SHH II:A:3:b
January 16th 1870 Letter from Margaret Thornton and F. D. Thornton to her cousins Harry and Emma Shaw describing Christmas in Huntsville and relating how members of her church raised money to pay off the church's debt by the first of...
SHH II:A:3:c
July 17th, 1870 Letter from Margaret Thornton to a Shaw cousin describing the type of person who should immigrate to Texas, someone with a trade not a factory worker. 2pp. 8 x 10.
THORNTON PAPERS This collection is comprised of 13...
SHH II:A:3:h
May 9, 1878 Letter (written on International & Great Northern R. R. stationary) from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Harry Shaw describing the loss of the family's home and all their belongings to a fire that consumed an entire block...
SHH II:A:3:a
October 2 [1867] (yellow fever letter) Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousins Harry and Emma Shaw describing her return trip from England to Huntsville, Texas. 8pp. 8 1/2 x 10.
THORNTON PAPERS This collection is comprised of...
SHH II:B:8
William S. PETERS, Cincinnati, May 24, 1847, second letter to Robert OWEN, Esquire, London, England, describing the advantages of PETERS COLONY. 4pp. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2
SHH II:A:3:i
June 28th, 1878 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Maria Wolstenhome describing loss of the family's home and belongings to the fire in May. She relates that friends have helped and that they have lumber to build a house...
