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This sale is for one very fine HISTORIC Letter

 from The

Banking Law & Collection Office

of

Stewart & Habicht 

located in

Austin, Texas

in the year of 1886

Names top Left are noted as:

Joe H. Stewart & A.E. Habricht

tiny print top right notes the printing company as:

A. Gast & Co. St. Louis & New York

The letter is signed by 

Joe H. Stewart

historical Notes: Stewart, Joseph H. (1846–1912).Joseph H. Stewart, public servant and promoter of the State Fair of Texas. He was born in Alamance County, North Carolina, in 1846, the son of John A. and Nancy (Thompson) Stewart. In 1851 the family moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas, where Stewart attended school. He served in the Confederate Army from 1863 to the end of the war. He then returned to Arkansas and worked as a clerk before moving to Cedar Hill, Texas, in 1867. On December 22, 1867, he married Sarah A. Stewart. He moved to Dallas in 1884, he was a clerk and merchandiser, postmaster, and three-term justice of the peace. In Dallas he was deputy district clerk from 1880 to 1884. In 1888 Sarah died, and in 1891 Stewart married Mary A. Rape. Stewart was a Mason and one of the original promoters of the State Fair of Texas.  

There is a gap in the data that I found from 1884 to 1888 and that is the time period of this letter. I can't be absolutely sure this is the same person but possibly he had business interests outside of Dallas. 

Condition : The letterhead is on thick stock and in great condition. It does have a few punch holes as can be seen in the image. The eBay tag is loose and not part of the sale.  

The approximate size of the pages are 6" x 9 1/2"

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