[Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, January 15, 1906]

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Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound concerning Pound's wish for an increase in pensions; Burleson tells him to bring himself "within the same category of those who have heretofore been granted increases" and there will be no problem obtaining an increase. At the end of the letter he tells the doctor not to have his secretary speak for him as "she is not very popular with the members" of the respective committee.

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Burleson, Albert Sydney January 15, 1906.

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Built in 1854, the Homestead was home to one of the founding families of Dripping Springs near Austin. Occupied by the Pound family until 1983, it was the first school house, church, and medical office. The reconstructed home and its decorative artifacts represent life in Central Texas around the year 1910.

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Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound concerning Pound's wish for an increase in pensions; Burleson tells him to bring himself "within the same category of those who have heretofore been granted increases" and there will be no problem obtaining an increase. At the end of the letter he tells the doctor not to have his secretary speak for him as "she is not very popular with the members" of the respective committee.

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[1] p. ; 27 cm.

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  • January 15, 1906

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Burleson, Albert Sydney. [Letter from Albert Sydney Burleson to Dr. Joseph Pound, January 15, 1906], letter, January 15, 1906; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth743075/: accessed April 18, 2026), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Pound House Farmstead.

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