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CONTENTS.
ERA VI. Contined.
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Deaths of Smith and Burleson.... 253
Buildings and Improvements,..... 253
J. W. Henderson as Governor.....254
Pease's Administration ..............254
Public Debt........................254
Railroad Law . ................... 255
School Funds ......................256
Public Institutions.................256
Negro Uprising ....................256
The Cart War..................... 257
Death of Rusk ......................257
Know-Nothing Party............. 258
Progress.............................258
Runnel's Administration ........... 258
Railroads ...........................258
Indians Removed ...............259
Forebodings of -War ................260
Houston's Administration........... 260
Condition of the Country......... 261
Cortina ..............................261
The Border .. .......... 261
Sectional Troubles ................ 262
State Convention ..................262
Texas Joins the Confederacy ..... 263
Clarke's Administration ............264
Preparations for War......... 264
Blockade ............................265
Lubbock's Administration ..........265
Sibley Expedition ..................265
Galveston Captured .............267
Galveston Retaken .......... 267
Battle of Sabine Pas .............268
Condition of Texas................270
Houston's Death ..................271
Murrah's Administration........... 272
General Banks on the Coast.....272
Few Battles on Texas Soil .......272PAGE
Crops and Manufactures ...........273
Hardships . ......................... 273
Close of the War .............. .. 274
Last Battle of the War .............274
Lawlessness ... ......................275
General Granger . ..................276
Hamilton's Administration .........276
Hamilton's Course ..................276
Financial Condition ...............276
Reconstruction Convention .......277
Throckmorton's Administration ....277
The President and Congress....... 277
Military Rule......................279
Governor Removed ...............279
Pease's Administration ........ 280
General Hancock .............. 280
Convention Called...............280
Gov. Pease Resigns...... .........281
Constitution Adopted ............281
Davis's Administrations ......;....281
Texas Readmitted to the Union... 281
Disabilities Removed .............282
Legislative Acts . ............ 282
Immigration and Railroads ......283
Austin again Chosen .......... 283
Exciting Election Scenes..........283
Coke's Administration..... . 285
Fears of Interference ............. 285
Difficulties ........................285
Governor's Course . ............286
United States Senator.............287
Constitutional Convention ....... 287
A. and M. College ............... 288
Coke Resigns . ... ...................288
Hubbard's Administration .........288
Penitentiaries . ... ....... 288
E'rontier Protected .......... 289
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/10/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.