Box 1
Container
Contains 18 Collections and/or Records:
“Copy of the Will of Grandma Stone”
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
Peter W. Gray’s speech to the Democratic Convention, at Austin, January 8, 1852
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
Address to Citizens of Houston by Peter Gray on the African Slave Trade, May 30, 1859
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
“There is no Liberty without Law” Lecture given by Peter Gray before the Houston Lyceum February 28th, 1853
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
“There is no Liberty without Law” Lecture given by Peter Gray before the Houston Lyceum February 28th, 1853 -- abbreviated version
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
Texas State Historical Society transcript of meeting, May 21st, 1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Texas State Historical Society May 23rd, 1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870
Constitution or Articles of Organization of the Texas Historical Society May 23rd, 1870
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Judge Peter W. Gray papers include extensive handwritten documents on several of Gray’s early Texas district court cases, lectures, speeches, and official documents concerning the creation and organization of the Texas Historical Society. Court cases relate to murder, slavery, counterfeiting, the legal nature of circumstantial evidence and self defense; the notes related to these cases are generally Judge Gray’s direction to juries. The speeches include a speech given by Gray at the...
Dates:
1841-1870