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[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866]

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Letter to nephew from R.E.B. Baylor regarding coming to Texas, bringing negro employees, condition of negroes in Independence, and family matters. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.

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Baylor, R. E. B. (Robert Emmett Bledsoe), 1793-1873 October 1866.

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Letter to nephew from R.E.B. Baylor regarding coming to Texas, bringing negro employees, condition of negroes in Independence, and family matters. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.

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[4] p.

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Star of the Republic Museum Objects

From the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, these items (dating from 1700s-1800s) include furniture, clothing, buttons, farm implements, china, trade tokens, arrowheads, cooking utensils, and looms.

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  • October 1866

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Baylor, R. E. B. (Robert Emmett Bledsoe), 1793-1873. [Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866], letter, October 1866; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth30584/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.

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