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387 DOCUMENTS, MANUSCRIPTS AND COLLECTIONS Aldrich, Armistead Albert. Papers. Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives: Fifth Congress. Printed at the Gazette Office for the Republic of Texas, Austin, 1841. Army Papers, Republic of Texas. Archives and Library Division, Texas State Library in Austin, Texas. Bennett, Miles Squier diary from Valentine Bennett Scrapbook, The Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Also includes “Experiences on the Western Frontier, Republic of Texas, 1838–1842,” sketch by Miles S. Bennett. “Biography of Cicero Rufus Perry, 1822–1898. Captain, Texas Rangers.” Special collections of Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library, San Antonio, Tex. Bishop, Eliza H. John Wortham Biographical Sketch. Edens, Frank N. Unpublished research on Daniel Parker family. General Land Office of Texas: records and papers collection. Hunter, Mary Kate. Unpublished Papers of, located in Carnegie Library in Palestine, Texas. Miss Hunter was a school teacher who collected statements in the early 1900s from many of the county’s earliest citizens. Some of her collected works are referenced, including, “Statement of Mr. R. R. Sadler - Taken Down by Kate Hunter, June 20, 1923”; “Some Early History of Palestine” by Bonner Frizzell; and Judge A. J. Fowler’s “The Edens’ Massacre” and “Historic Sketches of Anderson County.” Journals of the Fourth Congress of the Republic of Texas. Austin, Tex: Von Boeckmann-Jones Co. Printers, 1930. Muster Rolls of the Texas Army and the Texas Militia, courtesy of the Texas State Archives. See individual chapter footnotes and appendices for those referenced. Nicholson, James. Papers. Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin. Pierce, Gerald Swetnam. “The Army of the Republic of Texas, 1836–1845.” Dissertation from the University of Mississippi, copyright 1964, on file in the Texas Room of the Houston Public Library. BIBLIOGRAPHY Pierson, Edwin G. Jr. Collection. Mr. Pierson, after reading Volume 1 of Savage Frontier, was kind enough to send me a biography of his great-great grandfather , Captain John Goodloe Warren Pierson, and another on the captain’s son, John Hogue Pierson. Among other muster rolls provided by Mr. Pierson was that of Captain Pierson’s 1836 cavalry company. “Report of K. H. Douglass of the Campaign Against the Cherokees,” August 1839. Courtesy of Donaly E. Brice, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Republic Claims Papers, 1835–1846 (microfilmed). Texas State Library and Archives Commission, Austin. Rusk, Thomas Jefferson. Original Papers of. East Texas Research Center in Stephen F. Austin State University Library, Nacogdoches. Sadler, Robert H. “Notes Relative to the Edens Massacre.” Written on January 1, 1971. “Facts related to Robert H. Sadler by Lula Sadler Davis of Grapeland, Texas, widow of John A. Davis.” Courtesy of Howard C. Sadler collection. Sadler, William Turner. Texas Pension Papers and Audited Military Claims. Provided courtesy of Howard C. Sadler. Also referenced: William Turner Sadler land documents provided by the General Land Office of Texas. Starr, James Harper. Papers. Center for American History, University of Texas, Austin. Includes papers of Brigadier General Kelsey H. Douglass. Uniform of the Army of the Republic of Texas. Prescribed and published by order of the President. Wimberly, Dan B. “Daniel Parker: Pioneer Preacher and Political Leader.” History dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University in May 1995. Courtesy of Dr. Frank N. Edens. Wylie, Edna McDonald. “The Fort Houston Settlement.” A Thesis from August 1958 in the collections of the Houston Public Library’s Clayton Genealogy Branch. BOOKS Aldrich, Armistead Albert. History of Houston County, Together with Biograhical Sketches of Many Pioneers. San Antonio, Tex: The Naylor Co., 1943. Anderson, Gary Clayton. The Conquest of Texas. Ethnic Cleansing in the Promised Land, 1820–1875. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. Avera, Carl. Centennial Notebook: A Collage of Reminenece of Palestine’s First Century. Palestine: Royall National Bank, 1976. --------------. From Steamboats to Spacecraft: Between the Neches and the Trinity. A History of Anderson County’s First 125 Years. Palestine, Tex: Express Books, an Imprint of the Word Factory, ca. 1970s. Awbrey, Betty Dooley and Claude Dooley. Why Stop? A Guide to Texas Historical Roadside Markers. 4th ed. Houston, Tex: Lone Star Books, 1999. Barker, Eugene C. The Life of Stephen F. Austin: Founder of Texas, 1793–1836. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1985. Bate, W. N. General Sidney Sherman: Texas Soldier, Statesman and Builder. Waco, Tex: Texian Press, 1974. Battles of Texas. Waco, Tex: Texian Press, 1987. Binkley, William C. Official Correspondence of the Texas Revolution. New York: Appleton-Century, 1936...

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