Box 1
Container
Contains 7 Collections and/or Records:
Houston, Temple, 1885-1891
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Written to CW before graduation from high school; praises CW and his brother; advises on future education. Page 1 missing., 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Tells of business, travels, and family; encourages CW to pursue a law career and to curb his interest in writing and a newspaper career; discusses law partnership formed by Houston and Col. W H. Grisby., 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Tells of Houston's son; asks CW to attempt to find a clipping, re: Thrall's "History of Texas.", 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Praises a speech given by CW; thanks CW for locating clipping referred to in the letter of August 27, 1885; discusses the severe winter ahead and its effect on the cattle industry; refers to Blaine's "Twenty Years in Congress" as a grand book "although stained by the intense partisan prejudice of the author.", 1885
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Asks CW to make inquiries into an unspecified subject., 1891
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Congratulates CW on his recent marriage; tells of future trip to Fort Worth; thanks CW for inquiries made on fake archeological find (apparently the subject of the above letter); asks CW to check on rumor pertaining to a witness whose testimony might be damaging to a client of Houston., 1891
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_055_1_1_4_6
Scope and Contents
Correspondence