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Sexton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: THR/01/2012.s002
Scope and Contents
The Franklin B. Sexton Papers documents the life of Confederate legislator Franklin Barlow Sexton. The correspondence represents a wide range of personal and business communication. Some of the most common topics in the subject files are deeds, receipts, requests for payment and land dealings. Newspaper clippings cover a variety of topics, some of which are: agriculture, national defense, oil in Texas, poetry,churches and Texas history.
Dates:
1844 - 1985
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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