Wells, James B., papers, 1837-1926.

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Wells, James B., papers, 1837-1926.

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The papers relate to commerce, cultural affairs, government, industry, military affairs, politics, and social affairs. They include letters, telegrams, reports, minutes, notes, day books, census books, plat maps, titles, legal documents, certificates, court records, collateral notes, account books, ledgers, cash books, blotters, records, printed material, legal publications, and clippings of James B. Wells (1850-1923). Papers relate to Well's career as an attorney; elections; politics; San Diego Oil Company; Cameron County Democratic Committee; Brownsville Land and Town Company; Congressional Record of the 49th Congress; the Gainesville Eagle (1877); Rio Grande Railroad; Texas Custom House; administration of the King Ranch; evolution of the political situation in the Trans-Nueces area (1865-1920); Emile Kleiber blotters; Texas vs. Juan Morales; Louis Coholini vs. A.B. Cole; legal, political, and personal papers of Stephen Powers (1863-1882); legal, political and personal papers of Joe K. Wells (1922-1926).

72 ft., 11 in.

University of Texas Libraries

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University of Texas Libraries

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Wells, James B., 1850-1923

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James B. Wells, Jr., attorney of Brownsville, Texas, was the central figure in South Texas Democratic politics from the mid-1880s through the first decade of the twentieth century and continued to exercise power as the Cameron County Democratic chairman until 1920. Wells served as chairman of the Texas Democratic Party from 1900 through 1904. Wells held public office for only two brief periods: as Brownsville city attorney in the early 1880s, and in 1897 he accepted a gubernatorial appointment t...

Wells, Joe K.

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Powers, Stephen, 1951-

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