Texas Association for Colonization Report, 1843

Peters Colony

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Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858

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U.S. representative from Virginia; president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. From the description of Papers of Charles Fenton Mercer [manuscript], 1810-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647891379 State legislator and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1816-1854. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954784 Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), was the son of James Mercer, j...

Peters, W. C. (William Cumming), 1805-1866

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Composed 1831. Probable first performance Economy, Pennsylvania, Harmony Society Orchestra, Johann Christoph Mueller probably conductor. Dedication: "Composed and arranged and dedicated to the Economy Band by their friend Mr. William C. Peters." Economy, Pennsylvania, founded by the Harmony Society as a commune, was near the modern town of Ambridge.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Symphony in D / composed and arranged ... by Mr. William C. Peters ; edited by Frederi...

Peters, William S., 1779-1853

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Texas Association for Colonization

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On January 20, 1843, the fourth of as many contracts between the Republic of Texas and twenty American and English investors led by William S. Peters was put into motion for the colonization of the Republic by the investors and other persons and families. These investors formed the beginnings of the association for colonization, which helped to settle North Texas. The common name for the venture was Peters Colony. The first contract, signed in August of 1841, appropriate...

Converse, Sherman, 1790-1873

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Yale graduate (1813); New York City and New Haven, Conn., printer, publisher and bookseller; and land company promoter associated briefly with the Peters Colony in Texas. In 1842, Sherman Converse, Charles Fenton Mercer, Daniel Carroll, and others obtained the interests of the eleven English investors in the Peters Colony, an empresario venture in north central Texas in contract with the Republic of Texas. Acting alone, Converse then secured the sole interest of the colo...

Browning, Samuel, -1667

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