(TLS) Andrew F. Muir to Cooper K. Ragan. Muir writes that he has read Edwin C. Bears’ Washburn Autumn Raid on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad and finds the paper "impossible" and literary style "monotonously bad." , August 3, 1959

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: Consists of correspondence (25 letters) between Cooper K. Ragan and Rice University history professor Andrew F. Muir. The majority of the correspondence deals with comments on Muir’s published articles and papers, historical information, criticisms of others’ works, and mention of meetings and programs of the Texas Historical Association and the Houston Civil War Roundtable. Two letters, written by Muir, are handwritten, signed. The last two letters (January 30 and 31, 1969) mention Muir’s ill health. Andrew Muir died on February 3, 1969.