Sealy, George, memoirs, 1944.

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Sealy, George, memoirs, 1944.

Copy of the personal memoirs of George Sealy entitled "40 Years of Fighting" documents his experiences with the Galveston (Texas) Wharf Company.

56 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8178058

University of Texas Libraries

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Galveston Wharf & Cotton Press Company

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Port of Galveston

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Galveston Wharf Company

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Sealy, George, 1854-1944.

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The Galveston Wharf Company was founded in 1854 as the Galveston Wharf & Cotton Press Company. It operated the ports as well as railway lines and locomotives that connected the Galveston harbor to other railroads in Texas. The company was the centerpiece of a longstanding law suit between the City of Galveston and the Galveston Corporation, the controlling interest in the company. It became municipally owned in 1940 and reorganized as the Galveston Railway, Incorporated in 1987. ...