Austin History Center, Austin Public Library - 7 Matching Results
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- [Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]
- A bill of sale for enslaver John Chaffin’s purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman ("hireling"), from enslaver Stephen Richardson.
- [Deed for purchase of slaves]
- A deed for the purchase of slaves ("forty two negroes") and "some stock."
- [Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]
- A letter/petition to Governor E. M. Pease from people in Mountain Valley, who complain about attacks from Native Americans. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
- [Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]
- A letter/petition to Governor E.M. Pease from citizens of La Grange on behalf of Dr. John S. Lewellen, a local citizen who had been convicted and fined for betting on an election. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
- [Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker]
- A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker regarding possession of a slave. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
- [Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]
- A draft of a letter from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes.
- [Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]
- A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."