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San Jacinto Museum of History
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library
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Finding Aid
ADELE BRISCOE LOOSCAN COLLECTION
MARY JANE HARRIS BRISCOE PAPERS
1828 - 1903 (Bulk: 1849 - 1891)
Manuscript Collection: MC056
Size: 3.2 linear feet
Boxes: 9
OCLC No: 50150081
Acquisition: Mr. and Mrs. George A. Hill, Jr., Houston Public Library, Annie Hume, 1939 - 1940
Restrictions on Access: None
Terms Governing Use: Open for research by appointment.
Processed by: Sandra Eileen Yates, 2002.
Publication Rights: Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Citation: [Identification of Item], Mary Jane Harris Briscoe Papers, MC056, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.
Creator Sketch:
Mary Jane Harris Briscoe was born at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, on August 17, 1819, one of four children of John Richardson and Jane Birdsall Harris. When John R. Harris left Missouri for Texas in 1824, Jane Harris and her children returned to New York. After the death of Harris in 1829 in New Orleans, Jane waited until 1833 when her eldest son was mature to travel to Texas and claim her inheritance. Mary Jane remained in New York and attended finishing school until allowed to proceed to Texas. She joined her family in Harrisburg in the fall of 1836 and soon became known as the “Belle of Buffalo Bayou.” On her eighteenth birthday she married Andrew Briscoe. The couple lived in Houston where their son Parmenas was born and later moved to Harrisburg where they had another four children. Of their five children, four lived to adulthood: Parmenas (1839 – 1906), Andrew Birdsall (1841 – 1912), Jesse Wade (1845 – 1920), and Adele Lubbock (1848 – 1935).
On October 4, 1849, Andrew died of yellow fever in New Orleans leaving his widow and children without a means of support. Mary Jane and her children moved to her father-in-law’s plantation near Port Gibson, Claiborne County, Mississippi, and remained there until after General Parmenas’ death. In 1852 she returned to Texas settling first in Anderson and later in Galveston and Harrisburg. In 1874 she moved to Houston to live with her son, Parmenas.
On July 18, 1881, as a widow of a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, she received a donation grant of 1,280 acres. She was a charter member of the Ladies’ Reading Club, the first woman’s club in Houston, and served as the treasurer until her death. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas was organized at the Briscoe home in 1891 where the local chapter continued to meet. She served as vice president of the DRT until 1897. Active in the Texas Veterans Association, Briscoe was held in high esteem by many of the veterans. Mary Jane founded Sheltering Arms, a home for needy women in Houston, and served as the first president. She wrote sketches and reminiscences and was a charter member of the Texas State Historical Association, of which she was elected an honorary life member in 1897. Briscoe became an invalid after suffering a fall in 1899 and died in Houston on March 8, 1903. She was buried in Glenwood Cemetery.
Bibliography:
“BRISCOE, MARY JANE HARRIS.” The Handbook of Texas Online.
Looscan, Adele Lubbock Briscoe. A Brief Sketch of the Life and Characteristics of Mrs. Mary
Jane Briscoe : Showing the Estimation In Which She Was Held by Her Friends and the
Public Generally. Houston: A.C. Gray, 1905.
Scope and Content Note:
Correspondence, creative works, journals, financial documents, printed materials, scrapbooks, legal documents and notes and memoranda record the life of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe.
Archivist’s Note:
All other papers from the Adele Briscoe Looscan Collection are related to Mary Jane Harris Briscoe. All photographs are located in the Adele Briscoe Looscan Papers.
MARY JANE HARRIS BRISCOE PAPERS,1828 - 1903 (Bulk: 1849 - 1891)
Manuscript Collection: MC056
Size: 3.2 linear feet
Boxes: 9
Inventory
Correspondence: 1828 - 1903 (Bulk: 1836 - 1899)
Size: 1.6 linear feet
Boxes: 4
Correspondence received from friends, family, and businesses documents the life of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe. Long-time correspondents include Francis R. Lubbock (46), her servant Carrie Phelps (13), and friend Jessie Wade (11). Substantial correspondence from family members demonstrates the pivotal position Briscoe held within her immediate and extended family. A 1835 letter from DeWitt Clinton Harris discusses his role in the Anahuac Disturbance. Except for letters from Emily Briscoe (37), significant correspondence with her Briscoe in-laws ended with her return to Texas 3 years after Andrew's death. Letters from her son Andrew Birdsall Briscoe (62) and his wife Annie Payne Briscoe (47) record their lives as they establish a ranch, raise children, and later deal with Annie's prolonged illness. A lifelong correspondence with brother Lewis Birdsall Harris (1832 - 1890) deals with family, travel, and business in New York, Texas, and California. Correspondence from other members of her extensive family concerns genealogical investigations, family affairs, and financial matters. Correspondence sent includes letters to James Briscoe, the executor of her husband's will. Of particular interest are 5 spirit letters (n.d.) written most likely during a series of seances. Respondents during the seance include General Parmenas Briscoe and Andrew Briscoe, and discuss the Battle of San Jacinto and life after death. Letters shared with Briscoe comprise third party correspondence. Of interest are 2 letters to Nina from Lou discussing Nina’s flight from her husband, Stanley, and his reactions.
Series: Correspondence: Received
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
131 |
1 |
Charles P. Babcock |
1876, 09/27-12/27 |
|
131 |
2 |
Thomas Carothers |
1851-1861, n.d. |
|
131 |
3 |
Thomas S. Cook |
1864-1866 |
|
131 |
4 |
Leland J. Cox |
1852-1853 |
|
131 |
5 |
William R. Devoe |
1864-1865 |
|
131 |
6 |
David Harrison |
1837-1855 |
|
131 |
7 |
Leonly B. Harrison |
1855-1881 |
|
131 |
8 |
Jane Ingersoll |
1834-1836, n.d. |
|
131 |
9 |
Mary Jones |
1892, 01/21-4/08, n.d. |
|
131 |
10 |
Adele Lubbock |
1850-1853, n.d. |
|
131 |
11 |
F. R. Lubbock |
1852--1863 |
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
131 |
12 |
F. R. Lubbock |
1867-1900, n.d. |
|
131 |
13 |
A. O. Lynn |
1878-1880 |
|
131 |
14 |
Carrie Phelps |
1887-1889, n.d. |
|
131 |
15 |
E. Scurry |
1885-1888 |
|
131 |
16 |
B. A. Shephard & Burke |
1852-1853 |
|
131 |
17 |
R. Sproull |
1867-1880, n.d. |
|
131 |
18 |
Jessie Wade |
1843-1848, n.d. |
|
131 |
19 |
Bertha E. Willis |
1898-1899 |
|
131 |
20 |
General: A – D |
1835-1899, n.d. |
|
131 |
21 |
General: E-H |
1833-1899 |
|
131 |
22 |
General: K – N |
1832-1902, n.d. |
|
131 |
23 |
General: O – S |
1834-1900, n.d. |
|
131 |
24 |
General: T- W |
1834-1901, n.d. |
|
131 |
25 |
Unknown |
1855-1877, n.d. |
|
132 |
1 |
Family: M. Birdsall |
1880-1888 |
|
132 |
2 |
Family: Andrew B. Briscoe |
1861-1881 |
|
132 |
3 |
Family: Andrew B. Briscoe |
1884-1899, n.d. |
|
132 |
4 |
Family: Annie Briscoe |
1878-1886 |
|
132 |
5 |
Family: Annie Briscoe |
1886-1895 |
|
132 |
6 |
Family: Carrie Briscoe |
1884-1890, n.d. |
|
132 |
7 |
Family: Elizabeth Z. Briscoe |
1840-1845 |
|
132 |
8 |
Family: Emily Briscoe |
1838-1886 |
|
132 |
9 |
Family: Emily Briscoe |
1888-1889, n.d. |
|
132 |
10 |
Family: James M. Briscoe |
1849-1851 |
|
132 |
11 |
Family: James W. Briscoe |
1849-1851 |
|
132 |
12 |
Family: Mary Payne “Mamie” Briscoe |
1883-1899, n.d. |
|
132 |
13 |
Family: Parmenas Briscoe |
1854-1895 |
|
132 |
14 |
Family: Phillip A. Briscoe |
1851-1853 |
|
132 |
15 |
Family: Robert P. Briscoe |
1852-1853 |
|
132 |
16 |
Family: Sophie Briscoe |
[1852], n.d. |
|
132 |
17 |
Family: William P. Briscoe |
1850-1853 |
|
132 |
18 |
Family: Lorenzo H. Chamberlain |
1880, 02/25-05/02 |
|
132 |
19 |
Family: Mary E. Flynn |
1874-1879 |
|
132 |
20 |
Family: DeWitt Clinton Harris |
1832-1853, n.d. |
|
132 |
21 |
Family: Caroline Harris |
1836-1839 |
|
133 |
1 |
Family: Jane Harris |
1849-1855 |
|
133 |
2 |
Family: John B. Harris |
1849-1852 |
|
133 |
3 |
Family: Lewis B. Harris |
1832-1867 |
|
133 |
4 |
Family: Lewis B. Harris |
1867-1887 |
|
133 |
5 |
Family: Lewis B. Harris |
1887-1890, n.d. |
|
133 |
6 |
Family: Minnie Harris |
1884-1896 |
|
133 |
7 |
Family: Jesse Wade Briscoe Howe |
1869 – 1900, n.d. |
|
133 |
8 |
Family: Milton Howe
|
1898-1899 |
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
133 |
9 |
Family: Annie and Mary Columbia “Lummie” Hume |
1886-1895 |
|
133 |
10 |
Family: S. B. Logan |
1851-1868 |
|
133 |
11 |
Family: Adele Briscoe Looscan |
1876-1888 |
|
133 |
12 |
Family: Adele Briscoe Looscan |
1888-1900, n.d. |
|
133 |
13 |
Family: Michael Looscan |
1881-1888 |
|
133 |
14 |
Family: Helen and Ella Montgomery |
1876-1887 |
|
133 |
15 |
Family: Clara Shaifer |
1850-1853, n.d. |
|
133 |
16 |
Family: Helen F. Story |
1899, n.d. |
|
133 |
17 |
Family: Mildred Thatcher |
1878-1888, n.d. |
|
133 |
18 |
Family: S. M. Thatcher |
1878-1888 |
|
133 |
19 |
Family: Eliza Van Tuyl |
1828-1856 |
|
134 |
1 |
Family: General : B |
1835-1887, n.d. |
|
134 |
2 |
Family: General: G –T |
1834-1897, n.d |
|
134 |
3 |
Family: Unknown |
1873-1887, n.d. |
|
134 |
4 |
Invitations |
1838-1900, n.d. |
Series: Correspondence: Sent
|
134 |
5 |
James M. Briscoe |
1849-1851 |
|
134 |
6 |
General |
1837-1890, n.d. |
Series: Correspondence
|
134 |
7 |
Spirit Letters |
n.d. |
|
134 |
8 |
Third Party |
1849-1888, n.d. |
Series: Correspondence: Envelopes
|
134 |
9 |
Birdsall family |
1884-1888, n.d. |
|
134 |
10 |
Andrew B. Briscoe |
1884-1890, n.d. |
|
134 |
11 |
Annie Briscoe |
1881-1890, n.d. |
|
134 |
12 |
Emily Briscoe |
1884-1888, n.d. |
|
134 |
13 |
Briscoe family |
1883-1890, n.d. |
|
134 |
14 |
Lewis B. Harris |
1885-1890, n.d. |
|
134 |
15 |
Harris family |
1884-1889 |
|
134 |
16 |
Howe family |
1887-1900 |
|
134 |
17 |
Looscan family |
1884-1888, n.d. |
|
134 |
18 |
F. R. Lubbock |
1881-1902, n.d. |
|
134 |
19 |
Thatcher family |
1883-1885, n.d. |
|
134 |
20 |
General |
1840-1885, n.d. |
|
134 |
21 |
General |
1886-1889 |
|
134 |
22 |
General |
1892-1903 |
|
134 |
23 |
General |
n.d. |
Journals: 1870 - 1894
Size: .4 linear feet
Box: 1
A series of journals (1870 - 1894) records the daily life of Mary Jane Harris Briscoe including observations on the weather and people encountered. Several journals held previous functions. In the journal dated 1885-1886, the first 30 pages contain a surveyor’s instruction manual and the back page has the title of “Concord Purchases.” The journal dated 1889-1891 begins as an account book ranging from 1855 to 1885 and the financial information is in the front of the journal dated 1891. Of interest is a journal kept from 1870 - 1873 and records trips to California (1870) and Woodstock, Ontario (1873) that includes pressed flowers and plants among its pages.
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
135 |
1 |
Trip to California and Woodstock, Ontario |
1870 - 1873 |
|
135 |
2 |
Trip to California and Woodstock, Ontario: Bouquet |
1870 - 1873 |
|
135 |
3 |
Trip to California and Woodstock, Ontario: Pressed Flowers |
1870 - 1873 |
|
135 |
4 |
Annual Journal |
1885 - 1886 |
|
135 |
5 |
Tablet |
1888, 01/17-11/08 |
|
135 |
6 |
Tablet |
1888, 05/12-06/24 |
|
135 |
7 |
Tablet |
1888 |
|
135 |
8 |
Sheets of Paper |
1888 |
|
135 |
9 |
Tablets |
1889-1890 |
|
135 |
10 |
Annual Journal |
1889-1891 |
|
135 |
11 |
Tablet |
1891, 04/04-04/07 |
|
135 |
12 |
Annual Journal |
1891-1892 |
|
135 |
13 |
Memorandum Books |
1893-1894 |
Financial: 1837 - 1901 (Bulk: 1881 - 1883)
Size: .4 linear feet
Box: 1
Account books, bank drafts, statements of account / receipts, and treasurer's reports to the Ladies' Reading Club reveal a woman managing her own financial affairs. Included in the daily account books is one devoted to the savings account of her servant, Carrie Phelps. Also of interest are two account books, possibly of sharecroppers, labeled "Outstanding accounts to Nov. 30," undated, with one devoted to colored debtors and one to white debtors. The bulk of the financial documents concern the building of Briscoe's house with her son Parmenas at 620 Crawford Street in Houston, Texas, and include estimates from contractors and lists of materials. Of particular interest are receipts related to the death of Andrew Briscoe including one for $78 for a walnut, lead-lined casket on October 4, 1849; 2 steamboat tickets on October 7 and 18 from and then returning to New Orleans, and one for $150 in 1851 for a marble tomb erected in memory of Andrew Briscoe.
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
136 |
1 |
Account Books |
1837-1839 |
|
136 |
2 |
Account Books |
1849-1853 |
|
136 |
3 |
Account Books |
1861 |
|
136 |
4 |
Account Books |
1881-1889 |
|
136 |
5 |
Account Books |
1893, n.d. |
|
136 |
6 |
Account Books |
1899-1901 |
|
136 |
7 |
Account Books: Carrie Phelps |
1884-1886 |
|
136 |
8 |
Account Books |
n.d. |
|
136 |
9 |
Account Books |
n.d. |
|
136 |
10 |
Account Books: Slate Notebook and Pencil |
n.d. |
|
136 |
11 |
Accounts: Fragments |
1873, n.d. |
|
136 |
12 |
Banking: Drafts |
1870 - 1889 |
|
136 |
13 |
Estimates: House Construction |
1882 - 1883, n.d. |
|
136 |
14 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: A. Bering & Bros. |
1883 |
|
136 |
15 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: R. Cotter & Co. |
1880-1881 |
|
136 |
16 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: A. Cramer |
1880-1881 |
|
136 |
17 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: W. L. Foley |
1880, 12/31, n.d. |
|
136 |
18 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: Thomas R. Franklin |
1877-1880, n.d. |
|
136 |
19 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: E. V. Henderson |
1881, 02-06 |
|
136 |
20 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: A. M. Kleiber |
1880-1881 |
|
136 |
21 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: W. J. Lettegast & Bros. |
1881, n.d. |
|
136 |
22 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: R. W. McLin |
1879-1880 |
|
136 |
23 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: B. A. Shepherd & Burke |
1852 - 1853 |
|
136 |
24 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: A. L. Steele |
1883 |
|
136 |
25 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: M. Stubenrauch |
1880-1881 |
|
136 |
26 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: S. Taliafero |
1875 - 1881 |
|
136 |
27 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: Texas Lamp & Oil Co. |
1880-1881 |
|
136 |
28 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: General A – W |
1849 - 1894 |
|
136 |
29 |
Statements of Account / Receipts: Third Party |
1878, 1884 |
|
136 |
30 |
Treasurer’s Report: Ladies Reading Club |
1888-1897, n.d. |
Legal: 1853 - 1903
Size: 31 items
Box: n/a
Report cards of Parmenas, Andrew Birdsall, and Jesse Wade Briscoe from Anderson, Texas, 5 drafts of Mary Jane Briscoe’s will, leases, and court costs from Briscoe’s suit against A. W. and Virginia Scoble in 1876 briefly record Mary Jane Briscoe’s legal affairs.
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
137 |
1 |
Report Cards: Parmenas, Andrew Birdsall, Jesse |
1853-1855 |
|
137 |
2 |
Wills |
1891-1902, n.d. |
|
137 |
3 |
General |
1869-1899 |
Estate of Mary Jane Briscoe: 1903
Size: 53 items
Box: n/a
Receipts related to Briscoe's last illness and funeral expenses, legal documents, written memorials, and floral tribute cards demonstrate the high regard held for Mary Jane Briscoe. Of interest is the memorial by the legislative committee appointed to view the San Jacinto Battlefield. Hearing of her death while on the battlefield, they picked wild violets and sent them to be placed upon her bier. A map included in the legal documents delineates the boundaries between her properties and those of Virginia Scoble in Harrisburg.
|
137 |
4 |
Financial and Legal Documents |
1903 |
|
137 |
5 |
Memorials |
1903 |
|
137 |
6 |
Ephemera: Floral Tribute Cards: Clubs |
1903, 03/11 |
|
137 |
7 |
Ephemera: Floral Tribute Cards: People |
1903, 03/11 |
Printed Materials: 1835 - 1903 (Bulk: 1882 - 1895)
Size: .2 linear feet
Box: 1
Calling cards, memorials and funeral notices, price lists, circulars, programs, and materials from the Alamo Monument Association, the Daughters of the Revolution, and the Texas Veterans Association record the interests and activities of Mary Jane Briscoe. Calling cards (21) from her early days as the "Belle of Buffalo Bayou" include 2 from Sam Houston. A catalog from the Memorial Card Company displaying funeral stationery with epigrams in English and German demonstrates the role of mourning in 19th century life. Also of interest are circulars from the Meadville Female Seminary, Meadville, Pennsylvania (1835) and the Houston Light Guard (1878). Election ballots from August 1861 contain the name of Briscoe friend, F. R. Lubbock.
Series: Printed Materials
|
137 |
8 |
Alamo Monument Association |
1889, n.d. |
|
137 |
9 |
Business Cards |
n.d. |
|
137 |
10 |
Calling Cards |
n.d. [pre-1838] |
|
137 |
11 |
Calling Cards |
n.d. [late 1800s] |
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
137 |
12 |
Catalogue: Memorial Card Co. |
1886 |
|
137 |
13 |
Daughters of the Revolution |
1892, n.d. |
|
137 |
14 |
Ephemera: Chinese characters written on red paper |
ca. 1870 |
|
137 |
15 |
Memorials & Funeral Notices |
1867 - 1888, n.d. |
|
137 |
16 |
Price Lists |
1882 - 1889, n.d. |
|
137 |
17 |
General |
1835 - 1884, n.d. |
Series: Printed Materials: Texas Veterans Association
|
137 |
18 |
Annual Meetings Materials |
1886 - 1902, n.d. |
|
137 |
19 |
Certificates of Membership |
1873 - 1903 |
|
137 |
20 |
Circulars |
1896 - 1903 |
|
137 |
21 |
Pamphlets: "Annual Address to the Texas Veteran's Association at It's 13th Annual Reunion in Dallas" John Henry Brown |
1886, 04/21 |
|
137 |
22 |
Pamphlets: "Proceedings of the Texas Veterans Association at Their Twenty-second Annual Reunion" |
1895, 04/21 |
Creative Works: 1846 – 1902
Size: .6 linear feet
Box: 2
Collected works, manuscripts, notes, and recipes illuminate the intellectually active and curious life of Mary Jane Briscoe. Of particular interest in the collected works is an excercise book (1871 - 1875) from the Young Ladies Boarding & Day School at the corner of Crawford and McKinney streets in Houston, Texas, and a school notebook, possibly belonging to Annie Belle Harris. Manuscripts include studies of history, literature, and biography. The bulk are lectures about various literary figures, such as Francis Bacon and Walter Scott, written for the Ladies Reading Club. Other manuscripts include a lengthy history of Harris County, and biographical sketches of Andrew Briscoe and Lorenzo de Zavala. A rough draft of a play about the Texas Revolution with W. B. Travis as one of the characters demonstrates Briscoe’s interest in writing and history. Briscoe dictated an 1899 recollection entitled “Houston In Its First Year.” Briscoe’s notes document her historical research and other interests and correlate with her manuscripts. Genealogy notes contain printed materials (2) and brief memoranda (3) giving insight into Mary Jane Briscoe’s genealogical research. There are 6 recipes.
Series: Creative Works: Collected
|
138 |
1 |
Notebook of Annie Belle Harris |
1871-1875 |
|
138 |
2 |
"Trip From New Orleans to Galveston, 1846" by F. Roemer |
1846 |
|
138 |
3 |
"Trip Up Buffalo Bayou" by F. Roemer |
n.d. |
|
138 |
4 |
Mary Saunders |
1901-1902 |
|
Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
138 |
5 |
Poetry |
1891-1897, n.d. |
|
138 |
6 |
Prose |
1884, 04/21 |
Series: Creative Works: Manuscripts
|
138 |
7 |
American Revolution |
n.d. |
|
138 |
8 |
Battle of San Jacinto |
n.d. |
|
138 |
9 |
Biographical Sketch of Andrew Briscoe |
n.d. |
|
138 |
10 |
Biography of Benjamin R. Milam |
n.d. |
|
138 |
11 |
Dauphine of 1418 |
n.d. |
|
138 |
12 |
Francis Bacon |
n.d. |
|
138 |
13 |
History of Harris County |
1885 |
|
138 |
14 |
Houston In Its First Year |
1899 |
|
138 |
15 |
Hotel des Invalides |
n.d. |
|
138 |
16 |
In Memorium to Mrs. Jane Gray |
n.d. |
|
138 |
17 |
John Trumbull |
n.d. |
|
138 |
18 |
Biography of Lorenzo de Zavala |
n.d. |
|
138 |
19 |
“Old Age Comes Creeping...” |
n.d. |
|
138 |
20 |
Play |
n.d. |
|
138 |
21 |
Religious Persecution |
n.d. |
|
138 |
22 |
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford |
n.d. |
|
138 |
23 |
Sir Walter Scott |
n.d. |
|
138 |
24 |
Travels in Texas |
n.d. |
|
138 |
25 |
Tribute to Prof. Jacob Ennis |
1889, 01/12 |
Series: Creative Works: Notes
|
139 |
1 |
Andrew Versalius |
n.d. |
|
139 |
2 |
Book Reviews |
ca. 1890 |
|
139 |
3 |
Botany |
1885 |
|
139 |
4 |
Extracts from Herodotus |
n.d. |
|
139 |
5 |
Genealogy |
1881-1892, n.d. |
|
139 |
6 |
Pyramid of Cholula |
n.d. |
|
139 |
7 |
Texas History |
n.d. |
|
139 |
8 |
General |
1849-1881, n.d. |
Series: Creative Works: Recipes
|
139 |
9 |
Recipes |
n.d. |
|
139 |
10 |
Recipes Notebook |
n.d. |
Notes and Memoranda: 1870 - 1889
Size: 10 items
Box: n/a
Notes and memoranda include a list with names of people Mary Jane Briscoe met at the 1887 Texas Veterans Association annual meeting, a shopping list, and notes written on envelopes.
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Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
139 |
11 |
Lists |
1883-1889, n.d. |
|
139 |
12 |
Envelopes |
1870, n.d. |
Scrapbooks: n.d.
Size: 2 items
Box: n/a
Two scrapbooks record the thoughts and interests of the creator of the scrapbook. One contains primarily newspaper clippings from the late 19th century. The other is inscribed “To Miss Jesse A. Brown by her friend Mrs. Briscoe” and contains clippings, copied works, and a pencil drawing.
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Location |
Title |
Dates |
|
Range 14 |
Shelf 3 |
Scrapbook |
n.d. |
|
Range14 |
Shelf 3 |
Scrapbook: Jessie A. Brown |
n.d. |
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