Nimitz Hotel Records, 1847-1905

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Nimitz Hotel Records, 1847-1905

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The Nimitz Hotel Records, 1847-1905, contain twelve financial ledgers and a hotel register kept by Charles H. Nimitz for the Nimitz Hotel, or Steamboat Hotel, in Fredericksburg, Texas. The financial ledgers consist of accounts, bar accounts, waybills, cashbooks, and bad debts. Prominent names in these ledgers and register include Mormon leader Lyman Wight; cowboy and gunslinger Johnny Ringo; and Samuel E. Johnson, Sr., and Samuel E. Johnson, Jr., grandfather and father of President Lyndon B. Johnson.

13 ledgers

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Nimitz, Charles H.

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In 1855, Charles H. Nimitz bought the Nimitz, or Steamboat, Hotel of Fredericksburg, Texas, supposedly the last hotel before San Diego, California. Originally only four rooms, the hotel expanded by the 1890s to 50 rooms and housed the Nimitz family beyond the parlor. The hotel included a formal flower garden, a bar, combination casino-theatre, dining room, and bathhouse with bathtubs and privies. The Nimitz family also operated a brewery, a saloon, and a general store at...

Nimitz family.

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Nimitz, Charles Henry, 1826-1911

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Nimitz Hotel (Fredericksburg, Tex.)

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