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[Letter from W. G. Connor to J. D. Giddings - April 24, 1871]
Letter from W. G. Connor to J. D. Giddings. Connor explains that he has sent Bro. Mood with twelve dollars to give to Giddings, and since he has another subscriber, Connor asks Giddings to pay him back fifteen dollars for a three dollar credit. Connor also says that Giddings needs to pay Dr. F.O. Dannelly of Waxahachie five dollars for paying Giddings' subscription to the Southern Quarterly.
Date:
April 24, 1871
Creator:
Connor, W. G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. W. Hodges to D. C. Giddings - September 28, 1877]
Letter from J. W. Hodges to Col. D. C. Giddings. Discusses how the citizens of Georgetown are making an effort to raise money for Mood's home and expresses appreciation for Giddings' interest in making a contribution.
Date:
September 28, 1877
Creator:
Hodges, J. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. W. Hurley to J. D. Giddings - March 22, 1872]
Letter from C. W. Hurley to J. D. Giddings. Hurley needs the stockholders of the Texas University Committee to make a payment of 5% of the subscription amount to pay for printing expenses and F. A. Mood's salary. Giddings' subscription is $3,000 below the amount called for.
Date:
March 22, 1872
Creator:
Hurley, C. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. D. Dashiell to J. D. Giddings - January 19, 1872]
Letter from B. D. Dashiell to J. D. Giddings. Dashiell tells Giddings that he has received half of the rent owed by Dr. Connor on the boarding house. On Sunday, Dashiell will announce a stockholders' meeting scheduled for Tuesday, where he will tell them of Gidding's proposition.
Date:
January 19, 1872
Creator:
Dashiell, B. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jno. H. McLean to Heber Stone - March 27, 1895]
Letter written by Jno. H. McLean (Southwestern University regent, according to the stationary) to Heber Stone. Expresses appreciation for Stone's visit to Houston on behalf of the university and boasts that university graduates have attained high positions in church and state.
Date:
March 27, 1895
Creator:
McLean, Jno. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. A. Mood to Unnamed Addressee - September 30, 1872]
Letter from F. A. Mood to unnamed addressee. F. A. Mood urgently requests that the addressee attend a meeting concerning the location of Texas University, which will take place on 24 October 1872 in Belton, Bell County, Texas.
Date:
September 30, 1872
Creator:
Mood, F. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Marechal to J. D. Giddings and Morris - June 3, 1872]
Letter from Charles Marechal to Giddings and Morris. Marechal explains that he has heard of a vacant position in the French and German department of Soule University and would like more information as well as advice from Giddings and Morris, who hold considerable influence over the institution. Marechal has spent most of his twenty years in Mobile teaching modern languages and assisting the English department at Barton Academy. His background also includes various positions in institutions in the northern states. He was born and educated in France and has great familiarity with the German language. Marechal has many recommendations and testimonials attesting to his character and competency that he is prepared to send to the university.
Date:
June 3, 1872
Creator:
Marechal, Charles
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John H. Stone to J. D. Giddings - December 21, 1871]
Letter from John H. Stone to J. D. Giddings. Stone presents the "facts" of the financial history of the boarding house at Chappell Hill Female College. He and Mr. Carmer, as part of a joint stock company, were appointed a building committee to work on a female boarding house. Mr. Carmer initially rejected Stone's advice to remodel the existing building and set out to build an entirely new one. After purchasing lumber for the new building, Mr. Carmer realized the project would be too expensive and so returned to Stone's remodeling plan. However, the cost of the remodel turned out to be double what the building committee expected. Mr. Carmer failed to collect more stock before he died, and the stockholders have suffered for it. Mrs. Carmer's agent, B. D. Dashiell was sent to collect rent on the building, but he allowed Dr. Connor to delay this payment. Stone says that Mrs. Carmer should not bring any suit against the company but is welcome to sell her claim.
Date:
December 21, 1871
Creator:
Stone, John H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. A. Mood to J. D. Giddings - January 31, 1876]
Letter from F. A. Mood to Hon. J. D. Giddings. Mood explains that his letter encloses original and duplicate copies of contracts made by the Trustees of Southwestern University regarding Southwestern Life Insurance Company. He asks Giddings to sign and forward the contract at his earliest convenience. Mood then describes how Southwestern has experienced an encouraging influx of students at Christmas and expects more by 21 February, the beginning of the spring term. The university enjoys a high level of scholarship, and Mood hopes for continued blessings for the school.
Date:
January 31, 1876
Creator:
Mood, F. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. W. Hodges to Heber Stone - May 4, 1897]
Letter written by J. W. Hodges to Heber Stone. Includes details of where and when the annual Southwestern University Board of Trustees meeting will take place. Invites Heber Stone to attend.
Date:
May 4, 1897
Creator:
Hodges, J. W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Soule University Report Card for G. A. Giddings]
Report card indicating G. A. Giddings' grades earned at Soule University for the month of February.
Date:
February 1871
Creator:
Soule University
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Chilton to Heber Stone - December 31, 1897]
Letter written by H. Chilton to Hon. Heber Stone. Chilton expresses his thanks and describes what he liked about the address Stone gave at Southwestern University.
Date:
December 31, 1897
Creator:
Chilton, Horace
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. F. Matthews to J. D. Giddings - May 14, 1872]
Letter from J. F. Matthews to J. D. Giddings. Matthews says that Mr. Browning suggests that Giddings should settle a claim according to the terms he described in a previous letter. The money to settle the claim is not available now, but it will be in thirty days.
Date:
May 14, 1872
Creator:
Matthews, J. F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. Carroll Rector to Heber Stone - August 17, 1897]
Letter written by G. Carroll Rector to Heber Stone. Rector informs Stone he would like to pay for the tuition of a student who wishes to continue attending Southwestern University and enter the field of ministry.
Date:
August 17, 1897
Creator:
Rector, G. Carroll
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. R. Jarmon and A. H. Cross to J. D. Giddings and Morris - October 10, 1872]
Letter from W. R. Jarmon and A. H. Cross to Giddings and Morris. W. R. Jarmon and A. H. Cross, of the firm Jarmon & Cross: Lawyers, Collectors and Land Agents, confirm that they have received a letter containing $1 and the Soule University deed from D. Gregg. After having recorded the deed, the partners are returning it to Giddings and Morris in this letter.
Date:
October 10, 1872
Creator:
Jarmon, W. R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. A. Mood to J. D. Giddings - February 18, 1872]
Letter from F. A. Mood to J. D. Giddings. Mood apologizes for being so fussy about a matter where a Mr. Cook refuses to sign anything that he would draw up but demands that Giddings present something to him. This matter is very important to Mood because it would settle his debt to his friend, Captain Smith, who has waited patiently over a year for payment.
Date:
February 18, 1872
Creator:
Mood, F. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. D. Dashiell to J. D. and D. C. Giddings - December 2, 1871]
Letter from B.D. Dashiell to J. D. and D. C. Giddings. Dashiell explains that he has not collected rent from Dr. Connor on the female boarding house and wants the brothers to take up the matter. He will send them a list of the stockholders for the house. He also expresses his appreciation for the Giddings' kindness to Brother Burford.
Date:
December 2, 1871
Creator:
Dashiell, B. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. S. Chesshir to J. D. Giddings - November 26, 1877]
Letter from D. S. Chesshir to Hon. J. D. Giddings. The author expresses his concern that a Mr. Davis has not made his payment and hopes that J. D. Giddings can sort it out before D. S. Chesshir comes to visit Brenham. Mentions surveying land donated to [Southwestern] University.
Date:
November 26, 1877
Creator:
Chesshir, D. S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Chappell to J. D. Giddings - November 2, 1872]
Letter from William Chappell to J. D. Giddings. Chappell begins by stating that he has seen a copy of the order that the Soule University Board of Trustees gave to the Building Committee to hypothecate all of the estate real and personal in order to secure a loan to build a "stone edifice." However, the committee failed to include the Rock Building and donated lands in the hypothecation, and this failure is not the fault of the Board of Trustees because it was explicit in its instructions to include all estate real and personal. Discussing a different matter, he explains how William Keesee with a black man purchased D. Ayrs' land, which had been given to him by his father in Alabama in 1837 or 1838. The deed to Mr. Ayrs' land was not made until after Keesee's death. Ayrs knew that the land had been donated, but Chappell does not know whether he deeded it to the university or his heirs.
Date:
November 2, 1872
Creator:
Chappell, William
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from F. A. Mood to Ann M. Giddings and Louise Giddings - July 12, 1878]
Letter written by F. A. Mood to Mrs. Ann M. Giddings and Miss Louise Giddings. Mood expresses his sympathies for the women's loss and comforts them with religious commentary.
Date:
July 12, 1878
Creator:
Mood, F. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. A. Shaw to Heber Stone - May 14, 1897]
Letter written by W. A. Shaw to Hon. Heber Stone. Shaw explains why he thinks Dr. McLean is an unfit regent for Southwestern University and defends his position in making such a judgement.
Date:
May 14, 1897
Creator:
Shaw, W. A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. D. Dashiell to J. D. Giddings - October 1, 1872]
Letter from B. D. Dashiell to Hon. J. D. Giddings. Dashiell begins by apologizing for the brevity of his previous letter and lays down the "facts" of the Browning suit. Captain T. Smith, the chairman of a committee formed to deal with the Browning claim as well as other claims against Soule University, made efforts to convince Mrs. Browning to give her claim for land, but she has refused. Giddings had served as the main advisor to the Board of Trustees and yet was also serving as Mrs. Browning's attorney, so Giddings suggested that Col. Swearingen take his place as the board's advisor. Dashiell would rather not lose the university without a fair effort to save it. The Trustees are awaiting any agreement Giddings and Swearingen can work out. Dashiell concludes with questions expressing his confusion as to why Mrs. Browning is not satisfied with claiming the land when it would benefit her family.
Date:
October 1, 1872
Creator:
Dashiell, B. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William G. Giddings to D. C. Giddings - May 11, 1871]
Letter from William Giddings to his uncle D.C. Giddings. William discusses his indecision about whether to work on the farm as his uncle suggested or continue with his studies at Soule University. He says that he could, if needed, work during the day and study at night. Next, he talks about the University Stylus school newspaper that includes his name in a list of students who got distinctions and promises to send his uncle a copy. Finally, William says that half of the money raised by the concert was going to fix the debate society room, but the society decided instead to give the money to Mr. Mood to buy a printing press for Soule University.
Date:
May 11, 1871
Creator:
Giddings, William G.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from M. B. Lockett to Heber Stone - July 31, 1897]
Letter written by M. B. Lockett to Heber Stone. Lockett provides the details of when and where the Board of Trustees meeting will take place. Explains the projects that would require the university to take on an additional debt of $1,000.
Date:
July 31, 1897
Creator:
Lockett, M. B.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History