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Collection Summary
Creator Sketch
Arrangement
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Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
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Description of Series
Correspondence 1828-1903 (Bulk: 1836-1899)
Journals 1870-1894
Financial 1837-1901 (Bulk: 1881-1883)
Legal 1853-1903
Estate of Mary Jane Briscoe 1903
Printed Materials 1835-1903 (Bulk: 1882-1895)
Creative Works 1846-1902
Notes and Memoranda 1870-1889
Scrapbooks n.d.
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Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection
Mary Jane Harris Briscoe Papers, Manuscript Collection: MC056
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Briscoe, Mary Jane Harris, 1819-1903 |
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Mary Jane Harris Briscoe papers |
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1828-1903 |
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(Bulk: 1849-1891) |
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Correspondence, creative works, journals, financial documents, printed materials, scrapbooks, legal documents and notes and memoranda record the life of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe. |
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Identification: |
MC056 |
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OCLC Record No. |
50150081 |
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Quantity: |
9 boxes (3.2 linear ft.) |
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Materials are in English. |
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Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte, Texas |
Mary Jane Harris Briscoe was born at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, on August 17, 1819, one of four children of John Richardson and Jane Birdsall Harris. When John R. Harris left Missouri for Texas in 1824, Jane Harris and her children returned to New York. After the death of Harris in 1829 in New Orleans, Jane waited until 1833 when her eldest son was mature to travel to Texas and claim her inheritance. Mary Jane remained in New York and attended finishing school until allowed to proceed to Texas. She joined her family in Harrisburg in the fall of 1836 and soon became known as the "Belle of Buffalo Bayou." On her eighteenth birthday she married Andrew Briscoe. The couple lived in Houston where their son Parmenas was born and later moved to Harrisburg where they had another four children. Of their five children, four lived to adulthood: Parmenas (1839-1906), Andrew Birdsall (1841-1912), Jesse Wade (1845-1920), and Adele Lubbock (1848-1935).
On October 4, 1849, Andrew died of yellow fever in New Orleans leaving his widow and children without a means of support. Mary Jane and her children moved to her father-in-law's plantation near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, and remained there until after General Parmenas' death. In 1852 she returned to Texas settling first in Anderson and later in Galveston and Harrisburg. In 1874 she moved to Houston to live with her son, Parmenas.
On July 18, 1881, as a widow of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, she received a donation grant of 1,280 acres. She was a charter member of the Ladies' Reading Club, the first woman's club in Houston, and served as the treasurer until her death. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas was organized at the Briscoe home in 1891 where the local chapter continued to meet. She served as vice president of the DRT until 1897. Active in the Texas Veterans Association, Briscoe was held in high esteem by many of the veterans. Mary Jane founded Sheltering Arms, a home for needy women in Houston, and served as the first president. She wrote sketches and reminiscences and was a charter member of the Texas State Historical Association, of which she was elected an honorary life member in 1897. Briscoe became an invalid after suffering a fall in 1899 and died in Houston on March 8, 1903. She was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
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Arrangement |
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Organized into nine series; arrangement is alphabetical, chronological, and by subject. |
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Restrictions on Access
None.
Terms Governing Use
Open for research by appointment.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
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Briscoe, Andrew, 1810-1849 |
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Briscoe, Annie Payne |
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Briscoe, Emily |
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Briscoe, Mary Jane Harris, 1819-1903--Archives |
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Harris, DeWitt Clinton, 1814-1861 |
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Harris, Lewis Birdsall, 1816-1893 |
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Looscan, Adele Briscoe, 1848-1935 |
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Lubbock, Francis Richard, 1815-1905 |
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Phelps, Carrie |
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Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836 |
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Briscoe family |
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Harris family |
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Ladies Reading Club (Houston, Tex.) |
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Texas Veterans Association |
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Land tenure--Texas |
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Harris County (Tex.)--History |
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Spirit communications |
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All other papers from the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection are related to Mary Jane Harris Briscoe. All photographs are located in the Adele Briscoe Looscan Papers. |
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[Identification of Item], Mary Jane Harris Briscoe Papers, MC056, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hill, Jr., Houston Public Library, Annie Hume, 1939-1940.
Processed by Sandra Eileen Yates, 2002.
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"BRISCOE, MARY JANE HARRIS." The Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbr59.html |
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Looscan, Adele Lubbock Briscoe. A Brief Sketch of the Life and Characteristics of Mrs. Mary Jane Briscoe : Showing the Estimation In Which She Was Held by Her Friends and the Public Generally. Houston: A.C. Gray, 1905. |
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Correspondence 1828-1903 (Bulk: 1836-1899)
Quantity: 4 boxes (1.6 linear ft.) |
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Correspondence received from friends, family, and businesses documents the life of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe. Long-time correspondents include Francis R. Lubbock (46), her servant Carrie Phelps (13), and friend Jessie Wade (11). Substantial correspondence from family members demonstrates the pivotal position Briscoe held within her immediate and extended family. A 1835 letter from DeWitt Clinton Harris discusses his role in the Anahuac Disturbance. Except for letters from Emily Briscoe (37), significant correspondence with her Briscoe in-laws ended with her return to Texas 3 years after Andrew's death. Letters from her son Andrew Birdsall Briscoe (62) and his wife Annie Payne Briscoe (47) record their lives as they establish a ranch, raise children, and later deal with Annie's prolonged illness. A lifelong correspondence with brother Lewis Birdsall Harris (1832-1890) deals with family, travel, and business in New York, Texas, and California. Correspondence from other members of her extensive family concerns genealogical investigations, family affairs, and financial matters. Correspondence sent includes letters to James Briscoe, the executor of her husband's will. Of particular interest are 5 spirit letters (n.d.) written most likely during a series of seances. Respondents during the seance include General Parmenas Briscoe and Andrew Briscoe, and discuss the Battle of San Jacinto and life after death. Letters shared with Briscoe comprise third party correspondence. Of interest are 2 letters to Nina from Lou discussing Nina's flight from her husband, Stanley, and his reactions. |
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Correspondence: Received |
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Charles P. Babcock 1876, 09/27-12/27 |
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Thomas Carothers 1851-1861, n.d. |
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Thomas S. Cook 1864-1866 |
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Leland J. Cox 1852-1853 |
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William R. Devoe 1864-1865 |
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David Harrison 1837-1855 |
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Leonly B. Harrison 1855-1881 |
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Jane Ingersoll 1834-1836, n.d. |
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Mary Jones 1892, 01/21-04/08, n.d. |
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Adele Lubbock 1850-1853, n.d. |
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F. R. Lubbock 1852-1863 |
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F. R. Lubbock 1867-1900, n.d. |
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A. O. Lynn 1878-1880 |
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Carrie Phelps 1887-1889, n.d. |
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E. Scurry 1885-1888 |
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B. A. Shephard ＆ Burke 1852-1853 |
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A. Sproull 1867-1880, n.d. |
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Jessie Wade 1843-1848, n.d. |
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Bertha E. Willis 1898-1899 |
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General: A-D 1835-1899, n.d. |
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General: E-H 1833-1899 |
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General: K-N 1832-1902, n.d. |
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General: O-S 1834-1900, n.d. |
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General: T-W 1834-1901, n.d. |
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Unknown 1855-1877, n.d. |
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Family: M. Birdsall 1880-1888 |
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Family: Andrew B. Briscoe 1861-1881 |
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Family: Andrew B. Briscoe 1884-1899, n.d. |
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Family: Annie Briscoe 1878-1886 |
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Family: Annie Briscoe 1886-1895 |
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Family: Carrie Briscoe 1884-1890, n.d. |
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Family: Elizabeth Z. Briscoe 1840-1845 |
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Family: Emily Briscoe 1838-1886 |
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Family: Emily Briscoe 1888-1889, n.d. |
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Family: James M. Briscoe 1849-1851 |
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Family: James W. Briscoe 1849-1851 |
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Family: Mary Payne "Mamie" Briscoe 1883-1899, n.d. |
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Family: Parmenas Briscoe 1854-1895 |
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Family: Phillip A. Briscoe 1851-1853 |
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Family: Robert P. Briscoe 1851-1853 |
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Family: Sophie Briscoe 1852, n.d. |
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Family: William P. Briscoe 1850-1853 |
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Family: Lorenzo H. Chamberlain 1880, 02/25-05/02 |
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Family: Mary E. Flynn 1874-1879 |
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Family: DeWitt Clinton Harris 1832-1853, n.d. |
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Family: Caroline Harris 1836-1839 |
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Family: Jane Harris 1849-1855 |
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Family: John B. Harris 1849-1852 |
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Family: Lewis B. Harris 1832-1867 |
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Family: Lewis B. Harris 1867-1887 |
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Family: Lewis B. Harris 1887-1890, n.d. |
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Family: Minnie Harris 1884-1896 |
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Family: Jesse Wade Briscoe Howe 1869-1900, n.d. |
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Family: Milton Howe 1898-1899 |
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Family: Annie and Mary Columbia "Lummie" Hume 1886-1895 |
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Family: S. B. Logan 1851-1868 |
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Family: Adele Briscoe Looscan 1876-1888 |
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Family: Adele Briscoe Looscan 1888-1900, n.d. |
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Family: Michael Looscan 1881-1888 |
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Family: Helen and Ella Montgomery 1876-1887 |
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Family: Clara Shaifer 1850-1853, n.d. |
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Family: Helen F. Story 1899, n.d. |
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Family: Mildred Thatcher 1878-1888, n.d. |
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Family: S. M. Thatcher 1878-1888 |
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Family: Eliza Van Tuyl 1828-1856 |
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Family: General: B 1835-1887, n.d. |
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Family: General: G-T 1834-1897, 1837-1849 |
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Family: Unknown 1873-1887, 1835-1849, n.d. |
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Invitations 1838-1900, 1837-1849 |
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Correspondence: Sent |
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James M. Briscoe 1849-1851 |
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General 1837-1890, n.d. |
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Correspondence |
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Spirit Letters n.d. |
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Third Party 1849-1888, n.d. |
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Correspondence: Envelopes |
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Birdsall family 1884-1888, n.d. |
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Andrew B. Briscoe 1884-1890, n.d. |
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Annie Briscoe 1881-1890, n.d. |
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Emily Briscoe 1884-1888, n.d. |
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Briscoe family 1883-1890, n.d. |
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Lewis B. Harris 1885-1890, n.d. |
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Harris family 1884-1889 |
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Howe family 1887-1900 |
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Looscan family 1884-1888, n.d. |
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F. R. Lubbock 1881-1902, n.d. |
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Thatcher family 1883-1885, n.d. |
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General 1840-1885, n.d. |
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General 1886-1889 |
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General 1892-1903 |
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General n.d. |
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Journals 1870-1894
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A series of journals (1870-1894) records the daily life of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe including observations on the weather and people encountered. Several journals held previous functions. In the journal dated 1885-1886, the first 30 pages contain a surveyor's instruction manual and the back page has the title of "Concord Purchases." The journal dated 1889-1891 begins as an account book ranging from 1855 to 1885 and the financial information is in the front of the journal dated 1891. Of interest is a journal kept from 1870-1873 that records trips to California (1870) and Woodstock, Ontario (1873) and includes pressed flowers and plants amont its pages. |
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Trip to California and Woodstock, Ontario 1870-1873 |
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Trip to California and Woodstock, Ontario: Bouquet 1870-1873 |
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Trip to California and Woodstock, Ontario: Pressed Flowers 1870-1873 |
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Annual Journal 1885-1886 |
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Tablet 1838-1839 |
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Tablet 1888, 01/17-11/08 |
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Tablet 1888, 05/12-06/24 |
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Sheets of Paper 1888 |
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Tablets 1888 |
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Annual Journal 1889-1890 |
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Tablet 1889-1891 |
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Annual Journal 1891, 04/04-04/07 |
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Memorandum Books 1893-1894 |
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Financial 1837-1901 (Bulk: 1881-1883)
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Account books, bank drafts, statements of account / receipts, and treasurer's reports to the Ladies' Reading Club reveal a woman managing her own financial affairs. Included in the daily account books is one devoted to the savings account of her servant, Carrie Phelps. Also of interest are two account books, possibly of sharecroppers, labeled "Outstanding accounts to Nov. 30," undated, with one devoted to colored debtors and one to white debtors. The bulk of the financial documents concern the building of Briscoe's house with her son Parmenas at 620 Crawford Street in Houston, Texas, and include estimates from contractors and lists of materials. Of particular interest are receipts related to the death of Andrew Briscoe including one for $78 for a walnut, lead-lined casket on October 4, 1849; 2 steamboat tickts on October 7 and 18 from and then returning to New Orleans, and one for $150 in 1851 for a marble tomb erected in memory of Andrew Briscoe. |
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Account Books 1837-1839 |
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Account Books 1849-1853 |
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Account Books 1861 |
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Account Books 1881-1889 |
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Account Books 1893, n.d. |
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Account Books 1899-1901 |
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Account Books: Carrie Phelps 1884-1886 |
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Account Books n.d. |
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Account Books n.d. |
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Account Books: Slate Notebook and Pencil n.d. |
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Accounts: Fragments 1873, n.d. |
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Banking: Drafts 1870-1889 |
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Estimates: House Construction 1882-1883, n.d. |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: A. Bering ＆ Bros. 1883 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: R. Cotter ＆ Co. 1880-1881 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: A. Cramer 1880-1881 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: W. L. Foley 1880, 12/13, n.d. |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: Thomas R. Franklin 1877-1880, n.d. |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: E. V. Henderson 1881, 02-06 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: A. M. Kleiber 1880-1881 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: W. J. Lettegast ＆ Bros. 1881, n.d. |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: R. W. McLin 1879-1880 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: B. A. Shepherd ＆ Burke 1852-1853 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: A. L. Steele 1883 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: M. Stubenrauch 1880-1881 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: S. Taliafero 1875-1881 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: Texas Lamp ＆ Oil Co. 1880-1881 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: General A-W 1849-1894 |
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Statements of Account / Receipts: Third Party 1878, 1884 |
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Treasurer's Report: Ladies Reading Club 1888-1897, n.d. |
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Legal 1853-1903
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Report cards of Parmenas, Andrew Birdsall, and Jesse Wade Briscoe from Anderson, Texas, 5 drafts of Mary Jane Briscoe's will, leases, and court costs from Briscoe's suit against A. W. and Virginia Scoble in 1876 briefly record Mary Jane Briscoe's legal affairs. |
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Report Cards: Parmenas, Andrew Birdsall, Jesse 1853-1855 |
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Wills 1891-1902, n.d. |
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General 1869-1899 |
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Estate of Mary Jane Briscoe 1903
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Receipts related to Briscoe's last illness and funeral expenses, legal documents, written memorials, and floral tribute cards demonstrate the high regard held for Mary Jane Briscoe. Of interest is the memorial by the legislative committee appointed to view the San Jacinto Battlefield. Hearing of her death while on the battlefield, they picked wild violets and sent them to be placed upon her bier. A map included in the legal documents delineates the boundaries between her properties and those of Virginia Scoble in Harrisburg. |
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Financial and Legal Documents 1903 |
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Memorials 1903 |
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Ephemera: Floral Tribute Cards: Clubs 1903, 03/11 |
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Ephemera: Floral Tribute Cards: People 1903, 03/11 |
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Printed Materials 1835-1903 (Bulk: 1882-1895)
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Calling cards, memorials and funeral notices, price lists, circulars, programs, and materials from the Alamo Monument Association, the Daughters of the Revolution, and the Texas Veterans Association record the interests and activities of Mary Jane Briscoe. Calling cards (21) from her early days as the "Belle of Buffalo Bayou" include 2 from Sam Houston. A catalog from the Memorial Card Company displaying funeral stationery with epigrams in English and German demonstrates the role of mourning in 19th century life. Also of interest are circulars from the Meadville Female Seminary, Meadville, Pennsylvania (1835) and the Houston Light Guard (1878). Election ballots from August 1861 contain the name of Briscoe's friend, F. R. Lubbock. |
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Alamo Monument Association 1889, n.d. |
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Calling Cards n.d. [pre-1838] |
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Catalogue: Memorial Card Co. 1886 |
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Daughters of the Revolution 1892, n.d. |
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Ephemera: Chinese characters written on red paper ca. 1870 |
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Memorials ＆ Funeral Notices 1867-1888 |
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Price Lists 1882-1889, n.d. |
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General 1835-1884, n.d. |
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Printed Materials: Texas Veterans Association |
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Annual Meetings Materials 1886-1902, n.d. |
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Certificates of Membership 1873-1903 |
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Circulars 1896-1903 |
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Pamphlets: "Annual Address to the Texas Veteran's Association at It's 13th Annual Reunion in Dallas" John Henry Brown 1886, 04/21 |
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Pamphlets: "Proceedings of the Texas Veterans Association at Their Twenty-second Annual Reunion" 1895, 04/21 |
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Creative Works 1846-1902
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Collected works, manuscripts, notes, and recipes illuminate the intellectually active and curious life of Mary Jane Briscoe. Of particular interest in the collected works is an exercise book (1871-1875) from the Young Ladies Boarding ＆ Day School at the corner of Crawford and McKinney streets in Houston, Texas, and a school notebook, possibly belonging to Annie Belle Harris. Manuscripts include studies of history, literature, and biography. The bulk are lectures about various literary figures, such as Francis Bacon and Walter Scott, written for the Ladies Reading Club. Other manuscripts include a lengthy history of Harris County, and biographical sketches of Andrew Briscoe and Lorenzo de Zavala. A rough draft of a play about the Texas Revolution with W. B. Travis as one of the characters demonstrates Briscoe's interest in writing and history. Briscoe dictated an 1899 recollection entitled "Houston in Its First Year." Briscoe's notes document her historical research and other interests and correlate with her manuscripts. Genealogy notes contain printed materials (2) and brief memoranda (3) giving insight into Mary Jane Briscoe's genealogical research. There are 6 recipes. |
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Creative Works: Collected |
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Notebook of Annie Belle Harris 1871-1875 |
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"Trip From New Orleans to Galveston, 1846" by F. Roemer 1846 |
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"Trip Up Buffalo Bayou" by F. Roemer n.d. |
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Mary Saunders 1901-1902 |
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Poetry 1891-1897, n.d. |
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Prose 1884, 04/21 |
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Creative Works: Manuscripts |
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American Revolution n.d. |
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Biographical Sketch of Andrew Briscoe n.d. |
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Biography of Benjamin R. Milam n.d. |
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Dauphine of 1418 n.d. |
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Francis Bacon n.d. |
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History of Harris County 1885 |
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Houston In Its First Year 1899 |
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Hotel des Invalides n.d. |
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In Memorium to Mrs. Jane Gray n.d. |
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John Trumbull n.d. |
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Biography of Lorenzo de Zavala n.d. |
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"Old Age Comes Creeping..." n.d. |
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Play n.d. |
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Religious Persecution n.d. |
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Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford n.d. |
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Sir Walter Scott n.d. |
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Travels in Texas n.d. |
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Tribute to Prof. Jacob Ennis 1889, 01/12 |
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Creative Works: Notes |
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Andrew Versalius n.d. |
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Book Reviews ca. 1890 |
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Botany 1885 |
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Extracts from Herodotus n.d. |
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Genealogy 1881-1892, n.d. |
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Pyramid of Cholula n.d. |
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Texas History n.d. |
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General 1849-1881, n.d. |
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Creative Works: Recipes |
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Recipes Notebook n.d. |
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Notes and Memoranda 1870-1889
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Notes and memoranda include a list with names of people Mary Jane Briscoe met at the 1887 Texas Veterans Association annual meeting, a shopping list, and notes written on envelopes. |
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Lists 1883-1889, n.d. |
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Envelopes 1870, n.d. |
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Two scrapbooks record the thoughts and interests of the creator of the scrapbook. One contains primarily newspaper clippings from the late 19th century. The other is inscribed "To Miss Jesse A. Brown by her friend Mrs. Briscoe" and contains clippings, copied works, and a pencil drawing. |
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