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[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, May 19, 1864]

Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara in which he recounts his participation in a battle that took place before May 19, 1864. He writes about the successes and set backs. He writes of the soldiers killed, wounded and missing. He says that some of the soldiers who died were accused of smelling of Louisiana rum. He ends the letter with news of his health and the health of friends.

Date: May 19, 1864

Creator: Fentress, David

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, July 18, 1830]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, in Perry explains the difficulties he is having in settling his business matters before moving to Texas, asks for Stephen's advice on completing the indenture forms for his slaves, and questions why Stephen was not more vocal about which tracts of land he had reserved for the Perrys.

Date: July 18, 1830

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Oral History Interviews with Ed Gossett, June-August 1969

Interview with Judge Ed Gossett, judge of the Criminal District Court in Dallas, Texas. In the first interview, Gossett discusses his childhood in Louisana and Texas, his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin, his time as a lawyer and as district attorney for the 46th judicial district, and his election to Congress in 1938. The second interview includes Gossett's discussion of his tenure as a Congressman.

Date: 1969-06/1969-08

Creator: Kamp, H. W. & Gossett, Ed Lee, 1902-1990

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Oral History Program