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[Transcript of an Extract of a Letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, April 25, 1844]
Date: April 25, 1844
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, in which Burnet describes his ideas of Stephen F. Austin. Burnet praises Austin's character and offers an explanation for Austin's name slipping into relative obscurity among younger Texans, while Sam Houston rose in popularity.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217189/
[Transcript of Letter from Basil G. Ijams to James F. Perry, February 14, 1843]
Date: February 14, 1843
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Basil G. Ijams to Mr. James F. Perry regarding lands Perry sold in Colorado County for taxes owed. The letter, written on behalf of Austin Bryant, informs Perry that Bryant wishes to retroactively adjust taxes owed based on the value of Texas money at the time the lands were sold.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217184/
[Transcript of Letter from J. Howard to Guy Bryant, March 4, 1845]
Date: March 4, 1845
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from J. Howard to Guy Bryant in which Howard, on behalf of the Galveston Lyceum, proposes to commemorate the birth day of Stephen F. Austin in the calender. Howard appeals to Bryant for additional information about Austin that are not included in histories of the country.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217194/
[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, September 16, 1841]
Date: September 16, 1841
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry requesting the ability to pay off cash debts owed to Perry by bartering corn, horses, and one slave.
Contributing Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217182/
[Transcript of Letter from James F. Perry to Capt. Bartlet Sims, May 6, 1847]
Date: May 6, 1847
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Capt. Bartlet Sims, in which Perry offers to sell the land that Sims currently lives on to him for one dollar per acre - to be paid in part with negro slaves at cash price and in part in cash. Perry also informs Sims that the court case involving the land in question has not been decided upon.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217203/
[Transcript of Letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, October 1, 1847]
Date: October 1, 1847
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, in which Gillespie informs Perry that he received his letter which addresses allegations the late Judge John P. Coles filed against Perry before his death. Gillespie also tells Perry that the original bill filed by Coles cannot be found and the case will likely be postponed.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217205/
[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, January 20, 1848]
Date: January 20, 1848
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, in which White informs Perry that he does not have cash but would like to settle his debt to Perry either by handing over his home or by paying in negro slaves.
Contributing Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217206/
[Transcript of Letter to George L. Hammeken, June 9, 1848]
Date: June 9, 1848
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter to George L. Hammeken, in which the sender describes the provenance of the seven-hundred dollars that were originally enclosed in the letter, and provides a list of items that Mrs. Perry wants Hammeken to purchase and/or have made, including a wax impression of Gen. Austin's seal which Mrs. Perry wants to have engraved on the items she has requested. Lastly, there are further directions for any remaining sum.
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Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217209/
[Transcript of Letter from James Webb to James F. Perry, September 5, 1848]
Date: September 5, 1848
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from James Webb to James F. Perry, in which Webb provides information requested by Perry regarding the Supreme Court opinion in the case of Perry vs. Sam Houston.
Contributing Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217210/
[Transcript of Letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, 1847]
Date: August 26, 1847
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, in which Emily Perry let's her husband know she has arrived at her current destination, with their daughter, safely but that the trip home will require a detour due to outbreaks of fever around the Bastrop area. Emily Perry also provides a list of tasks that need to be tended to in her absence (preserves, garden, weather boarding, etc.).
Contributing Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth217204/