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"work equal to any in the Confederacy";" J. J. Jones Store, which
sold Wilcox and Gibbs Sewing Machines and featured silks and
bonnets; and R. P. Traube's which sold dry goods, groceries, and
hardware. At the corner of Brazos and Pecan Streets was the
Missouri House, where room and board was offered by the pro-
prietor, A. J. McLaughlin.
Down the block from Hancock's on Congress Avenue was the
Old Treasury and Comptroller's Office, which housed several
lawyers' offices, including those of W. S. Oldham, B. F. Carter,
and A. J. Hamilton at various times from 1859 through 1861.20
Farther down the Avenue and out of the central business area
was the City Hotel, operated by Mrs. E. H. Holman. Near the
hotel was the New Music Store, operated by Charles Sprenger,
who had "just received a large supply of the most popular Amer-
ican music" early in 1861.21 Sprenger also taught music at Thomas
Baker's Select School for Young Ladies in Austin.
Other businesses on Congress Avenue included: Charles Brink-
man, bookbinder; C. F. Millett, carpenter and builder; J. H.
Robinson's, dry goods and groceries; C. Spaulding's, dry goods and
groceries, who advertised thirty barrels of high proof Kentucky
bourbon in 1861; John Stelfox, shoes, boots, dry goods, and pur-
chaser of animal pelts; G. H. Todd, guns and sporting goods;
F. M. Foster, instructor in fancy needlework; the office of the
Texas State Gazette; Peter B. Lowe, notary public and agent for
importers; Blunn and E. D. Walker, saddlers and harness makers;
C. H. Fox, saddler and harness maker; S. B. Brush, manufacturer
of wholesale and retail tin ware; and A. G. Lucke, vinegar man-
ufacturer.
Sixteen Austin lawyers advertised in the April, 1861, Gazette.
Three doctors advertised and two dentists. The professional
offices were located in buildings along the Avenue and on Pecan
Street, with many in the Swenson Building and the Old Treasury
and Comptroller's Office. In the December 28, 1861, Gazette, ten
lawyers advertised, one doctor, Dr. B. Graham, and one surgeon
dentist, Dr. George Boardman. Austin lawyers advertising were
19Texas State Gazette, November 2s, 1861, p. 4.
2oTerrell, "The City of Austin from 1839 to 1865," Southwestern Historical
Quarterly, XIV, 121.
21Texas State Gazette, January 26, 1861, p. 1.434
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