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| Title | Elijah Price Letter, April 5, 1844 |
| Subject |
Republic of Texas Annexations Land Politics & government Families Correspondence |
| Description | Correspondence from Jas. B. Tartt to Elijah Price, 1844 re: family matters, politics, annexation, farming, financial concerns. |
| Date | 1844-04-05 |
| Identifier | A26, Box1, Folder2 |
| Collection |
William F. Price Collection |
| Collection Link | http://library.sfasu.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/controlcard&id=374 |
| Biographical Note | Elijah Price was born in Martin County, North Carolina on September 9, 1791. On December 11, 1821 he married Temperance ("Tempe") Thomas of Stantonsburg, North Carolina. They remained in North Carolina until 1830, at which time they moved to Lawrence County, Alabama. They also lived in Sumter County, where Price served as a State Representative in the Alabama Legislature. In 1841 the Price family moved to Texas, staying for a while in Polk (then Liberty) County, then later settling on a large plantation near San Augustine. Price was a Mason, an Odd Fellow, and a member of Christ Episcopal Church. He died in San Augustine on November 17, 1852, leaving his widow to continue running the plantation until her death about 1859. There were ten children in the Price family, and the plantation was sold after Tempe died. (Price, William Hall and Mackenzie, Ann Price, Price Family Record, 1976; Crocket, G. L., Two Centuries in East Texas, Dallas: Southwest Press, 1932) |
| Scope and Content Note | William F. Price Collection, 1837-1867 Most of the collection consists of papers of Elijah and Temperence Price, but there are also papers relating to the Blount & Price mercantile business, George Fulton Crocket and his family, and S[tephen] W[illiam] Blount & Co., all of San Augustine. Crocket and Blount, along with Travis Gustavus Broocks and Mathew Cartwright, jointly operated a steam mill near San Augustine which appears to have had facilities for sawing lumber and grinding grain. The papers include correspondence; financial records relating to cotton; personal and business bills, accounts, and receipts; and legal papers. The bills and accounts give details about consumer purchases such as clothing, fabrics, food, household items, medical expenses, school books, and music. Letterheads on the business stationery are decorated with ships, lighthouses, and covered wagons. A genealogy including some of this line of the Price family is available in "Price Family Record" compiled by William Hall Price and Anne Price Mackenzie (1976). William F. Price was the grandson of Elijah and Tempe Price. |
| Associated Dates | 1840-1849 |
| Type | Correspondence |
| Repository | East Texas Research Center |
| Repository Link | http://library.sfasu.edu/etrc/ |
| Transcript | Mobile AL, April 5th 1844 E. Price Esquire Dear Sir, I received your favor of the 17th of February a few weeks past and was happy to learn from it you were better satisfied with your country than you had been at first. I hope you and your adopted country will both prosper. Much is now being said in the United States about annexing Texas to the Union, and so far as President Tyler and his cabinet, and President Houston and his cabinet are concerned, the Treaty is already agreed on. Much confidence is expressed by many of the leading journals in the South (both Whig and Democrat) that the Treaty will be confirmed by the Senate, but I am firmly convinced that it will not at this time, if it ever does. I wish to caution you against making any purchase of property based on any such calculation, for men are now ready to go to Texas for the purpose of speculating in real estate, on the prospect of its being annexed to the U.S. John C. Calhoun is now Secretary of State under Mr. Tyler and is a warm friend for annexation, but Mr. Benton is said to be against at this time, and this question is likely to disturb political parties. On this account it will be laid over by the Senate until after the Presidential election, for both parties are afraid of it. It is now believed that Mr. Clay’s election is as certain as any future event to be determined by men; if he should succeed, his influence, I have no doubt, would be in favor of Texas. I called on Mr. W. J. Steele and showed him your letter and he said he would write you. A. B. Thomas has moved to Mississippi near where Warren B. Barnes is. I do not know his post office. Aunt Susan Thomas, you will have learnt before this, is dead. Morison Thomas has lost two of his children this past winter, and most of his family have suffered much from sickness. Willie Ruffin died about two weeks ago. Doctor Blake Little is married to Mrs. Jones, widow of Blake Jones. Times have improved here very much in the last year and things are looking quite cheerful again to most people, but there are many like myself who have no means to do anything with. They are trying to get situations to do business for them to make enough to keep soul and body together. Cotton has declined some but we are getting from 6 to 9 in sound funds, which is fifty percent better than last year. Our last news from Liverpool is not quite so good and it has depressed the market in the U.S., but I think we shall get better prices another year, as trade is in a very healthy condition throughout the world. My health is very good and I am heavier than I have been in twenty five years. I know of nothing more of special interest to write you, so far as I know your old friends in Sumter are well, and I hope this may find you and family in good health and cheer. Give my respects to cousin Temperance and other members of your family, and be assured of my continued esteem. Yours, etc. Jas B. Tartt |
| 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. |
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| Title | Elijah Price letter, April 5, 1844, page 1 |
| 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. |
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