Home James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868 - Page 1

Reference URL

Add tags

Comment

Rate

Save to favorites

To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website

To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document

To embed this page, paste this HTML in website

James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868

James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868 - Page 1

Save page

1 of 2

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Image
Text

Text Search...

Loading content ...

Object Description

Rating
Title	James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868
Subject	Business & finance Debt Health & welfare Correspondence
Description	Letter from James H. Starr, New Orleans to James F. Thorn, New York. Starr writes about a thousand dollar debt owed by Thorn and Raguet. He also states that his breathing is improving and that he should be better by the time he returns to Nacogdoches.
Date	April 15, 1868
Collection	James Harper Starr Letters
Collection Identifer	A159, Box1, Folder1
Collection Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=304
Biographical Note	James Harper Starr, an important figure in early Texas public life, was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, on December 18, 1809. A medical doctor, Starr's first practice was in Georgia where the good reports he heard about Texas inspired him to move with his wife, Harriet J. Johnson, to Nacogdoches in 1837. Here Starr served variously as President of the Board of Land Commissioners of Nacogdoches, Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas, and as Confederate agent for the postal service west of the Mississippi River during the Civil War. At the close of the Civil War, Starr's public career came to an end. In 1870 he moved to Marshall, Texas where he established the city's first bank. He died July 25, 1890 and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery at Marshall. (Craven, John Nathan."Starr, James Harper." The Handbook of Texas. Texas State Historical Association. Vol. II. Austin: Lakeside Press, 1952. p. 660).
Scope and Content Note	Original handwritten letters between former Nacogdoches residents discussing business and personal events, one land sale broadside.
Associated Dates	1860-1869
Type	Correspondence
Repository	East Texas Research Center
Repository Link	http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

Description

Title	James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868 - Page 1
Collection Identifer	A159, Box1, Folder1
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is available for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the East Texas Research Center at asketrc@sfasu.edu.

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868 - Page 1

James H. Starr Letter, April 15, 1868

Object Description

Description

Tags

Comments

	All
	Pages Enter page numbers or page ranges separated by commas. For example: 1,3,5-12