A Guide to the Thomas William Chambers Papers, 1824-1896
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Chambers, Thomas William | |
| Title: | Chambers, Thomas William Papers | |
| Dates: | 1824-1896 | |
| Abstract: | The Thomas William Chambers Papers include correspondence, account papers, legal documents, land papers, and printed material, relating to the career of Chambers, Bastrop County farmer and cattleman. | |
| Extent: | 5 in. | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Sketch
Thomas William Chambers (d. 1855), Bastrop County farmer and cattleman, was married to Margaret Barker (formerly Mrs. Josiah Wilbarger). They owned and operated the Chambers plantation, which dealt with cotton sales, slave sales, and land transactions in Bastrop, Texas.
Source: RootsWeb, Ancestry.com. "Bastrop Cemetery Links." http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txbastro/cemetery.htm (accessed July 6, 2010).
Scope and Contents
The Thomas William Chambers Papers, 1824-1896, include correspondence, account papers, legal documents, land papers, and printed material. The papers pertain to business and personal affairs of Chambers and his family, including plantation life, the sale of cotton, the sale of slaves, and land transactions.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Use Restrictions
Unrestricted use.
Index Terms | ||
| Subjects (Persons) | ||
| Chambers, Thomas William--Archives. | ||
| Chambers, W. P. | ||
| Chambers, Margaret | ||
| Wilbarger family | ||
| Fields, William | ||
| Borden, Gail, 1801-1874 | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Plantation life--Texas | ||
| Farming--Texas | ||
| Cotton trade--Texas | ||
| Slavery--Texas | ||
| Places | ||
| Bastrop (Tex.) | ||
| Bastrop County (Tex.) | ||
Separated Material
Some material has been separated to the Artifact Collection and to the Library Unit. See list of separated items in Box 2C442. |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Thomas William Chambers Papers, 1824-1896, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Mattie Hatcher, May 1929. Subsequent revisions were made by Sara Clark, January 1985.
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
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| 2C442 | Papers | ||||||||||||
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| 3S167 | Oversize materials | ||||||||||||
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| 2.116/OD1273 | Oversize materials | ||||||||||||