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| Title | Letter to [Cromwell Anson Jones, ] [October 1875] |
| Creator | Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
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| Description | Letter to/from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas. |
| Transcript | [recto of letter written by Thomas B. Gaillard] Goose Creek Oct 28th 1875 Mrs Mary Jones Dear Madame The Public School Committee asked me some time ago to write you and ascertain if you will sell or donate to the State a piece of land our of your corner, next to Mrs Franck's place on the road to Cedar Bayou. Whereon to build a public school house the Commit tee say it might be of advantage in the Sale or rent of the net of your place I have been sick not able to write for more than a month and now have only strength to say "God bless you" Sincerely Yr friend Thos. B. Gaillard ----------------------------------------------------------------- [verso of letter has note of Mary Jones] I thought you Had made the Deed asked for within. You had better make it at once. MJ. |
| Date | [October 1875] |
| 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 72 (1875 Correspondence) |
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| Digital Collection | Mary (Mrs. Anson) Jones Letters |
| Digital Collection URL | reformatted digital |
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