Autograph Document, Signed, Regarding Testimony in the Murder Case of Richard E. Waterhouse of San Augustine, Texas

by Richard E. Waterhouse, R. F Slaughter

$2,750 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Signed

Murder in Texas during the Civil War. A detailed, closely-written report concerning the testimony of three suspects in the murder of Richard E. Waterhouse in San Augustine, Texas in 1863. Waterhouse was a Seminole War and Mexican-American War veteran who ascended to the rank of colonel in Tennessee before moving his family to East Texas in 1849, where he opened a general store and speculated in real estate. In 1859, Waterhouse was elected to the Texas State Legislature as

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