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Broadside from Confederate Quartermaster to People of the Trans-Mississippi Department
In this September 1863 broadside, the Office of the Chief Quartermaster in the Trans-Mississippi Department calls for Confederate slaveholders in…
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Texas Military Board Records
Photographs taken of records belonging to the collection "Military Board of Texas: An Inventory of Military Board Records at the Texas State Archives,…
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Henrietta Wood's 1876 Narrative
In 1876, a reporter for the Cincinnati Commercial interviewed Wood (misidentified as Henrietta Woods) for the newspaper. This interview covered many…
Pendleton Murrah to John L. Williams about Cotton Sales
Murrah writes to inquire why proceeds from cotton sold on behalf of the state is in Havana, instead of in the state treasury.
Pendleton Murrah to W. J. Hutchins on Cotton Plan
Governor Murrah writes to Hutchins to justify his State Plan for purchasing cotton and to explain that he intends not to undermine the…
Letter from Pendleton Murrah to E. B. Nichols on Cotton Plan
Murrah writes to Nichol to explain his State Plan for purchasing cotton, stressing the need to harmonize with Confederate officials while…