The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 1, July 1897 - April, 1898 Page: 133
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The Affairs of the Association. 133
The commission of W. F. Wilson as captain in the Virginia volunteers,
dated May 8, 1861, and signed by Gov. John Letcher.
A Confederate States 6 per cent bond for $100.
The passport of W. F. Wilson from Castle Perote, in Mexico, to Vera
Cruz, dated August 25, 1844.
Three letters written by W. F. Wilson, one dated Headquarters Texas
Army, May 16, 1837; another, Castle Perote, April 22, 1844; and the third,
New Orleans, October 10, 1844.
A letter from Col. John C. (" Jack") Hays, dated Oakland,May 21, 1877.
A letter from Jefferson Davis, dated Mississippi City P. O., August 10,
1877.
The muster roll of the Galveston Volunteers, William F. Wilson, Cap-
tain, dated September 8, 1839.
A letter from G. Clinton Frailey, Commissary Subsistence, Texas Army,
dated Texana, July 8, 1837.
The commission of William F. Wilson as Indian agent at the Omaha
Agency, dated June 5, 1858, and signed by President Buchanan.
A pamphlet of twelve pages containing the reminiscences of Mrs. Wilson.
A considerable number of clippings from old newspapers relative to
various subjects.
THE JONES COLLECTION.
The relies in this collection were enumerated in the last issue of
the Quarterly. The collection, however, contains a real treasure
in a miscellaneous lot of old newspapers printed between 1846 and
1857. As will be seen from the list given below, there is no series
among them, and not more than two consecutive issues of the same
paper; but the various numbers were selected with reference to their
historical importance, and each contains something of great value,
as a letter from Houston, or Rusk, or Jones, or other matter of the
kind. This number 'of the Quarterly contains a letter from Hous-
ton on the subject of Annexation, which is reprinted from one of
the papers.
This gift was obtained through the kind offices of Mrs. Dora
Fowler Arthur, Secretary William B. Travis Chapter, Daughters
of the Republic.
The list is as follows:
The New York Weekly Globe of March 15, 1851.
The Galveston Weekly News of September 15, 1857.
Five numbers of The Texas Ranger (Old Washington), dated respect-
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 1, July 1897 - April, 1898, periodical, 1897/1898; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101009/m1/150/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.