urn:taro:utexas.cah.00118 A Guide to the John Zirvas Leyendecker Papers, 1842-1979 Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001. Finding aid written in English. August 26, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:27:21 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00118 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). June 2005 Major reformatting by Evan Hocker. Descriptive Summary Leyendecker, John Zirvas, 1827-1902 John Zirvas Leyendecker Papers 1842-1979 86-3, 94-2 3 ft., 7 in. Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Papers document the life and career of John Zirvas Leyendecker who emigrated to Texas from Germany with his parents and siblings aboard the ship Riga in 1845 and settled in Fredericksburg. Materials are in English, German, and Spanish. Scope and Contents

Correspondence, Civil War quartermaster records, post office records, deeds and land papers, financial records, a muster roll, genealogy, and photographs.

Some personal and business correspondence in German and Spanish.

 Arrangement

Arranged chronologically under subject.

 Biographical Note

John Zirvas Leyendecker emigrated to Texas from Germany with his parents and siblings aboard the ship Riga in 1845 and settled in Fredericksburg. He became a sutler and merchant in Oak Creek, Texas, near Fort Chadbourne, and later in Fredericksburg and Laredo, Texas, where his wife's family was located. He was postmaster in Laredo from 1858 to 1859. During the Civil War he was assistant quartermaster there, and he remained there permanently after the war.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Benavides, Maria Tomasa Cameros d. 1885? Benavides family. DeWitt, Bart J. Groos, F. Kraus, Christian. Lege, Charles L. Leyendecker, John Zirvas, 1827-1902--Archives. Leyendecker family. Pierce, Gardner A. Planchet, L.M. Wood, Albert. Wulff, Anton F., 1822-1894. Subjects (Organizations) Confederate States of America. Army--Commissariat. Confederate States of America. Army. Texas Cavalry Regiment, 33rd. Goldfrank, Frank & Co. (San Antonio, Tex.) H. Mayer & Co. (San Antonio, Tex.) Subjects German Americans--Texas. Indians of North America--Texas--Coke County. Medicine--Practice--Texas. Merchants--Texas. Postal service--Texas. Places Fort Chadbourne (Tex.)--History--Sources. Fredericksburg (Tex.)--History--Sources. Laredo (Tex.)--History--Sources. Oak Creek (Tex.)--History--Sources. San Antonio (Tex.)--History--Sources. Rio Grande Valley (Tex.)--History--Sources. Cite as

John Zirvas Leyendecker Papers, 1842-1979, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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 Inventory 2M314 Classified correspondence: Benavides family letters, 1857-1867, 1896 Bart J. DeWitt letters, 1854-1872 DeWitt & Wulff letters, 1856 F. Groos letters, 1853-1869 Christian Kraus letters, 1852-1873 Charles L. Lege letters, 1853-1869 John Z. and Bessie Craven Leyendecker letters, 1922-1924, and undated Ernest Leyendecker, 1943-1944 Leyendecker family letters, 1854-1873 L. M. Planchet letters, 1856-1873 A. F. Wulff letters, 1853-1861, 1869, and undated General correspondence: 1842-1853 2M315 1854-1869 2M316 1870-1896, 1954, 1979, and undated Legal documents, 1902, 1937 Business records: Oak Creek store: Accounts, June 1854 - January 1855 Bills of lading, June 1854 - January 1855 Laredo store I: Accounts, May 1855 - May 1860 Bills of lading, June 1855 - November 1859 Fredericksburg store: Accounts, September 1860 - May 1862 Bills of lading, September 1860 - April 1862 Laredo store II: Accounts, August 1867 - October 1869 Bills of lading, June 1867 - April 1869 2M317 Miscellaneous receipts, 1849-1883 and undated Household accounts, 1867-1869 Laredo post office records: Monthly register, July 1858 - September 1859 Correspondence, June 1858 - December 1870 and undated 2.325/V18 Accounts of mails sent, July 1858 - September 1859 Accounts of mails received, July 1858 - September 1859 Account of newspapers and periodicals received, September 1858 - September 1859 Account current with the U. S., July 1858 - September 1859 Registered letters received, October 1858 - September 1859 Printed matter sent, January - September 1858 2M317 Property and estates, 1857-1920 and undated U. S. Army Quartermaster's Department blank forms, 1850s and 1860s Genealogy Bible Stories for Little Children, 1894 2M318 Confederate States of America Quartermaster's Department records for Laredo: Commissary agent correspondence, 1863 Second quarter 1863, general accounts Third quarter 1863, accounts Third quarter 1863, monthly accounts: July August September Fourth quarter 1863, general accounts Fourth quarter 1863, monthly accounts: October November December First quarter 1864, general accounts 2.116/OD1223A First quarter 1864, general accounts, oversized 2M318 First quarter 1864, abstracts: A B Bb, C, D, E, G, I, L, M, and N CC&GE Purchase vouchers 2M319 First quarter 1864, monthly accounts: January February March Second quarter 1864, general accounts and pay funds 2.116/OD1223A Second quarter 1864, general accounts and pay funds, oversized 2M319 Second quarter 1864, accounts: A, B, and Bb C, D, F, I, and M G CC&GE Second quarter 1864, monthly accounts: April May June 2.116/OD1223A June, oversized Third quarter 1864, general accounts, oversized 2M319 Third quarter 1864, general accounts 2M320 Third quarter 1864, abstracts: A, B, D, E, and F G I, L, M, and CC&GE Third quarter 1864, monthly accounts: July August 2.325/V18 August, oversized 2M320 September Fourth quarter 1864, abstracts: Purchase, disbursements, and contingencies Pay funds A, B, C, and F G, I, and CC&GE Fourth quarter 1864, monthly accounts: October November 2.325/V18 October, oversized November, oversized 2M321 December First quarter 1865, general accounts 2.116/OD1223A Quartermaster reports, 1865, oversized 2M321 First quarter 1865, monthly accounts: January February March April-July and undated general accounts Miscellaneous undated material Ledger books, 1863-1864 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1863-1865 and undated Circulars and general and special orders, 1863-1865 Blank forms 2.116/OD1223A Muster roll of Company R, Rio Grande Regiment, Texas Cavalry, December 1864 - February 1865, oversized 3Y46 Photographic material: 3 unidentified Ernst Leyendecker family monument (color) 2.325/V18 Miscellaneous items: Herald-Extra, June 14, 1865: "President's Proclamation" Advertisements for lotteries, 1854 Plat of block bounded by Grant Street, Plaza, and Zaragoza Street [Laredo?]