Dewitt County Board of Freeholders [Petition for election to determine if DeWitt County, Texas should aid in the construction of the Gulf Western Texas and Pacific Railway]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05249 Author/Creator: Dewitt County Board of Freeholders Place Written: DeWitt County, Texas Type: Manuscript document signed Date: November 27, 1871 Pagination: 4 p. ; docket : 31.5 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
Made pursuant to a 12 April 1870 state act authorizing counties, cities, and towns to aid internal improvements. Signed by sixty-five men, several from both sides of the Sutton-Taylor feud. Date from docket.
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