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printed sources, credits Colonel A. H. Belo of Galveston with
putting in the first telephone in Texas. Colonel Belo's telephone,
however, was not installed until 1878, a year after Colonel Brack-
enridge had "modernized" his telephone and some four or five
years after his original system went into operation.
The April, 1953, issue of Houston, published by the Houston
Chamber of Commerce, contains an article by L. W. Kemp, Asso-
ciation executive councilman and former president. Entitled
"Texas History and an Historic Silver Pitcher," the article tells
of a silver pitcher presented to former President John Tyler in
1845 by Mrs. Sarah A. Wharton in behalf of the women of Bra-
zoria, Texas, and in recognition of his part in securing the annexa-
tion of Texas. The texts of Mrs. Wharton's letter and of Tyler's
reply are reproduced. The pitcher is.now in the possession of
Tyler's grandson, James Alfred Tyler, who resides in the home
which Tyler built near Holdcroft, Virginia, in 1842.
The Association's office frequently receives from members and
others requests to borrow from the University of Texas Library
copies of theses. Inquiries also extend to the question of use here
at the University. The Library has jurisdiction over theses and
dissertations, and inquiries should be directed to Mr. Alexander
Moffit, Librarian, University of Texas Library, Austin 12, Texas.
Theses are in a special category, and the Library has published the
following general regulations:
Any unpublished thesis submitted for the Master's or the Doctor's
degree and deposited in The University of Texas Library is open for
inspection, but is to be used only with due regard to the rights of
the author. Bibliographical references may be noted, but passages
may be copied only with the permission of the author, and proper
credit must be given in subsequent written or published work. Exten-
sive copying or publication of this thesis in whole or in part requires
also the consent of the Dean of the Graduate School of The University
of Texas.
President Frances W. Hedrick of the Maverick County His-
torical Society recently reported the work being done by one
member of that organization. President Hedrick's letter read in
part:

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