Autograph diary containing brief entries for most days of the year 1790. Subjects include Ford's daily activities; the weather; travel to and from Bridgetown; church services; social events with other planters; the arrival and departure of the packet boats from England; and purchases and other financial transactions.
Description:
Annotations on blank leaves in the printed almanac section of the volume concern weather; social appointments; and ship arrivals and departures., Bound with and inscribed in Perch's pocket almanac, calculated by Mr. Thomas Donohue....Barbados: Printed by Tho. Wtt. Perch, MDCCXC [1790]., Entries made from both front and back of volume., Purchased from Ken Spelman, Ltd. on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2011., and Sir Francis Ford (1758-1801) was the only son of the Barbados planter Francis Ford of Lears (1717-1772). He was educated at Lincoln's Inn and St. John's College, Cambridge, and married Mary Anson, daughter of George Anson (1731-1789) in 1785.. Created baronet in 1793, Ford was MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1793-1796. He died in Barbados in 1801 and left his estate to his son, Francis Ford (1787-1839).
Holograph diary, dating from October 16, 1842 to December 3, 1843, in which Trueheart describes his experiences as a prisoner of Mexico after his capture in San Antonio by General Woll. The diary documents his march with other prisoners from Monclova to Perote, Mexico, and his imprisonment at the "Perote Castle." Trueheart describes his daily activities during the march and in prison, lists names of other prisoners held at the castle, and comments on news received regarding the continuing conflict between Texas and Mexico. Laid in is a sheet containing a list of one day's rations for fifty-nine men, signed James L. Trueheart and dated August 17, 1843; a photocopy of James L. Trueheart's one-page oath of identity dated May 28, 1874; and a one-page photocopy of part of a legal document regarding a claim against the Republic of Texas dated July 21, 1851.
Description:
James L. Trueheart came to Texas from Virginia in 1838, settled in San Antonio in 1841, and became Clerk of the District Court. In September 1842, Trueheart was among the Texans captured by General Adrian Woll at San Antonio. He was imprisoned in "Perote Castle" (Castillo de San Carlos, Perote, Mexico), and released on March 22, 1844. Trueheart returned to San Antonio, and later was elected to County and State offices. He died on November 30, 1882. and Purchased from Western Hemisphere, Inc. on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 1971.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico--Description and travel, Mexico--History--1821-1861, Perote (Mexico), and Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846
Subject (Name):
Trueheart, James L., 1815-1852 and Woll, Adrián, 1795-1875
Ethan Allen Hitchcock collection on Indian removal
Container / Volume:
Box 2 | Folder 6
Image Count:
23
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Geographic):
Alabama, Florida, Fort Wayne (Ind.), Georgia, Southern States, and United States--History--1815-1861
Subject (Name):
Hitchcock, Ethan Allen,--1798-1870, Jesup, Thomas Sidney,--1788-1860, United States.--Army--Military life, and United States.--Office of Indian Affairs
Subject (Topic):
Cherokee Indians, Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians, Creek War, 1836, Generals--United States, Indian agents, Indian Removal, 1813-1903, Indians of North America--Alabama, Indians of North America--Florida, Indians of North America--Georgia, Indians of North America--Government relations, Indians of North America--Treaties, Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875, and Soldiers--United States