Lucy Leigh Bowie papers, 1896-1957.

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Lucy Leigh Bowie papers, 1896-1957.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70946746

Correspondence, articles, notes, pamphlets, reprints, photographs, prints, drawings, graphic material, and a replica of a Bowie knife, relating to Alamo defender James Bowie, his family, and the origins of the Bowie knife.

0.8 linear ft.

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8047925

Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library

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Bowie, Lucy Leigh, 1872-1966

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Resident of Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md. From the description of Lucy Leigh Bowie papers, 1896-1957. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70946746 A life-long resident of Maryland, Lucy Leigh Bowie (1872-1966) was an avid state and family history researcher. She published a number of articles in historical journals, particularly the Maryland Historical Magazine . She also pursued an interest in Jim Bowie and the Bowie knife, presenting a ...

Bowie, James, d. 1836

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The son of Reason (or Rezin) and Elve Bowie, James (Jim) Bowie (1796?-1836) moved around the southern United States in his early life, finally settling on a plantation near Opelousas, Louisiana, in around 1809. During the War of 1812, James and his brother Rezin Pleasant Bowie enlisted in the Second Division, Consolidated, of the U.S. Army. After the war, the brothers bought slaves from Jean Laffite and traded them in St. Landry Parish, until raising $65,0000, which James and Rezin ...

Soniat, Elve Bowie Moore, 1842-

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Bowie family.

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Bowie, Walter Worthington, 1858-1938

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Author and genealogist. From the description of The Bowies and their kindred : manuscript book, circa 1899. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131908 Bowie was a captain in the army of the Confederate States of America. From the description of Papers, 1862-1863. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 53291491 ...