Letters, 1842 - 1861

File — Box: SC1800-1849.001, Folder: 2013.1

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection consists of eight letters, dated from 1842 to 1861 (five holograph and three typescript copies) written by George Smith Houston. The holographs are recommendations for various positions (midshipman, post masters, head of the bureau of provisions & clothing, subscription agent, and naval physician). The three typescripts are copies of letters and may be copies of letters in the Alabama Department of Archives and History. There is one to D.S. Dalton, dated April 30, 1859 that contains Houston’s corrections to Dalton’s biographical sketch. It is in this letter that he states, “I am a little sensitive just now about my age but if important in yr view put it in – 17th January 1809…” The other two letters written to Governor A. B. Moore of Alabama, dated August 1, 1961 and August 27, 1861, in which he reports on the political conditions of Walker, Winston, and adjacent counties.

Dates

1842 - 1861

Conditions Governing Access

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