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| Title | Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, [11 December 1869] |
| Creator | Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
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| Description | Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas. |
| Transcript | Headquarters Saturday Dec 11th, 1869 [In another's hand] My Dear Crommy Since writing you last, a few lines on the Boat I have been quite sick; last Wednsday week I went to see "Sis, " to spend one day & night and was taken sick, and had to remain nine days before I was able to get home; And now I am not feeling half well tho able to be up most of the time Bell & William have left here and Betsey will leave in a few days, so we will be alone - I have paid Bell twenty dollars our of money we sold the wood for and still owe him $4. dollars which he is willing to wait for, I want to purchase a horse with what I have left -------------------------------------- with the addition of a little more put with it Gaston will let me have Sam Ashes horse which is at his mothers for $30 dollars in specie which I think cheap for him Sam no doubt will talk up matters with you, If he had a horse and some little in the way of sup- lies to last until we can get some more wood cut I think he could make a successful beginning on the place. I want us to aid him in ma- king the start, as he seems very sad and low spirited Tom Armstrong is still work- ing on old Boats for Gandy and nothing doing to his & Sams Boat altho Sam has gone over to work on it until it was finished ------------------------------------ Consequently he had to come home & so the matter is, and Sam kept out of his years labor and in need of means Send me two spools of thread one 20 & one 30 (white) and three yds of dark lead colored coarse cambrie to line a sack with one bottle of that good whiskey As ever your loving Mother Mary Jones |
| Date | [December 11, 1869] |
| Genre | letters (correspondence)
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| Subject (Name) | Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Jones, C. Anson
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| Subject.Topical (LCSH) | Jones, Mary Smith McCrory, 1819-1907--Correspondence
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| Subject.Topical (Local) | People--Individuals--Mary Jones
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| Original Collection | Mary (Mrs. Anson) Jones Letters, 1858-1900 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=306 |
| Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
| Original Item Location | ID 1970-003, Box 1, Folder 18 (1869 Correspondence) |
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| Digital Collection | Mary (Mrs. Anson) Jones Letters |
| Digital Collection URL | reformatted digital |
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