urn:taro:utexas.cah.01238 A Guide to the Edward Burleson, Sr. Papers, 1835-1853, 1922 Original EAD encoding by Shelley Rowland according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Burleson, Edward, 1798-1851 Edward Burleson, Sr. Papers 1835-1853, 1922 Materials are written in English. 19 items. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Correspondence, deeds, legal documents, and article of agreement concern the career of Edward Burleson, Sr. Biographical Note

Edward Burleson, Sr. (1798-1851), member of Stephen Fuller Austin’s second colony; military commander at San Jacinto, in the Cherokee War, and during the Mexican War; and politician who served as vice president of the Republic of Texas (1841) and state senator (1846-1851).

 Scope and Contents

Correspondence, deeds, legal documents, and article of agreement concern the career of Edward Burleson, Sr. The papers relate to Texan military activities before and during 1836, the Cherokee War, the Mexican War, and slave transactions. A letter from David S. Kaufman to General Burleson concerns Kaufman’s reelection to the Texas Congress and request for Burleson to support his election as Speaker. Five items are original documents, and the rest are copies.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Burleson, Edward, 1798-1851 -- Archives. Kaufman, David S. (David Spangler), 1813-1851. Subjects Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836. Preferred Citation

Edward Burleson, Sr. Papers, 1835-1853, 1922, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2B158 Letters, 1835-1836, 1838-1839, 1842, and 1922 2B158 Legal documents and accounts, 1837-1840, 1853, and undated 3S167 Oversize deeds, 1839, 1844 2B158 [2009-047]: 2B158 Letter, David S. Kaufman to Burleson, September 16, 1839