urn:taro:utexas.cah.00579 A Guide to the Alfred and John Guild Letters The Center for American History
Austin, Texas
July 2007 Finding aid encoded by Evan Hocker in EAD version 2.0 July 2007 Finding aid written inEnglish. Descriptive Summary Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Guild, Alfred Guild, John Alfred and John Guild Letters 1831-1848 1/2 in. The collection consists of original manuscript letters mostly written by brothers Alfred and John Guild describing their travels and experiences in Texas. Materials are in English. Biographical Note

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of original manuscript letters mostly written by brothers Alfred and John Guild describing their travels and experiences in Texas. Includes an eyewitness account of an attack by the Mexican ship Correo and commentary on the Texas Independence movement.

The bulk of the letters are addressed to the brothers' father and sister in Dedham, Massachusetts.

Also includes important early letter written from Houston, Texas, describing the difficult financial conditions in Texas.

 Preferred Citation

Alfred and John Guild Letters, 1831-1848, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836 Burnet, David Gouverneur, 1789-1870 Guild, Alfred Guild, John, Jr. Hurd, William A. Newlands, John Alex Nixon, George A. (George Antonio), 1781-1843 Santa Anna, Antonio LoĢpez de, 1794?-1876 Thompson, Thomas M. Williams, Samuel May, 1795-1858 Subjects Cotton--Texas, 1831-1848 Farms--Texas--History--Sources Frontier and pioneer life--Texas, 1831-1848 Land--Texas, 1831-1848 Merchants--Texas, 1831-1848 Mexican schooner Correo de Mexico Steamboat Rainbow Steamboats--Brazos River Texas--Description and travel--Sources Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846--Sources Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836 Texas Navy, 1835 Texas Schooner San Felipe Yellow fever--New Orleans, 1847 Places Brazoria (Tex.), 1831-1848 Brazos River (Tex.), 1831-1848 Burleson County (Tex.), 1847 Houston (Tex.), 1839 Mexico, 1831-1848 Milam County (Tex.), 1831-1848 New Orleans (La.), 1831-1848 San Antonio (Tex.), 1831-1848 Inventory 2.325/C16 Letters, 1831-1848 2.325/C16 Letter, John Alex Newlands to John Guild, "in consequence of the continued depreciation of the currency in the country." Describes the economic woes in Texas, and was probably one of the earliest letters written from the city of Houston, which was founded just two years prior, February 21, 1839