1874 JEFFERSON TEXAS letterhead W.H. MASON & THOMAS J. CAMPBELL Attorney LAWYER
PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: I sell ONLY ORIGINAL items and NOT ANY reproductions. This sale is for ONLY ONE RARE & Historical!advertising LETTERHEAD fromTHOMAS J. CAMPBELLat theLAW OFFICE of MASON & CAMPBELLin JEFFERSON, TEXA$during the year of 1874 . Their office was located at the corner of POLK and AUSTIN STREETS .This letter is hand written & signed by T. J. CAMPBELL.W. H. Mason was once a Dallas lawyer and was a former Confederate soldier. CONDITION: Normal letter folds, a small chunk missing from the top, a hole in the center of the letterhead which is slightly to the right. Both of those mentioned defects are visible in the scan. Regardless of those few flaws, this letter is still in pretty darn good shape for its age. The «EBAY ITEM» thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the item that is for sale.THE PICTURE of Thomas J. Campbell is NOT FOR SALE. It is just an image of him so you can see what the man that wrote this letter looked like. Approximate size is 8 1/2″ X 11″ in size. A FEW HISTORICAL NOTES ON T H O M A S J. C A M P B E L L He was born in 1824 in Tennessee. His date of decease is unknown.Terms of ServiceHouse, 15th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)Legislature 4/18/1876 – 1/14/1879 Democrat (1) Representative apportionment – Ordinance adopted by Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, 1875. «Eleventh District – The counties of Marion, Cass, Bowie and Morris shall elect three representatives; Cass to be the returning county.» University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950 1950. (2) Listed as T.J. Campbell in «Ready to make laws. . .Eighty members present (House)» (organization of the 15th Legislature), 4/19/1876, p. 1. Galveston Daily News . (3) T.J. Campbell, Harrison County. House Journal . (4) F.J. Campbell, home address, Jefferson, home county, Marion. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005. (5) F.J. Campbell, Marion County. Texas House of Representatives: a Pictorial Roster 1846-1992 1992. Biographical Notes and Resources Other ResourcesListed in Jefferson, Marion County, Texas. Mason & Campbell – William H. Mason, Thomas J. Campbell. Trow’s Legal Directory and Lawyers’ Record of the United States, 1875, p. 601. Google Books . Census of 1870 – Ths. J. Campbell, Jefferson, Marion County, age 46, lawyer, birthplace Tennessee. HeritageQuest Online . Biography, Thomas J. Campbell, born 1824 in TN. «He is married. . . and resides, with his family, at Jefferson in Marion County,» pp. 69-70. Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878 1876. Committee Information 15th R.S. – 1876 also noted: Education Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds Rules Secretary of State (Chair) TERMS & CONDITIONS:Payment to ebay upon purchase. When you receive your item, PLEASE consider feedback (I will see it) and I will reciprocate feedback at that time. Free shipping to the continental U.S. only. Please see my other items for related historical documents, ephemera and paper collectibles at TexasJohnnyboy Ephemera.Thank you very much and good luck y’all