Texas Governor Joseph D. Sayers: An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903)

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Records, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903),

Texas Governor Joseph D. Sayers:

An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903)


Overview
	Creator:	Texas. Governor (1899-1903 : Sayers)
	Title:	Records
	Dates:	1886-1903
	Dates:	(bulk 1899-1903)
	Abstract:	Types of records are correspondence, reports, telegrams, lists, petitions, attorney general opinions, clippings, letterpress books, and financial records dating from 1886 to 1903, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1899 to 1903. Records are of Joseph D. Sayers' terms as governor of Texas.
	Quantity:	14.57 cubic ft.
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Texas State Archives

Biographical Sketch

Joseph Draper Sayers served as governor of Texas from January 17, 1899 to January 20, 1903. Sayers was born in Mississippi in 1841. When he was ten, Sayers' family moved to Bastrop, Texas, where he attended the Bastrop Military Institute until 1860. Sayers advanced from private to major in the Confederate army. At the war's end, he taught school and studied law at night in Bastrop. Sayers became a law partner of George W. "Wash" Jones in 1866. He was elected to the state senate in 1872, to the lieutenant governorship in 1879, and to the U.S. Congress in 1885. As Congressman (1885-1898) Sayers helped to gain federal pensions for Texas Rangers for the Indian Wars. Colonel E.M. House, who had run the campaigns of Governors Hogg and Culberson, selected Sayers to break the pattern of attorneys general succeeding to the governor's chair.

Sayers was elected governor in 1898, and re-elected in 1900. He coped with three major disasters: the Huntsville Penitentiary fire of 1899, the Brazos River flood of 1899, and the Galveston storm of 1900. Sayers returned to law practice after his retirement, and was on the University of Texas Board of Regents during its power struggle with Governor James E. Ferguson in 1916. He served on the Industrial Accident Board (1915-1917), the Board of Legal Examiners (1922-1926), and the Board of Pardon Advisors (1927). Sayers died in Austin on May 15, 1929.

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Scope and Contents of the Records

Types of records are correspondence, reports, telegrams, lists, petitions, attorney general opinions, clippings, letterpress books, and financial records dating from 1886 to 1903, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1899 to 1903. Records are of Joseph D. Sayers' terms as governor of Texas. Materials relate to three disasters that occurred during Sayers' term in office: the fire at the Huntsville Penitentiary, the Brazos River flood, and the Galveston Island hurricane and flood. The governor handled the collection and disbursement of relief funds. Other documents reveal information about quarantines against human and animal disease, an outbreak of smallpox in Laredo, railroads, the World's Fair, and state agency business. Several letters and reports deal with an incident in which a train carrying African-American U.S. troops was fired upon near Houston. Correspondence with Elisabet Ney and Adelia Dunovant concerns statues and monuments to Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, and Albert Sidney Johnson. Also included are recommendations and requests for appointment to office; requests for pardons, paroles, extradition, and rewards; and letters from judges disqualifying themselves from hearing certain cases. Correspondents include Elisabet Ney, Adelia Dunovant, the Railroad Commission, other federal, state and local officials, contributors of relief funds, and citizens of Texas.

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Arrangement of the Records
	Arrangement is by type of material, then chronological.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

None.

Technical Requirements

None.

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Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
	Personal Names:
		Sayers, Joseph D. (Joseph Draper), 1841-1929.
		Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907.
	Corporate Names:
		Texas. Office of the Governor.
		Huntsville Penitentiary--Fire, 1899.
	Subjects:
		Governors--Texas.
		Floods--Texas--Galveston.
		Hurricanes--Texas--Galveston.
		Floods--Texas--Brazos River.
		Quarantines--Texas.
		Smallpox--Texas--Laredo.
	Places:
		Texas--Politics and government--1865-1950.
	Document Types:
		Correspondence--Texas--Governors--1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903).
		Telegrams--Texas--Governors--1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903).
		Financial records--Texas--Governors--1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903).
		Letterpress copybooks--Texas--Governors--1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903).
	Functions:
		Appointing.
		Pardoning.

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Related Material


	The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
	Texas State Archives
		Texas Secretary of State, Executive record books, 1835-1917, 14 reels of microfilm
		Texas Secretary of State, Executive clemency records, 1840, 1845-2002, 103.62 cubic ft., 168 reels of microfilm (originals), 22 reels of microfilm (duplicates)

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Records, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903),
14.57 cubic ft.

Box

301-175

Correspondence, 1886-1892

Correspondence, September 1898

Correspondence, January 1-10, 1899

Correspondence, January 11-20, 1899

Correspondence, January 21-26, 1899

Correspondence, January 27-30, 1899

Correspondence, February 1-6, 1899

Correspondence, February 7-11, 1899

Correspondence, February 12-16, 1899

Correspondence, February 17-20, 1899

Correspondence, February 21-24, 1899

Correspondence, February 25-28, 1899

Correspondence, March 1-4, 1899

Correspondence, March 5-8, 1899

Correspondence, March 9-13, 1899

Correspondence, March 14-15, 1899

Correspondence, March 16-17, 1899

Correspondence, March 18, 1899

Correspondence, March 19-20, 1899

Correspondence, March 21, 1899

Correspondence, March 22-25, 1899

Box

301-176

Correspondence, March 26-29, 1899

Correspondence, March 30, 1899

Correspondence, April 1-6, 1899

Correspondence, April 7-10, 1899

Correspondence, April 11-14, 1899

Correspondence, April 15-17, 1899

Correspondence, April 18-21, 1899

Correspondence, April 22-26, 1899

Correspondence, April 27-30, 1899

Correspondence, May 1-3, 1899

Correspondence, May 4, 1899

Correspondence, May 5-6, 1899

Correspondence, May 7-9, 1899

Correspondence, May 10-11, 1899

Correspondence, May 12-13, 1899

Correspondence, May 14-17, 1899

Correspondence, May 18-19, 1899

Correspondence, May 20-23, 1899

Correspondence, May 24-25, 1899

Correspondence, May 26-28, 1899

Correspondence, May 29-30, 1899

Correspondence, May 31, 1899

Box

301-177

Correspondence, June 1-3, 1899

Correspondence, June 4-5, 1899

Correspondence, June 6-7, 1899

Correspondence, June 8-9, 1899

Correspondence, June 10, 1899

Correspondence, June 11-13, 1899

Correspondence, June 14-15, 1899

Correspondence, June 16-18, 1899

Correspondence, June 19-21, 1899

Correspondence, June 22-25, 1899

Correspondence, June 26-27, 1899

Correspondence, June 28, 1899

Correspondence, June 29-30, 1899

Correspondence, July 1-3, 1899

Correspondence, July 4-6, 1899

Correspondence, July 7, 1899

Correspondence, July 8, 1899

Telegrams, July 4-10, 1899

Telegrams, July 11-31, 1899

Telegrams, August, 1899

Box

301-178

Correspondence, July 9-10, 1899

Correspondence, July 11, 1899

Correspondence, July 12, 1899

Correspondence, July 13, 1899

Correspondence, July 14, 1899

Correspondence, July 15, 1899

Correspondence, July 16, 1899

Correspondence, July 17, 1899

Correspondence, July 18, 1899

Correspondence, July 19, 1899

Correspondence, July 20, 1899

Correspondence, July 21-22, 1899

Correspondence, July 23-24, 1899

Correspondence, July 25-26, 1899

Correspondence, July 27-28, 1899

Correspondence, July 29-30, 1899

Correspondence, July 31, 1899

Correspondence, August 1-2, 1899

Correspondence, August 3-4, 1899

Correspondence, August 5, 1899

Box

301-179

Correspondence, August 6-7, 1899

Correspondence, August 8, 1899

Correspondence, August 9, 1899

Correspondence, August 10-11, 1899

Correspondence, August 12, 1899

Correspondence, August 13-14, 1899

Correspondence, August 15, 1899

Correspondence, August 16-17, 1899

Correspondence, August 18, 1899

Correspondence, August 19-23, 1899

Correspondence, August 24-26, 1899

Correspondence, August 27-31, 1899

Correspondence, September 1-5, 1899

Correspondence, September 6-9, 1899

Correspondence, September 10-14, 1899

Correspondence, September 15-19, 1899

Correspondence, September 20-23, 1899

Correspondence, September 24-30, 1899

Box

301-180

Correspondence, October 1-10, 1899

Correspondence, October 11-15, 1899

Correspondence, October 16-18, 1899

Correspondence, October 19-22, 1899

Correspondence, October 23-31, 1899

Correspondence, November 1-2, 1899

Correspondence, November 3-13, 1899

Correspondence, November 14-17, 1899

Correspondence, November 18-20, 1899

Correspondence, November 21, 1899

Correspondence, November 22-23, 1899

Correspondence, November 24-28, 1899

Correspondence, November 29-30, 1899

Box

301-181

Correspondence, December 1-5, 1899

Correspondence, December 6-10, 1899

Correspondence, December 11-14, 1899

Correspondence, December 15-19, 1899

Correspondence, December 20-22, 1899

Correspondence, December 23-30, 1899

Correspondence, 1899 & undated

Correspondence, January 1-5, 1900

Correspondence, January 6-9, 1900

Correspondence, January 10-12, 1900

Correspondence, January 13-18, 1900

Correspondence, January 19-23, 1900

Correspondence, January 24-31, 1900

Correspondence, February 1-6, 1900

Box

301-182

Correspondence, February 7-12, 1900

Correspondence, February 13-18, 1900

Correspondence, February 19-21, 1900

Correspondence, February 22-26, 1900

Correspondence, February 27-28, 1900

Correspondence, March 1-6, 1900

Correspondence, March 7-11, 1900

Correspondence, March 12-15, 1900

Correspondence, March 16-21, 1900

Correspondence, March 22-23, 1900

Correspondence, March 24-25, 1900

Correspondence, March 26-27, 1900

Correspondence, March 28-30, 1900

Correspondence, April 1-10, 1900

Correspondence, April 11-15, 1900

Correspondence, April 16-20, 1900

Correspondence, April 21-25, 1900

Correspondence, April 26-30, 1900

Correspondence, May 1-7, 1900

Correspondence, May 8-11, 1900

Box

301-183

Correspondence, May 12-20, 1900

Correspondence, May 21-25, 1900

Correspondence, May 26-29, 1900

Correspondence, May 30-31, 1900

Correspondence, June 1-5, 1900

Correspondence, June 6-12, 1900

Correspondence, June 13-16, 1900

Correspondence, June 17-21, 1900

Correspondence, June 23-27, 1900

Correspondence, June 28-30, 1900

Correspondence, July 1-6, 1900

Correspondence, July 7-16, 1900

Correspondence, July 17-26, 1900

Correspondence, July 27-31, 1900

Correspondence, August 1-15, 1900

Correspondence, August 16-25, 1900

Correspondence, August 26-31, 1900

Correspondence, September 1-8, 1900

Correspondence, September 10, 1900

Correspondence, September 11, 1900

Box

301-184

Correspondence, September 11, 1900

Correspondence, September 12, 1900

Correspondence, September 13, 1900

Correspondence, September 14, 1900

Correspondence, September 15, 1900

Correspondence, September 16, 1900

Correspondence, September 17, 1900

Box

301-185

Correspondence, September 17, 1900

Correspondence, September 18, 1900

Correspondence, September 19, 1900

Correspondence, September 20, 1900

Correspondence, September 21, 1900

Correspondence, September 22, 1900

Correspondence, September 23, 1900

Correspondence, September 24, 1900

Box

301-186

Correspondence, September 25, 1900

Correspondence, September 26, 1900

Correspondence, September 27, 1900

Correspondence, September 28, 1900

Correspondence, September 29, 1900

Correspondence, October 1, 1900

Correspondence, October 2, 1900

Correspondence, October 3, 1900

Correspondence, October 4, 1900

Correspondence, October 5, 1900

Correspondence, October 6-7, 1900

Correspondence, October 8, 1900

See also copy negative 1990/93-6 in the Prints and Photographs Collection.

Correspondence, October 9-10, 1900

Correspondence, October 11-12, 1900

Correspondence, October 13-14, 1900

Box

301-187

Correspondence, October 15, 1900

Correspondence, October 16, 1900

Correspondence, October 17, 1900

Correspondence, October 18, 1900

Correspondence, October 19-21, 1900

Correspondence, October 20-27, 1900

Correspondence, October 22-23, 1900

Correspondence, October 24-25, 1900

Correspondence, October 28-29, 1900

Correspondence, October 30-31, 1900

Correspondence, November 1-3, 1900

Correspondence, November 4-7, 1900

Correspondence, November 8-9, 1900

Correspondence, November 10-14, 1900

Correspondence, November 15-19, 1900

Correspondence, November 20-21, 1900

Correspondence, November 22-25, 1900

Box

301-188

Correspondence, November 26-27, 1900

Correspondence, November 28-30, 1900

Correspondence, December 1-3, 1900

Correspondence, December 4-5, 1900

Correspondence, December 6-8, 1900

Correspondence, December 9-12, 1900

Correspondence, December 13-15, 1900

Correspondence, December 16-18, 1900

Correspondence, December 19-22, 1900

Correspondence, December 23-26, 1900

Correspondence, December 27-28, 1900

Correspondence, December 29-31, 1900

Correspondence, January 1-5, 1901

Box

301-189

Correspondence, January 6-9, 1901

Correspondence, January 10-16, 1901

Correspondence, January 17-22, 1901

Correspondence, January 23-30, 1901

Correspondence, January 31, 1901

Correspondence, February 1-2, 1901

Correspondence, February 3-7, 1901

Correspondence, February 8, 1901

Correspondence, February 9-15, 1901

Correspondence, February 16-19, 1901

Correspondence, February 20-25, 1901

Correspondence, February 26-28, 1901

Correspondence, March 1-6, 1901

Correspondence, March 7-9, 1901

Correspondence, March 10-15, 1901

Box

301-190

Correspondence, March 16-24, 1901

Correspondence, March 25-31, 1901

Correspondence, April 1-6, 1901

Correspondence, April 7-11, 1901

Correspondence, April 12-17, 1901

Correspondence, April 18-23, 1901

Correspondence, April 24-27, 1901

Correspondence, April 27-30, 1901

Correspondence, May 1-11, 1901

Correspondence, May 12-23, 1901

Correspondence, May 24-31, 1901

Correspondence, June 1-9, 1901

Correspondence, June 10-19, 1901

Correspondence, June 20-27, 1901

Box

301-191

Correspondence, June 27-30, 1901

Correspondence, July 1-10, 1901

Correspondence, July 11-21, 1901

Correspondence, July 22-31, 1901

Correspondence, August 1-5, 1901

Correspondence, August 6-12, 1901

Correspondence, August 13-22, 1901

Correspondence, August 23-31, 1901

Correspondence, September 1-5, 1901

Correspondence, September 6-13, 1901

Correspondence, September 14-20, 1901

Correspondence, September 20-24, 1901

Correspondence, September 25-30, 1901

Correspondence, October 1-6, 1901

Correspondence, October 7-15, 1901

Correspondence, October 16-26, 1901

Box

301-192

Correspondence, October 27-31, 1901

Correspondence, November 1-6, 1901

Correspondence, November 7-16, 1901

Correspondence, November 17-25, 1901

Correspondence, November 26-30, 1901

Correspondence, December 1-9, 1901

Correspondence, December 10-16, 1901

Correspondence, December 17-23, 1901

Correspondence, December 24-31, 1901

Correspondence, undated

Correspondence, January 1-8, 1902

Correspondence, January 9-17, 1902

Correspondence, January 18-26, 1902

Correspondence, January 27-31, 1902

Correspondence, February 1-7, 1902

Correspondence, February 8-14, 1902

Correspondence, February 15-22, 1902

Box

301-193

Correspondence, February 23-28, 1902

Correspondence, March 1-7, 1902

Correspondence, March 8-13, 1902

Correspondence, March 14-20, 1902

Correspondence, March 21-31, 1902

Correspondence, April 1-9, 1902

Correspondence, April 10-18, 1902

Correspondence, April 19-30, 1902

Correspondence, May 1-10, 1902

Correspondence, May 10-22, 1902

Correspondence, May 23-31, 1902

Correspondence, June 2-12, 1902

Correspondence, June 13-23, 1902

Correspondence, June 24-30, 1902

Correspondence, July 1-8, 1902

Correspondence, July 9-17, 1902

Box

301-194

Correspondence, July 18-25, 1902

Correspondence, July 26-31, 1902

Correspondence, August 1-8, 1902

Correspondence, August 9-14, 1902

Correspondence, August 15-21, 1902

Correspondence, August 22-31, 1902

Correspondence, September 1-5, 1902

Correspondence, September 6-15, 1902

Correspondence, September 16-22, 1902

Correspondence, September 23-30, 1902

Correspondence, October 1-6, 1902

Correspondence, October 7-14, 1902

Correspondence, October 15-20, 1902

Correspondence, October 21-31, 1902

Correspondence, November 1-10, 1902

Box

301-195

Correspondence, November 11-12, 1902

Correspondence, November 13-20, 1902

Correspondence, November 21-27, 1902

Correspondence, November 28-30, 1902

Correspondence, December 1-3, 1902

Correspondence, December 4-8, 1902

Correspondence, December 8-10, 1902

Correspondence, December 11-13, 1902

Correspondence, December 14-18, 1902

Correspondence, December 18-22, 1902

Correspondence, December 23-27, 1902

Correspondence, December 28-31, 1902

Correspondence, January 1-5, 1903

Box

301-196

Correspondence, January 6-16, 1903

Correspondence, January 17-23, 1903

Correspondence, March 3, 1903-October 27, 1903

Railroad Correspondence, March 14-20, 1895

Railroad Correspondence, May 14, 1897-July 7, 1897

Railroad Correspondence, March 1, 1898-December 15, 1898

Railroad Correspondence, January 19, 1899, July 2, 1899

Railroad Correspondence, March 30, 1899

Railroad Correspondence, April 13-25, 1899

Railroad Correspondence, May 5, 21, 1899

Railroad Correspondence, January 27, 1901-February 28, 1901

Railroad Correspondence, March 1-25, 1901

Railroad Correspondence, April 1, 1901-December 16, 1901

Elisabet Ney, Adelia A. Dunovant, Correspondence, March 7, 1899-January 20, 1903

Correspondence, undated

Partial Letters, 1899

Partial Letters, undated

Telegrams, undated

Box

301-197

Correspondence, and Reports of Storm Relief Committee, September 15, 1900-December 8, 1900

Correspondence, and Reports of Storm Relief Committee, January 1, 1901-February 15, 1901

House Testimony relating to Harris Co. Storm Relief, 1901

Financial Report of Alvin Relief Cmte., December 3, 1900

Alvin Relief Committee Report of Supplies, September-November 1900

Map of Alvin Relief District Contributors for relief of Storm Sufferers, September 15, 1900

Central Relief Committee Report, 1900

Report of Cash of Relief Fund, 1900

Statements & Accounts to Chairman, Relief Committee, September, October 1900

Statement for money for Flood Sufferers donated by the State Nat'l. Bank, September-October 1900

Financial Statement by the Relief Committee, September-November 1900

Financial Statement Central Relief Cmte., undated

Financial Statement, Columbia Relief Cmte., September 1900-January 1901

Columbia Relief Cmte.-Relief Fund and Estimates, 1900

John Sealy Financial Statement, December 4, 1900

Statement of Goods for Storm Sufferers, September 14, 1900

Box

301-198

List of Supplies for Storm Sufferers, 1899

Public Health Report, February 1900

Distribution of Relief Funds at Velasco, October 1900

Velasco Relief Report, undated

Waller County Relief Cmte. Expense Accts., 1900

Wallis County Relief Cmte. Report, 1900

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, November 3-November 6, 1900

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, November 7-November 15, 1900

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, November 15-December 8, 1900

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, November-December 1900

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, Miscellaneous, 1900

Box

301-199

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, December 10, 1900-January 31, 1901

Checks & Accounts for Property Losses, February 1, 1901-July 27, 1901

Receipts, April 3, 1901-July 4, 1901

Receipts, July 4, 1901-July 13, 1901

Receipts, July 16, 1901-August 22, 1901

Letterpress, January 12, 1899-May 9, 1899

Box

301-200

Letterpress, May 9, 1899-July 24, 1899

Letterpress, July 24, 1899-October 31, 1899

Letterpress, November 1, 1899-January 31, 1900

Box

301-201

Letterpress, January 31, 1900-May 7, 1900

Letterpress, May 7, 1900-Sept. 11, 1900

Letterpress, September 12-September 27, 1900

Box

301-202

Letterpress, September 27, 1900-October 24, 1900

Letterpress, October 24, 1900-December 12, 1900

Letterpress, December 12-December 31, 1900

Box

301-203

Letterpress, January 1, 1901-May 13, 1901

Letterpress, May 14, 1901-October 29, 1901

Box

301-204

Letterpress, October 29, 1901-March 22, 1902

Letterpress, March 22, 1902-July 29, 1902

Box

301-205

Letterpress, July 29, 1902-January 7, 1903

Letterpress, January 7, 1902-January 20, 1903

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Texas Governor Joseph D. Sayers:

An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903)

Overview

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents of the Records

Arrangement of the Records

Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Technical Requirements

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Accession Information

Processing Information

Detailed Description of the Collection

Records, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903),
14.57 cubic ft.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Texas Governor Joseph D. Sayers:

An Inventory of Records at the Texas State Archives, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903)

Arrangement of the Records

Restrictions on Access

Restrictions on Use

Technical Requirements

Records, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903), 14.57 cubic ft.

Records, 1886-1903 (bulk 1899-1903),
14.57 cubic ft.