, sections and entire issues of the newspapers Galveston Tribune, Austin Statesman, Austin American, Houston Chronicle, Houston Post-Dispatch and Christian Science Monitor (1925, 1935-1936, 1942), maps of Travis and Liberty counties (1824-1874) and memorials to the Texas Legislature (1886-1925). The collected papers of Kate C. Sturgis include many unsigned and undated documents that address the land claim and correspondence of O.M. Roberts, William Martin Walton and other attorneys. Many documents in this collection are retained only in transcript form, but are arranged as the originals which were at one time part of this collection.

2 boxes (.8 linear ft.) + maps.

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