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Somervell, Alexander, 1796-1854

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Eberstadt collection

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00022
Abstract

Collection aquired from Edward Eberstadt & Sons, booksellers, that includes source materials related to the early history of Texas and the Southwest.

Dates: 1699 - 1959

Sam Houston Hearne collection

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00099
Abstract

Collection of Sam Houston Hearne, great-grandson of Sam Houston, consists primarily of Houston family correspondence, letters sent and received by Houston during and directly after the Texas Revolution and during his Texas presidency, and correspondence between Houston and Guy M. Bryan concerning Stephen F. Austin.

Dates: 1820 - 1929

Sam Houston papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00005
Abstract

Papers document the life of Sam Houston, including military service, as congressman from and governor of Tennessee, as commander-in-chief of the army in the Texas Revolution, as president of the Republic of Texas, as United States senator from and governor of the state of Texas. Many important state and national figures, especially Andrew Jackson, are represented, as well as personal friends and family members.

Dates: 1814 - 1957; undated

Thomas Byers Huling papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.01462
Abstract

Thomas Byers Huling (1804-1865), landowner, postmaster, politician, congressman, judge, and speculator, came to Texas in 1834 and acquired a land grant on the Angelina River in what was to become Jasper County. His papers primarily concern his political and commercial activities in Texas from 1826 until 1901.

Dates: 1826; 1831 - 1881; 1901

James F. and Stephen S. Perry papers

 Collection
Identifier: urn:taro:utexas.cah.00543
Abstract James Franklin Perry was the second husband of Stephen F. Austin's sister Emily. He served as the administrator of Austin's estate, and in 1839 declined to become secretary of the treasury of the Republic of Texas. Correspondence, daybooks, letterbooks, memorandum books, maps, estate papers, and literary productions by James Perry and his son Stephen Samuel Perry and their extended families cover significant events in Texas history from the early years of colonization up to the twentieth...
Dates: 1785 - 1942

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