Gray family papers, 1826-1864.

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Gray family papers, 1826-1864.

1826-1864

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Correspondence, diaries, legal documents and printed materials created by the Gray family or collected by them record events in Virginia and Texas from before the Texas Revolution to the Civil War. Contained in the W. Gray series are a handwritten Constitution of the Philosophical Society of Texas, a letter from James Madison, and an oath of allegiance to Texas made before Gray. A transcript of Millie Gray's diary covers the time period of 1832 to 1840. In the P. Gray series are correspondence with Nathan Fuller and Jefferson Davis in 1862, and a key to the writing of a Galveston secret society. "Notes on the Occurrences of 1842" and the journal excerpt from the same year are believed to have been written by P. Gray. Documents collected by the Gray family include correspondence of Sam Houston documenting 1830s and 1840s Texas, Andrew Jackson on Texas annexation in 1844, Confederate governor of Texas Francis R. Lubbock concerning martial law in Texas, and early Texas jurist and diplomat George W. Terrell, writing to Ashbel Smith and Lord Aberdeen of Britain. A hand-drawn map documents the Texan defenses at Fort Defiance in Goliad in 1836. Printed materials include a copy of Col. Travis' March 3, 1836 letter from the Alamo, "An Ordinance" covers the planned secession of Texas, and "General orders," of General Magruder on the export of cotton from Texas.

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