Smith, Angelina, letters, 1842-1843

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Smith, Angelina, letters, 1842-1843

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The Angelina Smith Letters, 1842-1843, comprise photocopies of three letters to Smith in Austin, Texas, about the Comanche Indian capture of her son Fayette and his subsequent rescue.

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Smith, Angelina

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The daughter of Elijah Stamps, Angelina Stamps married chief justice of Travis County, Texas, James Smith, with whom she had three children: Caroline, Fayette (also called La Fayette), and Lorena. On Fayette's ninth birthday, January 21, 1841, James took his son to search for wild hogs in the woods near their home in Austin. Comanche Indians attacked the two, killing James and capturing Fayette. James' brother William Smith trailed after them, eventually reaching Santa F...

Smith, Fayette.

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Stamps, Elijah.

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Jones, Lewis, 1924-

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Sawson, James.

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