The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 435
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Texas Collection
Miss Ethel Morse of Tampa, Florida, has placed with us interesting
documents pertaining to William Moore of Moore's Bluff on the Trinity
River. The documents of particular interest in this collection are as
follows:
An authenticated manuscript copy of an original land grant certificate
from the Mexican government to John A. Williams, giving Williams
title to a sitio of land on the Trinity and San Jacinto rivers, which land
Williams deeded to William Moore in March, 1837. We also have a copy
of the deed of transfer.
Copy of a letter dated at Neches, May 31, 1836, from Colegate D'Eve
Donaldson (nee Van Pradelles) to Lawson Moore (father of William
Moore) of Danville, Kentucky, which contains an excellent contemporary
account of the "run-a-way scrape."
Letter from Frank W. Johnson to William Moore, dated at Bexar,
December 19, 1835, describing conditions at the camp and commenting
on several visitors to the camp and on Texas leaders. (William Moore
was Colonel Johnson's aide de camp at the storming of San Antonio.)
Business papers of William Moore, including a license to carry on a
merchandizing business at Anahuac, dated January 1, 1839.
A file pertaining to the settling of the estate of Mrs. Colegate D.
Moore, William Moore's second wife, including her will dated October
30, 1845. Mrs. Colegate D. Moore was the Colegate D'Eve Donaldson,
writer of the run-a-way scrape letter.
Miss Morse placed with the Museum several years ago another collection
of letters of the Moore family dating from 1828 to 1842 which contain
some graphic descriptions of Texas and the Southwest.
Mr. L. W. Kemp has presented the Museum with a copy of his recently
published book: The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Dr. W. B. McKinney, president of the Southern Steamship Company,
has presented to us our first piece of Staffordshire Texian Campaign design
china. This gift was made in the name of the San Jacinto Chapter of the
Sons of the Republic of Texas. We hope that this piece of china will
prove a nucleus for an entire set, which would make a splendid display.
Mr. I. W. Keys and the Nixon Blue Print Company of Corpus Christi
have given to us a copy of President James K. Polk's address to Congress,
dated May 11, 1845, "communicating information of the existing relations
between the United States and Mexico and recommending the adoption of
measures for repelling the invasion committed by the Mexican forces upon
the Territory of the United States." This is a photostatic copy of the
signed document in The National Archives.
Miss Aurelia Bowyer of Fort Worth, Texas, has placed with us several
letters and relics which belonged to Peter Hansbrough Bell, third governor
of the State of Texas.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy held their annual national
convention in Houston on November 20th through November 23rd. They
met in business session on the afternoon of the 21st in the Library of the
San Jacinto Museum.435
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946, periodical, 1946; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth146056/m1/492/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.