[Letter from W. T. Hill to Kenner K. Rector, October 10, 1907]

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Letter from W.T. Hill to Kenner K. Rector discussing how long it has been since they have spoken, seen, and served together in the Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War. He invites Kenner to their annual brigade meeting at Jacksonville.

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Hill, W. T. October 10, 1907.

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The McWhiney History Education Group (formerly the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation) was chartered in 1996 as a Texas 501(c)3 private operating foundation. Its purpose is to further education on topics regarding the middle years of the 19th century in American history, topics in Texas history and culture, and topics in military history. The McWhiney Group seeks to promote, encourage, and fund research, writing, symposia, and publishing on subjects of historical significance. It further seeks to make this information available to the public through both traditional educational vehicles and electronic media such as the Internet.

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Letter from W.T. Hill to Kenner K. Rector discussing how long it has been since they have spoken, seen, and served together in the Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War. He invites Kenner to their annual brigade meeting at Jacksonville.

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Donated by H. Leldon Clifton and Kenna Clifton to the McWhiney History Education Group, previously known as the Grady McWhiney Research Foundation, the K. K. Rector Letter Collection is housed at McMurry University’s Jay-Rollins Library in Abilene, Texas. Comprised of correspondence from the early 1850s through 1914, letters center around the Rector family in Texas and the Virginia based Watts family.

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[Transcript of Letter from W. T. Hill to Kenner K. Rector, October 10, 1907]

Transcript of letter from W.T. Hill to Kenner K. Rector discussing how long it has been since they have spoken, seen, and served together in the Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War. He invites Kenner to their annual brigade meeting at Jacksonville.

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Hill, W. T. [Letter from W. T. Hill to Kenner K. Rector, October 10, 1907], letter, October 10, 1907; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1298014/: accessed February 16, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting McWhiney History Education Group.

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