Alex Dienst collection of Texas documents, 1841-1937.

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Alex Dienst collection of Texas documents, 1841-1937.

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Documents relating to Texas collected by Dr. Alex Dienst, including printed forms of the State of Texas regarding land transactions, and autograph documents from the Confederate States of America Army in Texas. Also included are documents of various legal actions, including a warrant for an arrest on a charge of selling liquor to a slave, two autographed letters signed by Brigadier General Henry E. McCulloch, and a lithographed lettersheet, circa 1860, from the Hotel at Matagorda, Texas, with views of the town by Ed. Lang based on a sketch by Helmuth Holtz.

0.4 linear ft (1 box, 1 broadside)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Lang, Ed.,

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Dienst, Alex, 1870-1938

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Dentist, historian, writer, lecturer, and collector of books and documents on Texas history. From the description of Dienst, Alexander, collection, 1784-1929. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 23285360 Dienst was an author and collector of books and source material on Texas history especially the Texas Revolution. He was a dentist in Temple, Texas, from 1889 until his death. From the description of Papers, 1899-1935. (University of Texas at Arl...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Brigade

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During the Civil War, Hood's Texas Brigade of the Confederate Army organized on October 22, 1861, in Richmond, Virginia, under the command of Brig. Gen. Louis T. Wigfall with the First, Fourth, and Fifth Texas Infantry Regiments. Several other regiments and companies were attached to the Brigade over the next year, with only the Third Arkansas Infantry staying until the end of the war. Col. John Bell Hood commanded the Fourth Texas Regiment until Wigfall resigned in Febr...

McCulloch, Henry E. (Henry Eustace), 1816-1895

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Holtz, Helmuth

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Helmuth Heinrich Diedrich Holtz (1833-1915) was born in Schleswig. He was an artist, sailor, and Union soldier who visited Texas ports in 1860 and did sketches of Matagorda and Indianola that were reproduced as engravings. From the description of Matagorda, Texas, Letterhead. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 645087435 ...