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PROPOSALS Fok MULE COLLARS
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Col. N C Gould, of the 23a‘Pexae cev
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Oct, 5th25-4t—1863. *
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Ledbetter, W. B.
Robinson, S. K. Lewis, .
in time, to cheek with manly firm-
ness, the disorganizing lawless an-
archy, wich has already begun to
rear its hideous head in our mrdat.
duty calls, she will be at her post,
and she will iopk the enemy as un-
blenchingly in the face, and give, as
well as receive blows, with as much-
position to maintain civil order, lias
not entirely died out of the popular
heart. They evince a detersained
purpose, which the whole country
may bow in humble submission* to
his late, and give nGfurther utter-
ance aguinat thp behests of brute
... -uuu-. For ourselves, we never
give credence to a story because we
wish it to be, ttue. Such a maxim
entirely seied upou the country,
the anxious and watching friends
over the sick couh of truth 1
/ne regret the Preamble and Re>
solutions, in Beat No. 4, Round Top,
The public press has been much at
fault. Let it profit by the admoni-
tions given, and, eschew such faults
The Sah Antonio poople, havo
held* another curroncy meeting at
some Springs in that yicinity, and at
which they .passed some exceeding-
ly denuneiatory and stringent reso-
lutions ; and if any thing in that line,
of policy can restore public confi-
dence in it, and g^vo it thepgg,"
the job must be now successfully
accomplished^ -We espest to hear
soon, through our compatriot, the
editor orrthe San Antonio lkerald,
that it is going off like “hot cakes”
it par value', land that instead of gold
andgsilver being the standard of val- -
ue,
the
eera.
alry, has been assigned to the duty of exe*
, cuuing this order/ 301
Bycommand of . )
e I.. Majo r Gen J Bankhead MAGITDnR,
FpMtMp P TURNyr, A Al.
ever and wherever they may devel-
op themselves. When public opin-
ion becomes so paralisediand debili-
tated as to suffer lawless violence to
run riot over a country unchastsed
• and unrebuked, that country is al-
ready in’tbeast tage of sociside-
cadence, and civilization has lost its
, power for the amelioration of cur
o race. The vocation of the,bandits,
. or the roaming and plundering hab-
L its of the Berlin Arabs would be
. more'tolerable and more desirable.
Society can only find its true secu-
rity and happiness in the cosopera-
tion and conjunction ot all good men
iCreservation of public order
and the suppression of all social vi*
olence. Under this convioon, we,
commend, from the bottom of our
heart, tbo spirit, tone and prp
of the Round Top meeting, and de-
voutly hope their praisewriby exa
ample will be imitated by the peos
pleofthe whole State. In doing so,
they would only besubserving their
tru and most vital interest. 34,,
power. But we venture the asser-
tion, ihit nevertin the history o
civilize i warfare, did any General,
o acting under the authority of are-
ularly constituted Government, un»
* drtake to regulate,4 to control, or
to ditate the terms upon which pri-
t vate citizens shonldadjust their con-
.La one of the late numbers, of the
gi uthorities in arresting and bringing
tpnmisbmentull such offenders, be they
Whom they may. Vs . " ■ ■
Resolved. fed. Tht H. Ledbetter, W B.
J. Ligon, Joel Ro
Willim Neese. T. J,
reality, than to' be the perpetual
dupes“of ignorance and deception.
There is a manliness always in bra-
ying its consequences; while it is
the veriest paltroon cry. and coward -
ice to shrink from its manifestation^.
very few of them, knowhoV tospin
or knit, and by ths time a soldier's , 1
wife cooks, washes, irons and patch- j
es for 5 or 6 children, how many 1
pairs of socks Could she make tlis '
winter? - Her husband is servings
his country at eleven dollars p# _ 1
month, andshe mist decline tnkingfe
.the order. Socks in our little town ■
sell for 5$ per pair. She thinks it i
this war, the most inhuman of all 1
wars, lasts much longer, and our I
currency is not restredto its orig- |
nal basis, we will all have to ex 1y |
Father of merey! deliver us from I
our friends. Respectfully, I
SOLDIER’S MOTHER. I
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numa.nmt-gxity iiwiiibi 11 i >ma i ■
titles not less thtn 800, will berecieve at U
this office, or by the yarigus Poet Quurfer- K
masters in this District, i th ih mnpatitv m
tis subordinate purchasing Offiedrs, by vio- E
tue of the Circular rdersjof the; Quarter-"’ ■
master General of the 24th ofMach, 1863 9
Bids should stipulut for the delivery of B
the collars at the respective posts on or,- E
fore the 31st day of Denember next, should a
specify the kind (brkor mo»s) propnsed I
to be furnished, and th price asked for - I
each kind. • '. , K
Upon recoivingkuch bids, th subordi- EAh
nate Purelasing,Ofcers w.ll frward cup-ma
ies or abstracts ofthem promptly to this "
ofige <2 . S HART,, I
Maj, & Q. M. & Principal Purehasing I
Qfcer. District of Texas. i
Office or PnINgFXL Pusciause )
OTInoR Qufhtermanter’s Dept,' .
District of Texne, San Antonio,, f
Sept,. 21st, 1503. J ;
In acordence with instructihs received
from the Quartermseter Geners!. I invite
proposals for furnishing" 0,800 Mul Col • 2
Jars, made eithg of bark or Uthej mow, for 1
Government use. • g,a ", {
Bids for furnighing such’cullnts in qun- '!
titles net less $htn 000, will Iks reciere at
is office, op by the yarigus Poet Quur’er-
asters in this District, in th k enpacisv .
, -
The Commandng Officers at Hbustot -
and Bonham, will designate ah Oficer .
whom these officers and men will repett-
They will be allowed to selck asy tegif
ment of their corps in the District, and
will receive frpmthe officers appointed for
the purpose, the necessary orders. Trans- - *
porlation and subsistence supplies wll be ,
furnished.
ig a g15-t
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A OnSaturday hst,in compliance
with a public notice by hand-biHs,
a humber of persons attended the
War meeting in LaGrange. Public
speakers from a distance had been
invited ; and among those who at-
heEs tended were Governor Lubbock and
the Hon, Wm.S. Oldham, our on-’
federate States Senator. Being o-
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as physical laws, which, most per-
verselywgwillqot suceumb to the fiat
of man. This thing we callcurren-
. ,.. „ J, Ree and A. Mor
shite act as a committee of safety, whose
duty shall be in the absence of the. proper-
officers, to see that. offenders,of the law be
brought to justice. V .
Resolved, 4th,, That a copy "of the fote-
going resolutions be furnished the Editor of
the PntrVt fon publication. ' > - '
H. LEDBETTER, Ch', •
ALIEET LENARD, See. •
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triguing machinations of some bean- ‘
less speculator. Let the truth come, *
though tlie heavens fell. Unpleas
ant though it sometimes may bei
is far better to know it in its feud
r perfidy, deeeit and
Ri the predominant
Mund il theyn-
tolerated,
' to link
dulge the pleasing hope of soon see-
mg symptoms ofreviving life in her
wan and pallid features. The stric-
tores of the essayist upon the evils
of reporting false news are undoubt-
edly just. They strike at one otthe
greatest mischiefs of the age. Would
that his pen had the efficacy of the
club of Hercules,’ himself, in the
demolition of the vice of the tiahes.
circulating' false news, our real and
man gsubstantial teros and happiness
will be foud in searching out the
truth, and giving to it free scope
, when discovered. In future, we ex-
pect to be spared the excitement of
hopes dned to disappointment, by
flaming bulletins based uponno oth-
er foundation than the fervid fancy
df some crazed fanavic, or the in*
CoNyRDEtATESATksVF AArEEcA
War Pepar/ment vdnaneerBureuu, / •
. g ’.: RIenMox,eny1,19i8 J '
The attention ooflieersdn obinence du
ty is ealled to the importny of rendering ‛
their Quarterly rettrns of(rduintca stores a
la Duplicale. ’ One cepyto be retuined by
the Bureas for reterengp the other tv be
tured over to ihe S adac A uditor for set-
tlement of accen.. -J x • - g
(Signed,) J:, Col: ' -°h
. Otiein, a . Chief of rd. ’ .
Tnos, G Rhett, Maj. u; •• . -
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therwise engaged, at the time, we
.. „ _ .. were not present a the meeting
Generdfto clutch all the but we learned, that both of those
‘ gentlemen addressed the meeting;
infusing, by their eloquence, their
own ardour and enthusiasm into the
hearts of their audipors. If there
was any lack of wur fever before, it
ceftainly rages with sufficient in*
tensity now, judging from thefres
quent ’ and unmistakable applauses
wbich interrupted the distinguished
speakers, as we are informed. We,
however, have never had any doubt
of the, fighting material in Fayette.
Her public history has long since,
demonstfatedthe game, 4- —
of her citizens. She.has a record in
history which she will preserve un-
shed. Whetever and wi
these moral laws; which will not
yield at our bidding. If they had
not oeen so inexorable in their na-
ture, the various resolutions, in’the
. .2u Allhonor to the moral heroism which
may in- prompted the meeting, and dictated
the resolutions which they adopted.
There is some sense in public meet-,
ings to uphold the civil authorities,
End rebuke sin and mischief when-
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try; permeating almost evk nook
and corner of the Republic* eager-
ly sought after ; devoured with great
mental voracity; and hence, upon
all true principles of medication, the , ,
antidote ought to be commensurate , would do we 1 to emulate, to rebuke
wichithe poison. And having been’ in time te cherk "‛h manl” frm-
administered in so opportue a man-
ner, before a moral parallysis had
A
. from the press. As requested by the
meeting, we publish thn with the
ntmost pleasure. They give out the
ring of the right metal. They are
?MVHM .uzaucu.. in perfect harmony with our own
42 opaHecoun. sentiments. They show that a sense
■ 01 26-! r the obligations of law, anda dis
.-—*--.rtit--*——
Bditor^ Telegraph:^ A soldier’s
wife wishes to know what will Capt
Wharton take for the socks after
they are knit, and what he thinks
the cards will be worth after carding
wooLenough for twenty-five pair of
soks.. The Ladies .of .the South,
commander of humanaction will keep all its vo-
’ tarfes the victims of deception, and
can neither advance their present.
AAt A public of the etizeng 8
Beat No. 4,1fCHo8na Top, on*the24th of
September, oh motion of Joel W. Robin-
son, H. Ledbetter was tailed to the chair.
Shreveport. Lar, September 28,1863. 5
SIR—In reply to your letter of the 21st
inst, in relation to General Order No 45,
- September iBth, 1868, I am directed by
Lieut Gen Smith, to say that the first s»C'
tion of that order has reference to persns,
who ih their presenttransactions refuse to
have deal hi gr in djotfMSFa te mon ey, and
whose course, whilst it depreciates oureur-
! rency, proves them untrue toour causa.'
He hud no referencb to debts contr icted
ybefore the war, and he trusts that the ap-
ut most nfortu-y prehensions you sneak ot will notrexits, af-
L. • 12 alter a careful readingofthuordentakon as
in Ehele. n g " ,
• Respectfully &c, ’
GUY M BRYAN, Major kA A G.
E H Cushing Hoston,‛l‛exys: . ~
e tial hero, add Bullying the purity of
S his ebaracter as a man, to attribute . -
L ' to him a purpose and design, in the in future.
issuance f tliat order, different from
’’ ' what its language and trme plainly
imply. Asa military, .
•fully authorised to obtain supplies
t for his army and to regulate and
manage the mode df obtaining them,
he undoubtedly has the right to
, . compel those who furnish them 'to
i • receive such funds as the Govern-
• meut his provided; and no loyal
can object to such an exercise of his
bt feels that vigour, and with as little stomach
for yielding, or giving way, as the
, mostlyal par ts of the Government,
t, sbeksto avenge Still, the meeting may have revived
” thelukewarmzess of some of their
martial tempers, & .quickened them
in hurnishipg the weapons of-war-
-fare, and preventing the canker of
vil of most fear-' faction from Consuming the very
itis tobe hoped Mlements of martal success. In that
regard, the meeting has no doubt
been beneficial to our cause. It stira
red the spirits of men, and awaken-
ed attention.' It will keep the counr
try upon the gui vive,—upon sleep-'
degree to, less svath for the approach of the
nd public enemy. And then, if we should be
eeeitand conquored,t wilf not he, because,
, like Sampson, have dropt to sleep
• with ourjeads in the lap of Delilah,
I; butbenue we are overpowered by
and Albert Lepard appointed Secretary.
Cub I L. Hilbeing called upon, explain-
ed the object of, the,mbetingin a few epu
prepriate remarks. *
Qn motin. A- epmmittee of twelve was
appointed by the Chair,.who reported the
following presmble and resolutions which
were nnanitnously adopted: \
WEEnEAs, intimdot great national com-
motions there .are not wanting evil dis
posed persons, who, in delnneu of justice,
law and good order, re ready to take ,
advantage 9f -the times, to give vent ta
uuhullowed"passions: ’and, W herezs the
-presentceonditiop of qur cotntry, with.
he Civil law in a great measure susnen:
ded, my give encouragement to persons
so disposed to commit,.acts of lawless-
nesson unofinding Citizens; and. where-
as, it is the bounden duty 6f ad good
men to frown down anddicuuntance
: 25— G6-1863./ । •
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IIAQUAKTER,DIgurorTgxAS ,
New Mzxc and AIZONA,
Salin Pass, dept. 10, 1803 )
. all acts-of a tumultuous,, iliegal’cha-
ructeh—Therefore, . ■ u2-,
Resolved, 1st. That We, the citizens of xbww aunuz, an. 4
Round Top, do hereby pledge ourselves to.. , Ch‛t, of rd, A Arty. D. T. M.
each other, InRESFECTIYE o} NafIALITI — - -----
to defend, uphold and sustain, each other,
While in pursuit of our lawful avocations.
Resolved, 2d. Thetwewill wtcounte-
nanepactsgf lawless violence by our oWa
citizens, nor by persoti irom othorsec-
but will susfain our
D2u3gac
nor secure their future welfare. As
a matter of policy, therefore, apart' for th
from the criminality of believing & end *
e we are overpowered by
iqseveneth
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’ The Major General Commanding, calls
upon all concerned, to avail themselves""k'
the amnesty Within the time, or else they
will he hunted down, and brought in 2
deserters, andpunished aecording to, thea
law.N 3 ’ 2
COTTON WOOL CARDS FOR Socks,
Office Of Clothing Bureau, Mil. Dis- 1
rict Texas, Houston, Sept, 29 18 63, J
Any person*delivering.25 pair of' home
made socks, strong and wel made, to Cap-
lain W J. MMills, A Q M, in charge ef ithe
clothing 'department at Houston, will re-
dve one pair of cotton or wool erds. ut
their option. E C WHARTON,
Majer and- Chf ot Bureau
an obsolete idea)
Democratic opinion of the last
.quarter of a eeptury, papermoney
is the, magnum bonum of all curren-
cy,and is the trui siandardj {We citizens, nor by per
should be pleased to hear from thetimnsofthecountty
Herald; after a few weeks- of sue- ofvilzthoities in a
cossful expelmenb, at what rates it
is passing, compared with corn, flour,
bacon . anti the other necessaries of B
life/ which seem to be assumed by
the Houston Telegraph, asa better
and more just and appropr.ate stand-
ard. The American people have
been always peculiarly, distinguish.
ed for thir utilitarian habits. And
if a good report of the experiment
in Sa Antonio and thereabonts, is
made, by those watchful guardians
of our Southern interests, the exam- HEAD QR's Dept TRANS-MrSsISsiPPI,
ple will no doubt be rapidly imita-
, . ted in all parts of our-dominions.—
i, and vdlour. Seriously, however : whatever lech
oe •_ man in our country can do towards
upholding ourcurrendy byroeoiving.
it for whatever of surplus property
ho has to dispose of, and in making
it as good a medium of exchange as
his individual efforts can make it,
he should do as a/patriot and friend
ofhis,country.Bu '
nately, in these extraordinary times, ter a careful
those who aremogt loud-mouthed 8WD° Resne
in exaetihg such practicesfrom oth- ‘ GUYP
ers, r generally- the least disposed
to follow "the ‘ precepts whihthey
are laying own for theguidance of
th conduct of others, if we had
a little mo ro practice and less prea-
ching, the elements of our social sys-
tena would be attuned to much bet-
ter harmony. We certainly differ
in our opinions about this new- fan-
gled method of regulatmg the cur-
rency/ as much as we do in our prac-
tice in receiving and using, it, from
a great many of our countrymen
who seem to Have their equanimity
so much dturbed by, its deprecia-
tion and the causes of it. But alas!
opinions can’t regulate the thing.—
There are immutable moral, as well
I force. Wehaye been disposed 80 .
14 to interpret the drder, as to do jus-
| ticd4o'the fame and*character^of
, Gen. Smith; and still to regard him,
i / as we have hitherto regarded him,
sqneofthe purest and bnghtest
' exemplars of our reyolutionaFy 1
! roes. We still regard the order as
smere military order, issued in o-
r Ledionce to requirements of military
“ necessity, and is no attempt on the
of tlxc A—___--1‛ — -I---h ~11 -d-
civil power of the Confederate and
all the State Governments west of
the MissiseippiRiver. In regard to
the practical depreciation of the
currency, our withers are unwrung.
Wecre nospeculator ; no traffieker
h exhanges ; and hold the solitary
and almost anomalous position of
havhgtecived it up to this writing
21 . . at par. Highenconsiderations than
.-b more personal profit deterthine out
c221, convietions. Weare the friend of
[ , Houston Telegraph, its readers are
treated to* very elaborate disserts*’ tarnished. Whete ver and wherever
.tion upon the evil effeetsotthe pub-
! ’ - . liationof, and the giving currency
- - to false news, the well-conned lurcu-
L. braffons of some aggrieved corre-
tA .2 spondent, who no dOub
0 he has often been made the victim
8 ■_ of a tootsy' credulity, and in a tru-
Eg25y christian spirit anokato
as himself by guarding others against
5 ' the deceptions to which he basso
g .frequently been subjected. This -
2" sky is not inopportune. Itcertain-
hhkly had become an e’
dh ‛ful magnitude; and if is tobe hoped
5 MSrfor the honor of humanity, and for,
cause of truth and social happi-
53Mpa.this timely admonitiet and re-
Seeak have some slight influence
at hhjn checking the, evil, and
eotisrmksin some small 'degree to
./, “ -ca
various meetings, throughout the
country, would long since have had
the machinery of our currency run-
ning with all the precision, acbura-
cy and noiseless libness of the.
"Philadelphia Mint.” But when de-
preciation glares with spectral hides
ousnegs upon our vision, like Ban-
quo’s ghost, it will not down at our
bidding. Notwithstanding our co-
victions upon this subject, ho dt-
ter what our practice may be, the
code of morality and the canon of
patriotism of som, would censure a
man for opinion^ and not for acts.
Such men belong not properly to the
present age. They ought to link
back more than 300 years, into the
dark ageg of monkish superstitiou,
and quiet*' submit to the mental
thraldom of those congenial times.
Although we have regarded our,
currency asan important auxiliary
in our struggle, and if wisely man-
agedin the beginning might have
served its purpose wkh a-good de*1
gree of efficiency, yet those who
build all hopes of our surpcoss upbn:
its maintainance alone reason most'
fallaciously, and the sooner they let
go such a dogma, and rely upon the
liarpionious' co-operation of oi
whole people in one* go a er al sympala
thy of brotherhood, the bejter for
dun cause. . J . hk
The following rder is published fort . k
information of all concerned? (
"IEAbQ’SDreTxAxsMla J
.SnkuvgPOEr, L,Aug, 26, 1868. M
General Order, No. 88. ■ ' . "
In accordance with the proclam . I
WO President, a generl patlon and anij 1 .
mesty is hereby granted toalboficer8 an 1 6x
soldersmowabseut without leave, "in th- |
Department of the Trana-Mississippi, wh I
will return to duty by 'the 80th ol Spten J
,her proximo. Odicersand enlisted nien i ’ l
Deartrent oflrans-Miesiesippi whok '4
Commands are east of the Misissi ppi rivn . . 1
will under this smmesks veporsas fellows,g ' 1
viz:—Those from Arkansas .at the camp . I
of Instruction pt Washington an Distriet I
Headquarters, freth Texas, atBonhat A |
Houston, from Louisiana, At Shreveport
and District - Headquarers, and will he I
permitted to attach themselvds temporarily
to any regiment of their own corps, now .■
serving in this Depattment.
This amnesty and pardon shall alo ex- »
tend to all who have been convicted and A
.d
. x - « b - / ke <
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the socialsystem in one congenial .1
mass, must soon be totally diesever- bvtunvup, a vou -VV. , -wuu yr,
od, and anarchy prevail in wild dis- did not comedo our possession un- „ ------g
order over the land. 1 Besides, this til our last publidtion had issued cy, is under the sway-of sofue of
assay is not inaptly contributed to •emt ■ 1 ...............
the columns of the Tg^egrapn.—
There is a moral fitness Mthe thing.
It is a journal of wide and extended
circulation; of potential influence
over the mental hiabi
e »
civil Liberty. 75
‘ / 7 We thought we fuUy ooniprehen-
• /ded the import and purport of Order
f No. 45, issued by Get. Smith. But
we find some have had dffiiculties
4. In understanding it, and to solve
those difticulties, have sought expla-
, nation from Head quarters. We see
a letter of the Hon Guy M. Bryan
to E. H. Cushingr Eq-, attempting
to give an explanation of the order.
Ci oFo our mind, this explanation only
I serves to darken counsel. Wepub-
e ■ ‘ lsh it in another column. • In read-
« ing the origihal order, we could not
see how any one could misunder-
stand, or misupprehend its scope and
i objeet. We regard Gen. Smith as a
- ; man of too exaltad a character to
palter in a double sense with the
L country. As a patriot^ he nd doubt
r desires to use all the pewer legiti-
r mately vested in him,andall the
I > morai force of his position, to make
I the means of the Governmont as ef-
I ficient as possible i sustaining our
L cause. But it would be detraeting
i from his well-earned fame as a mar-
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a - CIRCULAR.
• RDNANCRBgaEAU, ¥ I
a. - RfcamoB, July. 22,1363. f l
PEQEISITeNSfrthe sameaartich- |
LUAnust not be madeupou two arseuls at |
the same. time. . , 5. |
The attantion,of the Chief Ordnance Of |
fleers f armies and departments, is called I
to this point, as such a practice lesds v s
confusion and waste ofordnanee stores. ’ I
..(Signed,) J GogAS, Cel, |
Official, Chjeforerd:
Tros G RETT, Muj,8 1
Ch‛f, eLOrd. & Any. 1T, M. t‛ '
- ' ‘ J
) tracts. If the civil Government i
j, • ignored, set aside, held for naught,
in the name of common hnesty,
(idtwewillno deseerate eivi lib-
2 , erty by making an adjugation in hor
name) let the country kow it by a
- plain tand unmistakable proclm-
' tion to that effect; so that every man
•t- A.B
N.e .1
*, 29 el
‘a
2-
----
he patriot.
are undergoing sentence for absencewith ■ ।
out leave or deertion. excepting only 1
those who have twice been cbvicted cl /
desertion. ' ' . • ’ , L
By command of 53 , 4 ■, r
Lieut, Gen. EKRBY,SMITH
S S ANDERSoN, Ass’ Adj’ Qer. .
Oct 5th 25-1y-1868.
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The Patriot. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 8, 1863, newspaper, October 8, 1863; La Grange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1582612/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives.