1996, ISBN: 9789780292683

Nashville, Tenn, 1943. Very good condition. A bloody South Carolina feud between the Timmerman and Logue families which began over a mule kicking a prize calf, and ended with 8 people d… mais…

Nashville, Tenn, 1943. Very good condition. A bloody South Carolina feud between the Timmerman and Logue families which began over a mule kicking a prize calf, and ended with 8 people dead, including the sheriff and his deputy, and with Strom Thurmond as the presiding judge. The essence of the case is that Sue and George Logue hired a man called Clarence Bagwell to kill Davis Timmerman, which assignment Bagwell completed for $500; ultimately Bagwell and the Logues were tried and sentenced to the electric chair.The case was brought before Strom Thurmond, at the time the local judge, because of the killings of the sheriff and deputy. The trial venue had to be moved because the Logues had so many relatives in the county everybody knew them, and also because Strom Thurmond had been having a long term affair with Sue Logue. This was prior to Thurmond's political career as a segregationist presidential candidate.This is the account of the local evangelist W. Roy Stewart, who was the pastor at Langley South Carolina at the time of the feud. He visited the accused at the South Carolina State Penitentiary at the "death house" in January 1943. Stewart writes a detailed account of the case, and recounts praying and talking with the condemned, their thoughts in their last hours, and their executions. He enumerates five lessons he learned from the experience, including "the wages of sin is death" and "how the devil can deceive and lead people".Small 8vo, frontispiece portrait of Stewart, 42pp. OCLC: 11394106 records 3 libraries with copies., 1943, England, 1865. Title 1: The Present State of Dahome. Title 2: A Day Amongst the Fans. London: John Murray, 1865. Published in the Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London. 8vo. 18 pages, unopened. This volume also contains two reports by Burton, "The Present State of Dahome," 8 pages, dealing primarily with the king's annual human sacrifice ceremony, and "A Day Amongst the Fans," 10 pages, dealing with cannibalism and other customs in Gabon territory. Original olive green cloth boards, tooled borders, gilt title to spine. Age-toning to title page, tears to two leafs at margin, otherwise in Very good condition, as issued, most pages remain unopened. In "The Present State of Dahome" Burton sets forth, so stated, to resolve some misconceptions about the customs and ceremonies then taking place in the country known as Dahome. Here, he is rather gracious and tolerant towards King Gelele and his murderous activities. It is interesting to note, however, that in 1893, his wife and must trusted confident, Isabel Burton remarked, "The King treated Richard very well, but... When Richard returned, he told me that he had seen enough dreadful sights to turn his brain." [Preface to the 1893 edition of A mission to Gelele, edited by Isabel Burton.] The infamous annual tradition of massacring humans for sacrifice, and a second previously unknown custom of multiple executions for King Gelele, are vividly described by the notoriously unfettered and fearless explorer. Other unique customs in Kingdom of Dahomey (in present-day Benin) were the dual monarchy, separate male and female courts, and the role of women as the king's soldieresses, all of which Burton also discusses in detail. In 1863, Richard Burton was sent to Dahomey, as an emissary to the king, in an attempt to convince the tribe to end human sacrifice, in particular the annual ritual of killing military captives, and also to influence the King to his abandon his part in the slave trade and cannibalism. At the time, he was established in his consulate at Fernando Po. His extraordinary firsthand account, a lecture read by him before a keenly attentive crowd of learned scientists and diplomats on 22 November 1864, only nine after his Mission to Gelele, Dahome, precedes the imminent release of his book, "A mission to Gelele, King of Dahome..." Excerpt from the text: "In the years 1863-64 I twice visited Dahome, a country whose savage and somewhat peculiar customs have made for it a name in Europe..." "... enabled me to learn a medium of the Ffon or national language... my experience will rectify many popular fancies wide afloat..." "The extent of Danh-ho-men-to ("the land of Dahome") have been grossly exaggerated... now we must reduce Dahome to one-tenth. The northern frontier bordering on the Makhi mountaineers, is a water called Tevi, eighteen hours of landmarch = forty miles from Agbome, the capital, giving a direct distance of one hundred miles. On the north-east... the Iketu, and other Nagos or Yorubans, who have been plundered, but never subjected... Assuming therefore, forty miles as the medium breadth, we obtain a superficies of 4000 square miles... hedged by hostile races..." "The annual customs are called by the people Khwe-ta-nun, or "The Yearly Head Thing"... The number of victims has been greatly swollen by report... During my second visit to Agbome, forty men were put to death. I presume that an equal number of women were sent to the next world, but if so, the executions took place within the palace. The men were all criminals and war captive. No innocent Dahoman is ever killed on these occasions... it has not been violent... the Zan Nyanyana, or Evil Nights, there were two: January 1st and January 5th, 1864." "The king personally superintends the executions... Some are clubbed... others are beheaded... After death, the bodies are exposed in the Uhunjro market for a few days... seated in pairs upon Gold Coast stools, supported by a double-storied scaffold about forty feet high... Between these patibula are gallows... with single or double victims hanging head downwards..." "To conclude the subject of the annual customs, these ceremonies are of two kinds... The second is the So-sin-khwe... no traveller has described its peculiarities of which I am about to publish." End excerpts. In the second account, "A Day Amongst the Fans" Burton describes the peculiar and little-known customs of the Fang tribe in Gabon territory, a clan of the Bantu speaking Beti-Pahuin people. He deals especially with secret cannibalism, grotesque torture, excessive cruelty and religious rites, weaponry, and the perpetual state of war and defence in which the tribe existed. In contrast, he examines areas in which honour is observed, and mentions concern for tribe's extinction in fairly short order. Burton also attended the king's daughter's wedding. In this account Burton writes, "... the Fan character has its ferocious side. Prisoners are tortured with horrible ferocity, and children may be seen licking the blood from the ground... Cruelty seems to be with him a necessary of life; all his highest enjoyments are connected with causing pain and inflicting death." "All carry arms, generally spears of fantastic and cruel shape, dwarf battleaxes, and curious lotus-shaped knives... The dead are decently interred, except slaves, who as usual are thrown into the forest." his is an original, complete volume of the Transactions of the Ethnological Society of London, which, as well as Burton's two reports, also contains explorer James Augustus Grant's paper pertaining to African tribes, titled "On the Native Tribes visited by Captain Speke and Grant in Equatorial Africa." Replete with numerous fascinating accounts of colonial discovery and perspective pertaining to little-known people groups and tribes, other notable contributors to this volume include Alfred Russell Wallace, Sir Francis Galton, and John Crawfurd. . Very Good., 1865, with initial letters in blue, mauve and gold, the right hand one with a beautifully penned border in the outer margin of trailing roses and other flowers, in blue, red, green and gold, together 4 sides 6" x 4½", vellum, Flanders or Northern France, circa The first leaf contains Psalm 29, 'Exaltabo te Domine', 'I will extol Thee, O Lord', (in the Hebrew and KJV Psalm 30), from verse 3b, 'Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit', to the end at verse 12, 'O Lord my God, I will give thanks to thee for ever', the last two letters of 'tibi' being on the second leaf. The second leaf continues with 'Requiem', the antiphon 'Domine a[bs]traxisti ab inferis animam meam', 'Lord thou hast drawn my soul out of hell', and Psalm 39, 'Expectans expectavi', 'I waited patiently for the Lord', (in the Hebrew and KJV Psalm 40), down to verse 6, '... burnt offering and sin offering hast Thou not required'. These are part of the 'Office for the Dead', namely the Vespers, Matins and Lauds of the evening, night and early morning preceding a Requiem Mass and Burial Service. They were also included in books of hours for private use on appropriate occasions., Archive consisting of 374 letters, totaling 1888 pages, (207 retained mailing envelopes), plus over 100 pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera. Of the 374 letters in this collection, 270 are incoming correspondence to Lucy Stephenson Hughes, wife of Texas rancher William George Hughes, an English immigrant to Texas in 1878. Of the letters written to Lucy, 82 were written by her daughter Jeanie, 63 by her son George, and 47 by her son Gerard. George and Gerard were for the most part attending Harvard University at the time they were writing their mother. Lucy wrote 48 of the letters, mostly to her children. Other correspondents to Lucy are her aunts in England (8 letters), a niece Esther Stout in California (18 letters), as well as another family member, Sarah F. Hughes (15 letters). There are other correspondents with Lucy who appear to be friends or associates. Biography of the Hughes Family William "Willy" George Hughes, rancher, was born at Kensington, London, England, on May 29, 1859. He attended Marlborough College and immigrated to America; he arrived in New York on September 15, 1878, reached San Antonio on the twenty-ninth, and immediately entered apprentice training as a shepherd without pay. He soon bought 160 acres of land three miles west of Boerne in Kendall County, where, on March 22, 1879, he began what later became a very successful ranching operation. One of his early achievements was to import the superior Oxfordshire Downs sheep and start developing high-quality breeding stock that brought premium prices. Also, through diversification, outstanding management skills, and hard work, he amassed some 7,000 acres of ranchland of his own and leased several hundred additional acres of state school land. Hughes quickly recognized the potential of Angora goats in his integrated ranching operation and was among the first ranchers to bring this breed to Kendall County. He purchased his seed stock from William M. Landrum of Laguna, Uvalde County, who moved to Texas from California in 1883. When President Grover Cleveland persuaded Congress to reduce import tariffs and Australian wool flooded the United States market in 1887, Hughes immediately switched from sheep to Angora goats and mohair production. Another innovative ranching practice he initiated was to buy cheap mustang mares and breed them to his registered Arabian stallion, thus producing a durable, high-quality riding horse that was popular with the United States Cavalry. During the Spanish-American War he trained and delivered hundreds of horses to cavalry units both in San Antonio and at the Mustang Island staging area near Corpus Christi. Hughes married Lucy C. Stephenson on June 28, 1888. Lucy was born August 18, 1864, at Alston, Nenthead, Cumberland, England. She died sometime after 1940. She was the daughter of John James Stephenson (1821-1895) and Ann Dover Clark (1827-1905). Her parents immigrated to Kendall County, Texas, about 1872, where her father had a farm. The family is found in Kendall in the 1880 Census. After her marriage in 1888, Lucy's mother came to live with her and her husband and they are found together in Kendall County in the 1900 Census. Lucy's sister Ella was also living with them. The couple had three children, Jane Elizabeth "Jeannie" Hughes (1889-1977), George Forbes Hughes (1892-1971), and Gerard "Jerry" Hastings Hughes (1895-1996). In addition to attending her children and keeping house, Lucy, encouraged by her husband, began a productive dairy business with a herd of registered Jersey cows. The dairy sold up to 400 pounds of butter a month in San Antonio. Hughes founded Hastings, Texas, and became its first postmaster on April 17, 1890. The post office was named for his father, William Hastings Hughes. Hughes helped organize the Hastings one-teacher school in the mid-1890s. He wrote numerous articles and scientific papers on raising and marketing Angora goats. He also collaborated with his famous uncle, Thomas Hughes, author of the classic Tom Brown's School Days and founder of Rugby, Tennessee, in writing letters about his early Texas ranching experiences that were later published in a book, GTT -Gone to Texas (1884). Hughes died in a train accident at Bellville, Illinois, on November 25, 1902, while on his way to show his prized Angoras at a northern livestock exhibition. William "Willy" George Hughes was the son of William Hastings Hughes, an established wine importer, who invested in failed land deals with his brother Thomas Hughes, which forced the young Willy to head out on his own to Texas. William George Hughes' uncle Thomas Hughes was a scholar, known for his classic book "Tom Brown's School Days" (1880). Thomas visited America for the first time in 1870 to visit his friend James Russell Lowell. He later founded a Christian-Socialist oriented community at Rugby, Tennessee and edited the book "G.T.T. Gone to Texas" published in London by Macmillan & Co. in 1884. The book includes letters written by Thomas' three nephews (sons of his brother William: William George Hughes, Gerard "Chico" Hughes, and Henry "Harry" Hughes). The book is an excellent account of cattle and sheep ranching in Texas and it was intended by Thomas to be used to help prospective English immigrants to Texas. The book is considered one of the best accounts of Texas immigrants and ranch life. William George Hughes' father William Hastings Hughes, later in life immigrated to New York. William Hastings Hughes' grandfather was John Hughes, an artist and author. His wife Margaret Elizabeth Wilkinson immigrated to Thomas Hughes community at Rugby, Tennessee. John Hughes was the only child of the Rev. Thomas Hughes, vicar of Uffington Church, one of three canons at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England. The Rev. Hughes wife was Mary Ann Watts, friend of Sir Walter Scott. She wrote a biography of Scott. After the death of her husband, Lucy gave up Texas and moved to Massachusetts, where she is found in the 1910 Census living at Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Lucy's sons, George and Gerard, attended Milton Academy. After Milton Academy, George and Gerard attended Harvard together. The boys lived in the "yard" at 42 Matthews Hall, when in the fall of 1916 a notice was posted, which stated the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps (the Army Air Corps of those days) wanted a group of volunteers to enlist for the purpose of learning to fly and becoming Reserve Military Aviators (RMAs). George and Jerry decided to apply together. They were among the vanguard of the early fliers. George had previously had some flying experience when he joined the flying club while attending Dartmouth (1911-1912). They applied and were asked to report to Governor's Island (NYC) for physical examinations in December of 1916. In late February 1917 they were told to travel to Mineola Field (Garden City, Long Island, New York) for one last series of tests, they arrived in April of 1917, just at the time that America entered World War One. The lack of trained military pilot instructors meant that the Hughes brothers were taught by civilians. The Hughes brothers were among the first of the new American pilots and as such, instead of heading to the front and fighting in the war, as they had hoped, they were initially assigned as pilot instructors. After pilot training and even before his commission as lieutenant, George F. Hughes was sent to Dayton, Ohio in July of 1917, to be a flight instructor at the new Wilbur Wright Field. There were simply not enough military instructors so George was hurried into becoming an instructor. By October 1917, George was made squadron commander of the 12th Aero Squadron, moving it from Dayton, Ohio to New York, on to Amanty, France, then to the front. He went from being a flight instructor to being in charge of 10 officers and 150 men and their equipment which formed the 12th Aero Squadron and to make sure everyone and everything arrived in France safely by December 1917. The 12th Aero Squadron was designated an "observation" squadron and were combat ready by May 1918. George flew with the 12th Aero until the middle of July, than was put in command of a new outfit, the 258th Aero Squadron, which he helped to ready. Just as the 258th became combat ready, the war ended. George's brother Jerry, after flight school, was also assigned to a position as flight instructor. His station was at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. He arrived at the new air field in September of 1917. In December 1917, Jerry got orders to proceed to Rich Field, at Waco, Texas. He instructed at Waco until August of 1918, when he was sent to France. Foul weather slowed his training at Issoudun's American flying school. After Issoudun, he spent time at the American gunnery school at St. Jean de Monts, which he completed in a week. He was assigned to a combat unit, but arrived in Toul, France, just as the war ended. The brothers thought they would be with the 258th Aero Squadron as part of the occupying forces in Germany, but George took sick (emotional breakdown) and the brothers came back to New York with most of the other soldiers, being released from service in February of 1919. In 1920, Lucy was found living with her daughter Jeanie in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. Lucy was listed as not working, while Jeanie was a superintendent at a department store. After the war the Hughes brothers bought the Garden City Garage (Garden City, Long Island, New York). Here they ran an airplane and auto mechanic business until 1946. Jerry was active in founding the Garden City Chamber of Commerce and served as its 3rd President. He also helped in a plan to create 6,000 parking spaces in the Garden City area for customers of its businesses, a project that drew national attention for its scope and planning. Lucy in 1925 is found in the New York State Census to be living at Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, with her daughter Jeanie who was now working in real estate and her son Gerard, who had the garage. The two brothers had married: George to Frona Brooks in 1927, and Jerry to Charlotte Christ (1904-1995) in 1928. George and his wife had two children, Octavia and Anita. Jerry and his wife had four children, Anne, Thomas, Jean, and Marian. In the 1930 Census, Lucy and her daughter are living together at Garden City, Long Island (Nassau County), New York. Jeanie is now listed as a "psychologist." The two women are living with Octavia, the daughter of George, who was divorced, living with his daughter Octavia and his sister Jeannie and his mother. Gerard Hughes appears to have outlived everyone in the family, dying in 1995 at 101 years old. His sister Jeannie died in 1977, with Lucy dying sometime after 1940. Description of Archive: 1900 - 1903. 3 letters, 13 pages, 2 envelopes, all three of these letter are to Mrs. Lucy (Stephenson) Hughes, at Hastings, Texas. One is written by S. F. Hughes (Milton, MA) and two from W. Cameron Forbes (Sheridan, WY & Boston, MA). W. Cameron Forbes is likely to be William Cameron Forbes, partner in J. M. Forbes & Co. (he writes to Lucy on the company letterhead). An investment banker, he later became Governor-General of the Philippines (1908-1913) and Ambassador of the United States to Japan (1930-1932). He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes (President of Bell Telephone Company) and Edith Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson). 1912 -1913. 43 letters, 245 pages, 37 envelopes, of these 43 letters, most are written in 1913. Of the 43 letters, 37 are written to Mrs. Lucy (Stephenson) Hughes, including letters from her children George (12), Gerard (8), and Jennie (6). Other letters to Lucy are written by her Aunts (5) from England (Robeston Wathen, Narberth). Sarah F. Hughes writes to Lucy 3 times and 3 times to George Forbes Hughes from Orchard Knoll (Milton, MA). Other letters are written to Lucy from friends, or others. There are also 2 letters written by George, one each to his sister (Jennie) and brother (Gerard) and one letter written by Gerard to his brother George and one letter written by Gerard to his brother George. The letters to Lucy start out addressed to her at Ossipee, New Hampshire, but apparently George temporarily moved to Everett, Washington, There is talk in one letter of George not being able to enter Harvard, but instead going to Washington State, for work. George writes to his family on the letterhead of the "Everett Railway, Light and Water Company," where he apparently worked in its office. Some of the letters from 1913 from Gerard H. Hughes are written when he was attending Harvard University and he and his family are trying to convince George to give up Everett and go to Harvard. The letters offer a look at life at the university at this time. Gerard was living at 42 Gray's Hall in the "yard." One letter talks about unannounced guests, a student dropped by in the middle of the night to crash at his place: "He had with him a futurist picture done by the illustrious Edward Forbes (curator of the Fogg Museum and instructor of art in Harvard - at least that's what grandma told Miss Wakefield. It was news to me). The picture was supposed to represent a nigger in a water-melon patch (Oh those witty Forbes! So Clever!). When Walter went, he said he didn't like carrying that picture because people might think he did it. They would have grounds all right; 'cause he looks like a wandering artist without a cent." The same letter describes a prank pulled on a new Jewish student: "Speaking of kidding people I must tell you about our top floor. The occupants are: Kimball and Richardson (K & R. Co.), Sylvester Rothschild (commonly known as Uncle Roth or simply, Roth) (also "Unk"). Besides these are minor characters: Mr. Zunston Zee, Saffron, & Schoenfeld. Uncle Roth is always on his high horse, and one time bade me not speak to him "in such an authoritative manner." He is a Jew and a Freshman and as green as grass. K & R. Co. have been trying to get his goat all year, and they have succeeded pretty well. The other day they were fooling with him and he bust a window pane. Then they saw their chance. They borrowed Zee's typewriter and wrote a letter for "Unk," in which they stated that they were sorry to inform him that because of disorderly conduct he was placed on probation. They signed the letter with "Henry A. Yeomans." [Yeomans was the dean of the undergraduates] Roth got the letter yesterday and hasn't slept since. He asked the janitor if he had squealed on him, and the janitor said he hadn't. Unk then went and saw his faculty adviser. This august personage fell for it too and said that he couldn't tell how serious it might be, but that he didn't like the sound of "disorderly conduct." Natural the poor goat is wild. He left the letter l, Spectrum Books. New. New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support the African Children's Educational Trust (A-CET). 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. 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1996, ISBN: 9789780292683

Archive consisting of 374 letters, totaling 1888 pages, (207 retained mailing envelopes), plus over 100 pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera. Of the 374 letters in this collection, 2… mais…

Archive consisting of 374 letters, totaling 1888 pages, (207 retained mailing envelopes), plus over 100 pieces of printed and manuscript ephemera. Of the 374 letters in this collection, 270 are incoming correspondence to Lucy Stephenson Hughes, wife of Texas rancher William George Hughes, an English immigrant to Texas in 1878. Of the letters written to Lucy, 82 were written by her daughter Jeanie, 63 by her son George, and 47 by her son Gerard. George and Gerard were for the most part attending Harvard University at the time they were writing their mother. Lucy wrote 48 of the letters, mostly to her children. Other correspondents to Lucy are her aunts in England (8 letters), a niece Esther Stout in California (18 letters), as well as another family member, Sarah F. Hughes (15 letters). There are other correspondents with Lucy who appear to be friends or associates. Biography of the Hughes Family William "Willy" George Hughes, rancher, was born at Kensington, London, England, on May 29, 1859. He attended Marlborough College and immigrated to America; he arrived in New York on September 15, 1878, reached San Antonio on the twenty-ninth, and immediately entered apprentice training as a shepherd without pay. He soon bought 160 acres of land three miles west of Boerne in Kendall County, where, on March 22, 1879, he began what later became a very successful ranching operation. One of his early achievements was to import the superior Oxfordshire Downs sheep and start developing high-quality breeding stock that brought premium prices. Also, through diversification, outstanding management skills, and hard work, he amassed some 7,000 acres of ranchland of his own and leased several hundred additional acres of state school land. Hughes quickly recognized the potential of Angora goats in his integrated ranching operation and was among the first ranchers to bring this breed to Kendall County. He purchased his seed stock from William M. Landrum of Laguna, Uvalde County, who moved to Texas from California in 1883. When President Grover Cleveland persuaded Congress to reduce import tariffs and Australian wool flooded the United States market in 1887, Hughes immediately switched from sheep to Angora goats and mohair production. Another innovative ranching practice he initiated was to buy cheap mustang mares and breed them to his registered Arabian stallion, thus producing a durable, high-quality riding horse that was popular with the United States Cavalry. During the Spanish-American War he trained and delivered hundreds of horses to cavalry units both in San Antonio and at the Mustang Island staging area near Corpus Christi. Hughes married Lucy C. Stephenson on June 28, 1888. Lucy was born August 18, 1864, at Alston, Nenthead, Cumberland, England. She died sometime after 1940. She was the daughter of John James Stephenson (1821-1895) and Ann Dover Clark (1827-1905). Her parents immigrated to Kendall County, Texas, about 1872, where her father had a farm. The family is found in Kendall in the 1880 Census. After her marriage in 1888, Lucy's mother came to live with her and her husband and they are found together in Kendall County in the 1900 Census. Lucy's sister Ella was also living with them. The couple had three children, Jane Elizabeth "Jeannie" Hughes (1889-1977), George Forbes Hughes (1892-1971), and Gerard "Jerry" Hastings Hughes (1895-1996). In addition to attending her children and keeping house, Lucy, encouraged by her husband, began a productive dairy business with a herd of registered Jersey cows. The dairy sold up to 400 pounds of butter a month in San Antonio. Hughes founded Hastings, Texas, and became its first postmaster on April 17, 1890. The post office was named for his father, William Hastings Hughes. Hughes helped organize the Hastings one-teacher school in the mid-1890s. He wrote numerous articles and scientific papers on raising and marketing Angora goats. He also collaborated with his famous uncle, Thomas Hughes, author of the classic Tom Brown's School Days and founder of Rugby, Tennessee, in writing letters about his early Texas ranching experiences that were later published in a book, GTT -Gone to Texas (1884). Hughes died in a train accident at Bellville, Illinois, on November 25, 1902, while on his way to show his prized Angoras at a northern livestock exhibition. William "Willy" George Hughes was the son of William Hastings Hughes, an established wine importer, who invested in failed land deals with his brother Thomas Hughes, which forced the young Willy to head out on his own to Texas. William George Hughes' uncle Thomas Hughes was a scholar, known for his classic book "Tom Brown's School Days" (1880). Thomas visited America for the first time in 1870 to visit his friend James Russell Lowell. He later founded a Christian-Socialist oriented community at Rugby, Tennessee and edited the book "G.T.T. Gone to Texas" published in London by Macmillan & Co. in 1884. The book includes letters written by Thomas' three nephews (sons of his brother William: William George Hughes, Gerard "Chico" Hughes, and Henry "Harry" Hughes). The book is an excellent account of cattle and sheep ranching in Texas and it was intended by Thomas to be used to help prospective English immigrants to Texas. The book is considered one of the best accounts of Texas immigrants and ranch life. William George Hughes' father William Hastings Hughes, later in life immigrated to New York. William Hastings Hughes' grandfather was John Hughes, an artist and author. His wife Margaret Elizabeth Wilkinson immigrated to Thomas Hughes community at Rugby, Tennessee. John Hughes was the only child of the Rev. Thomas Hughes, vicar of Uffington Church, one of three canons at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England. The Rev. Hughes wife was Mary Ann Watts, friend of Sir Walter Scott. She wrote a biography of Scott. After the death of her husband, Lucy gave up Texas and moved to Massachusetts, where she is found in the 1910 Census living at Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Lucy's sons, George and Gerard, attended Milton Academy. After Milton Academy, George and Gerard attended Harvard together. The boys lived in the "yard" at 42 Matthews Hall, when in the fall of 1916 a notice was posted, which stated the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps (the Army Air Corps of those days) wanted a group of volunteers to enlist for the purpose of learning to fly and becoming Reserve Military Aviators (RMAs). George and Jerry decided to apply together. They were among the vanguard of the early fliers. George had previously had some flying experience when he joined the flying club while attending Dartmouth (1911-1912). They applied and were asked to report to Governor's Island (NYC) for physical examinations in December of 1916. In late February 1917 they were told to travel to Mineola Field (Garden City, Long Island, New York) for one last series of tests, they arrived in April of 1917, just at the time that America entered World War One. The lack of trained military pilot instructors meant that the Hughes brothers were taught by civilians. The Hughes brothers were among the first of the new American pilots and as such, instead of heading to the front and fighting in the war, as they had hoped, they were initially assigned as pilot instructors. After pilot training and even before his commission as lieutenant, George F. Hughes was sent to Dayton, Ohio in July of 1917, to be a flight instructor at the new Wilbur Wright Field. There were simply not enough military instructors so George was hurried into becoming an instructor. By October 1917, George was made squadron commander of the 12th Aero Squadron, moving it from Dayton, Ohio to New York, on to Amanty, France, then to the front. He went from being a flight instructor to being in charge of 10 officers and 150 men and their equipment which formed the 12th Aero Squadron and to make sure everyone and everything arrived in France safely by December 1917. The 12th Aero Squadron was designated an "observation" squadron and were combat ready by May 1918. George flew with the 12th Aero until the middle of July, than was put in command of a new outfit, the 258th Aero Squadron, which he helped to ready. Just as the 258th became combat ready, the war ended. George's brother Jerry, after flight school, was also assigned to a position as flight instructor. His station was at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Illinois. He arrived at the new air field in September of 1917. In December 1917, Jerry got orders to proceed to Rich Field, at Waco, Texas. He instructed at Waco until August of 1918, when he was sent to France. Foul weather slowed his training at Issoudun's American flying school. After Issoudun, he spent time at the American gunnery school at St. Jean de Monts, which he completed in a week. He was assigned to a combat unit, but arrived in Toul, France, just as the war ended. The brothers thought they would be with the 258th Aero Squadron as part of the occupying forces in Germany, but George took sick (emotional breakdown) and the brothers came back to New York with most of the other soldiers, being released from service in February of 1919. In 1920, Lucy was found living with her daughter Jeanie in Newburgh, Orange County, New York. Lucy was listed as not working, while Jeanie was a superintendent at a department store. After the war the Hughes brothers bought the Garden City Garage (Garden City, Long Island, New York). Here they ran an airplane and auto mechanic business until 1946. Jerry was active in founding the Garden City Chamber of Commerce and served as its 3rd President. He also helped in a plan to create 6,000 parking spaces in the Garden City area for customers of its businesses, a project that drew national attention for its scope and planning. Lucy in 1925 is found in the New York State Census to be living at Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, with her daughter Jeanie who was now working in real estate and her son Gerard, who had the garage. The two brothers had married: George to Frona Brooks in 1927, and Jerry to Charlotte Christ (1904-1995) in 1928. George and his wife had two children, Octavia and Anita. Jerry and his wife had four children, Anne, Thomas, Jean, and Marian. In the 1930 Census, Lucy and her daughter are living together at Garden City, Long Island (Nassau County), New York. Jeanie is now listed as a "psychologist." The two women are living with Octavia, the daughter of George, who was divorced, living with his daughter Octavia and his sister Jeannie and his mother. Gerard Hughes appears to have outlived everyone in the family, dying in 1995 at 101 years old. His sister Jeannie died in 1977, with Lucy dying sometime after 1940. Description of Archive: 1900 - 1903. 3 letters, 13 pages, 2 envelopes, all three of these letter are to Mrs. Lucy (Stephenson) Hughes, at Hastings, Texas. One is written by S. F. Hughes (Milton, MA) and two from W. Cameron Forbes (Sheridan, WY & Boston, MA). W. Cameron Forbes is likely to be William Cameron Forbes, partner in J. M. Forbes & Co. (he writes to Lucy on the company letterhead). An investment banker, he later became Governor-General of the Philippines (1908-1913) and Ambassador of the United States to Japan (1930-1932). He was the son of William Hathaway Forbes (President of Bell Telephone Company) and Edith Emerson (daughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson). 1912 -1913. 43 letters, 245 pages, 37 envelopes, of these 43 letters, most are written in 1913. Of the 43 letters, 37 are written to Mrs. Lucy (Stephenson) Hughes, including letters from her children George (12), Gerard (8), and Jennie (6). Other letters to Lucy are written by her Aunts (5) from England (Robeston Wathen, Narberth). Sarah F. Hughes writes to Lucy 3 times and 3 times to George Forbes Hughes from Orchard Knoll (Milton, MA). Other letters are written to Lucy from friends, or others. There are also 2 letters written by George, one each to his sister (Jennie) and brother (Gerard) and one letter written by Gerard to his brother George and one letter written by Gerard to his brother George. The letters to Lucy start out addressed to her at Ossipee, New Hampshire, but apparently George temporarily moved to Everett, Washington, There is talk in one letter of George not being able to enter Harvard, but instead going to Washington State, for work. George writes to his family on the letterhead of the "Everett Railway, Light and Water Company," where he apparently worked in its office. Some of the letters from 1913 from Gerard H. Hughes are written when he was attending Harvard University and he and his family are trying to convince George to give up Everett and go to Harvard. The letters offer a look at life at the university at this time. Gerard was living at 42 Gray's Hall in the "yard." One letter talks about unannounced guests, a student dropped by in the middle of the night to crash at his place: "He had with him a futurist picture done by the illustrious Edward Forbes (curator of the Fogg Museum and instructor of art in Harvard - at least that's what grandma told Miss Wakefield. It was news to me). The picture was supposed to represent a nigger in a water-melon patch (Oh those witty Forbes! So Clever!). When Walter went, he said he didn't like carrying that picture because people might think he did it. They would have grounds all right; 'cause he looks like a wandering artist without a cent." The same letter describes a prank pulled on a new Jewish student: "Speaking of kidding people I must tell you about our top floor. The occupants are: Kimball and Richardson (K & R. Co.), Sylvester Rothschild (commonly known as Uncle Roth or simply, Roth) (also "Unk"). Besides these are minor characters: Mr. Zunston Zee, Saffron, & Schoenfeld. Uncle Roth is always on his high horse, and one time bade me not speak to him "in such an authoritative manner." He is a Jew and a Freshman and as green as grass. K & R. Co. have been trying to get his goat all year, and they have succeeded pretty well. The other day they were fooling with him and he bust a window pane. Then they saw their chance. They borrowed Zee's typewriter and wrote a letter for "Unk," in which they stated that they were sorry to inform him that because of disorderly conduct he was placed on probation. They signed the letter with "Henry A. Yeomans." [Yeomans was the dean of the undergraduates] Roth got the letter yesterday and hasn't slept since. He asked the janitor if he had squealed on him, and the janitor said he hadn't. Unk then went and saw his faculty adviser. This august personage fell for it too and said that he couldn't tell how serious it might be, but that he didn't like the sound of "disorderly conduct." Natural the poor goat is wild. 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