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| Title | Letter to Mary Jones, 10 January 1859 |
| Creator | Field, Joseph E.
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| Description | Letter to Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas, from Joseph E. Field. |
| Transcript | Lavaca Jan 10th/59 Mrs Mary Jones Dear Madam Yours of the 4 inst is received. The information contained in it gave me much surprise, as I have no knowledge of such a power of attorney, as it speaks of. I was told in Austin that Mr Tabar had, unsolicited, applied for, and located my land claims, as his own suggestion. I had my lands located before I left the country, and the fees had been paid, and I do not feel disposed to pay them a seco- -nd time. If however, he will give me what the scrip was worth last winter in Austin, he can have the whole survey. Or in other words, I will take seventeen ----------------------------------------- hundred, and fifty dollars, and make a good title, provided it is not already sold. I will make no other compromise with Mr Tabar. Will you have the goodness to be certain that there is no other paper in your possession. I am led to be thus particular, from the reported existence of a record in Matagorda which is equally mysterious. Yours truly, J E Field PS. May I expect a speedy answer. |
| Date | January 10, 1859 |
| Genre | letters (correspondence)
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| Subject (Name) | Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Field, Joseph E.
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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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| Subject (Geographic) | Lavada, Texas
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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 2, Folder 76 |
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| Digital Collection | Mary (Mrs. Anson) Jones Letters |
| Digital Collection URL | reformatted digital |
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