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
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.
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.