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M [Judson] to DD Avery, September 27, 1865, Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 692.pdf
Judson forwards a note by which he judges "that salt will probably save you."

PH Morgan to DD Avery, October 19, 1865, Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 699-700.pdf
Writing from New York, Philip Hickey Morgan (a Louisiana Unionist) sends Judge Avery a document (not included) that he says will "enable you to go on with your salt works without fear of molestation from Gun boats or Dist Attys."

Pendleton Murrah to EB Nichols, March 22, 1864.pdf
Murrah writes to Nichol to explain his State Plan for purchasing cotton, stressing the need to harmonize with Confederate officials while also pursuing the state's own "liberal policy."

Letter from Murrah to Luckett, May 27, 1864.pdf
Murrah writes to clarify with Luckett the names of those agents authorized by the Brazos Manufacturing Company to sell cotton along the Mexican border.

AJ Bennett to EJ Davis, October 30, 1870, TSLAC, Box 022-1, Folder 24.pdf
A. J. Bennett, the superintendent of the Huntsville penitentiary, writes to Governor E. J. Davis about the injustices suffered by people of color in the state and in the prison system.

R. R. Haynes to Pendleton Murrah, January 5, 1864.pdf
An old friend of Murrah's reports on how his administration has been received in the state and on local developments in Marshall, which is now "filled with Govt functionaries, Govt details, and men, and families, whose misfortunes, have driven them…

Martin-Pugh Collection, NSU, A-17-b-Item373.pdf
Martin Sr. reports his arrival in Texas and his assessment of Cherokee County.

Sarah Avery to DD Avery, November 27, 1865, Avery Family Papers, Records of the Antebellum Southern Plantations, Series J, Part 5, Reel 11, Frames 725-727.pdf
Sarah Avery writes to her husband from New Orleans and discusses what she has heard about the likely location of their furniture. She also mentions potential hiring arrangements with former slaves.

Letter from Soldier to Pendleton Murrah, December 24, 1864.pdf
An anonymous soldier writes the governor of Texas to encourage him to adopt policies favorable to the introduction of manufacturing in the state. He compares the progress that Texas has made on factories unfavorably to the progress of neighboring…

TSLAC_Military_Board_of_Texas_2-10:304_Abney_034-037.pdf
The Governor, writing as president of the Military Board, instructs Abney not to take orders from any Confederate officer or county official other than the state military board, and urges him to report more often.
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