The author's personal recollections of the Reconstruction in Texas. The work is "intended to be illustrative of the conditions existing in Texas, the customs, feelings, and sentiments of the people, that came under the obersvation of the author at that time; and in addition some short sketches of the judges that occupied the bench and the lawyers that practiced in the Third and Thirteenth Judicial Districts fifty years ago, with a few short sketches of some early settlers, clerical and lay"
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The author's personal recollections of the Reconstruction in Texas. The work is "intended to be illustrative of the conditions existing in Texas, the customs, feelings, and sentiments of the people, that came under the obersvation of the author at that time; and in addition some short sketches of the judges that occupied the bench and the lawyers that practiced in the Third and Thirteenth Judicial Districts fifty years ago, with a few short sketches of some early settlers, clerical and lay"
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58 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
"The first part of the 'Reminiscences of Texas and Texans ...' was published in the Quarterly of the Texas Historical Association, volume V, no. 2. The third part of these reminiscences was published in the Quarterly, volume IV, no. 3 ... The second part ... was published in the Houston Chronicle ... the 9th and 15th of August, 1902."--Pref. Gift/3.00 INTX
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Wood, William D.Reminiscences of reconstruction in Texas ; and, Reminiscences of Texas and Texans fifty years ago,
book,
1902;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14387/:
accessed July 12, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.;
crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.