urn:taro:utexas.cah.01689 A Guide to the John Thomas Brackenridge Papers, 1840-1906 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. June 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Brackenridge, John Thomas Brackenridge, John Thomas Papers 1840-1906 Materials are written in English. 2 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The John Thomas Brackenridge Papers concern Brackenridge’s career as a lawyer and merchant in Boonville, Indiana, as a merchant in Texana, as an officer in the Confederate Army, as a cashier at the San Antonio National Bank, as president of the First National Bank of Austin, and as a landowner in Texas Biographical Sketch

John Thomas Brackenridge (1828-1906), a graduate of Indiana State University and Bloomington Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1851. He worked as a lawyer and merchant in Boonville, Indiana, 1851-1854, before moving to Texana, Texas where he was also a merchant, 1854-1861. Brackenridge joined the Confederate Army in 1862 and served as both a captain of cavalry and a major. After the Civil War, in 1866 Brackenridge worked as a cashier at the San Antonio National Bank and by 1877 became president of the First National Bank of Austin. He died in 1906.

Source: Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. Brackenridge, John Thomas, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/BB/fbr3.html (accessed June 29, 2010).

 Scope and Contents

The John Thomas Brackenridge Papers, 1840-1906 include receipts, leases, deeds, bills of sale, powers of attorney, inventories, speeches, a diary, correspondence, account books, abstracts of titles, legal papers, and newspaper clippings. The papers concern Brackenridge’s career as a lawyer and merchant in Boonville, Indiana, as a merchant in Texana, as an officer in the Confederate Army, as a cashier at the San Antonio National Bank, as president of the First National Bank of Austin, and as a landowner in Texas. Furthermore, the papers relate to Brackenridge’s political activities and personal affairs. The papers also include materials of family members, such as a day book and a ledger belonging to both John Thomas and John Adams Brackenridge.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Brackenridge, John Thomas, 1828-1906--Archives. Brackenridge, John Adams Brackenridge, Mary Eleanor Brackenridge, Robert John Subjects (Organizations) Confederate States of America. Army--1860-1870 San Antonio National Bank First National Bank of Austin Subjects Lawyers--Texas Lawyers--Indiana Merchants--Texas Merchants--Indiana Bankers--Texas Landowners--Texas Places Austin (Tex.) Texana (Tex.) Boonville (Ind.) Preferred Citation

John Thomas Brackenridge Papers, 1840-1906, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Some material has been separated to the Broadside, Map, and Ephemera Collections and to the Library Unit.

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This collection was processed by Lynn Bell, November 1984.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3H77 Account books 3H77 Account papers, 1869-1906 3H78 Miscellaneous 3H78 Fragments 3H78 Newspaper clippings 3H78 Land papers 3H78 Legal and financial papers 3H79 Legal papers 3H79 Letters 3H79 Land papers 3H80 Letters 3H80 Account papers 3H80 Diary, 1890 3H80 Letterpress, R. J. Brackenridge, 1874-1880 3H80 Invoice book of John A. and R. J. Brackenridge, 1849-1955 3H80 Account book, Austin Bible Society, 1866-1900 3H81 Day book of John A. and R. J. Brackenridge, 1847-1861 3H81 Speeches 4K469 John T. and John A. Brackenridge: 4K469 Day book, 1840-1847 4K470 John T. and John A. Brackenridge: 4K470 Ledger, 1841-1855 3S145 Oversize materials, 1878-1899 and undated