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Jefferson Davis Ship Island Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2021.s231
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence from a prisoner at Ship Island, Mississippi to Jefferson Davis. It also contains an article by Lee Meriwether regarding his childhood encounter with Davis.
Dates:
1862 - 1953
The Texana Documents Collection
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2014.s068
Scope and Contents
The manuscript collection begins with the personal papers of Henderson Yoakum, who wrote the first comprehensive history of Texas. They include a muster roll from his Cherokee campaign, discharge orders and payment authorizations for his troops, as well as Yoakum’s license to practice law. The Texana Documents collection also contains papers and letters related to early Texas, primarily focusing on annexation issues, during the period from 1842-1845. In the Correspondence section, Governor...
Dates:
1837 - 1961
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