The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961 Page: 519
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Texas Collection
The act of secession is reflected in a newspaper clipping giving
the vote for secession, county by county, and by a pamphlet con-
taining "the constitution of the State of Texas as amended in 1861,
the constitution of the Confederate States of America, the ordi-
nances of the 'Texas convention, an address to the people of
Texas." That war brought the inevitable debt is shown in an
announcement of "Public sale of lands, for the war tax of 1861."
While Governor Pendleton Murrah's message to a special session
of the Tenth Legislature in 1864 reflects the Texan and Confed-
erate view of the conflict, a pamphlet from the Union side re-
counts the ceremonies of dedication of the Gettysburg battlefield
on November 19, 1863. The chief oration, some thirty-one pages
long, was by Edward Everett; then the Baltimore Glee Club ren-
dered a selection, and finally follows President Lincoln's speech
"Four score and seven years ago . . "
Two condensed Texas almanacs for the years 1860-63 and 1862-
65, and two copies of the Weekly State Gazette, in February and
May, 1865, tell not only of events but show by their curtailed form
the scarcity of paper. To mark the end of the war, and to show that
the R. Niles Graham-Pease collection contains a fascinating
variety of material, a piece of music is included. It is entitled
"Victory at last-as sung at the raising of the old flag at Fort
Sumter, April 14, 1865"-words by Mrs. M. A. Kidder, music by
Wm. B. Bradbury.
On October io, 1958, the Del Rio News-Herald published a
diamond jubilee issue commemorating the city's seventy-five years
of growth since the completion of the Sunset Route in Val Verde
County in 1883. Informative articles, reprints of historical docu-
ments and reminiscences, and numerous photographs relating
to Del Rio and Val Verde County provide a valuable and exten-
sive survey of the area's historical development.
Mrs. E. Bates Nisbet of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Kate Hard-
ing Bates Parker of San Augustine, Texas, have recently made a
generous contribution to the Association in memory of their
mother, Mrs. Kate Broocks Arnall Bates (whose picture is on the
accompanying insert). They have also deposited in the Archives519
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 64, July 1960 - April, 1961, periodical, 1961; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101190/m1/558/: accessed May 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.