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Ralph w. Yarborough E.Wayne Thode Law Offices Ralph W. Yarborough Perry Brooks Building Austin, Tex as June 13* 1955 Mr. John J. Herrera 710 Scanlan Building Houston 2, Texas Dear John: Again I am indebted to you for a great kindness and for your energetic assistance Saturday night at the annual banquet. I have not been privileged to visit with anyone in a long time whose company I enjoyed more than yours at the banquet table. Your comprehensive knowledge of Texas history, the great contribution your own family has mad* and your blood connections with so many stirring events in this great Southwestern region during more than two hundred years, make you a living representative of more than one historical age, John, you ought to write that family history now; age will not give you more time. HWY:ct our friend, I P.S. I have not forgott
Yarborough, Ralph Webster, 1903-1996.[Letter from Ralph Yarborough to John J. Herrera - 1955-06-13],
letter,
June 13, 1955;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth249323/m1/1/:
accessed May 21, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Hoston History Research Center at Houston Public Library.