Ira Ingram correspondence
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Politics and government; Description and travel; History
Description: Letters written by Ingram to his cousin, Mercy B. West, of Orange County, Vt., describing events mainly in Matagorda, Tex., but also in Natchez, Miss., New Orleans, La., and elsewhere in the South.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1931.

Born in Vermont, emigrated to Texas from Louisiana in 1826; merchant and public official in Matagorda, Tex.; speaker of the Republic of Texas House of Representatives from 1836 until his death in 1837.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.