urn:taro:utexas.cah.01700 A Guide to the John E. Campbell Letters, 1858-1861 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. July 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Campbell, John E. Campbell, John E., Letters 1858-1861 Materials are written in English. 11 items Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The John E. Campbell Letters, 1858-1861, written by Campbell to his brother concern his health and farm, Indian threats on the frontier, the Cortina Wars, the national political scene, and local conditions. He also discusses Texas politics related to the split in the Democratic party, rise of the Know-Nothing party, and political candidacy and elections. The letters also concern the threatened duel between Anthony Banning Norton and John Marshall, Secession resolutions in Texas Legislature, Secession Convention, beginning of Civil War in Texas, mobilization of troops, disruption of mail service, unreliability of rumors, and change-over from cotton to foodstuffs production. Biographical Note

John E. Campbell was a teacher and farmer in Austin and Mountain Home, Texas.

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The John E. Campbell Letters, 1858-1861, written by Campbell to his brother concern his health and farm, Indian threats on the frontier, the Cortina Wars, the national political scene, and local conditions. He also discusses Texas politics related to the split in the Democratic party, rise of the Know-Nothing party, Sam Houston’s gubernatorial candidacy (1859) and proposed presidential candidacy (1860), senatorial candidacies of Louis Trezevant Wigfall and Lemuel Dale Evans, election of John Henninger Reagan to U. S. Congress (1859), and election of Francis Menefee White as commissioner of General Land Office. The letters also concern the threatened duel between Anthony Banning Norton and John Marshall, Secession resolutions in Texas Legislature, Secession Convention, beginning of Civil War in Texas, mobilization of troops, disruption of mail service, unreliability of rumors, and change-over from cotton to foodstuffs production.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Campbell, John E. Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 Baker, William M. (Willliam Mumford), 1825-1883. McKinney, Thomas Freeman, 1801-1871. Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant), 1816-1874. Evans, Lemuel D. (Lemuel Dale), 1810-1877. Reagan, John H. (John Henninger), 1818-1905. White, Francis Menefee, 1811-1897 Norton, A. Banning (Anthony Banning), 1821-1893 Marshall, John Subjects (Organizations) American Party -- Texas. Democratic Party (U.S.) Texas. Convention (1861). Subjects Elections -- Texas. Places United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865. Texas -- Politics and government -- 1846-1865. Austin (Tex.) Travis County (Tex.) Mountain Home (Tex.) Preferred Citation

John E. Campbell Letters, 1858-1861, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

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Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s “History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project,” 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2J143 Letters, 1858-1861