Militias; Military officers; Frontier & pioneer life
1839 letter from K. H. Douglass to Captain William Logan discussing Douglass' nomination for Major General of the Militia, and the need for regular protection of the frontier.
Letter from Rufus Doak, Lebanon, TN, to Dr. Alex Dients, Temple, TX, re: original logs from 1818 Sam Houston law office in Lebanon for sale. Typewritten on Hudson Insurance Company letterhead.
Research notes, correspondence, genealogy, clippings and lectures related to genealogy of the Stephen F. Austin family line. An article about Peter Ellis Bean is included.
Letter to Messrs. Fowler & Wells regarding a publication, from Thomas J. Rusk, while in Washington on the Brazos. For more info. on Orson Squire Fowler visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Squire_Fowler