1883 Letterhead WILLIAM HARVEY MAVERICK LAND OFFICE San Antonio Texas MILITARY

Description

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I sell ORIGINAL items ONLY and NOT ANY reproductions.
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CONDITION:
Normal letter folds, excellent condition! The little "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is NOT attached to the letterhead.
The approximate size of this letterhead is
8 1/2" X 11".
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HISTORICAL NOTES:
Samuel and Mary Maverick were the parents of ten children: Samuel (1837-1936), Lewis Antonio (1839-1866), Agatha (1841-1848), Augusta (1843-1849), George Madison (1845-1913),
William Harvey (1847-1923),
John Hays (1850-1850), Mary Brown (1851-1891), Albert (1854-1947), and Elizabeth (1857-1859).The Maverick children each received a good education, attending private schools and universities. Three sons, Sam, Lewis, and George, served in the Confederate army during the Civil War. Lewis Maverick died as a young adult; the four surviving sons pursued careers in law and business, including the administration of the huge family land holdings.
William H. “Willie” Maverick
was born in San Antonio, Texas, on 1847 December 24.
During the Civil War
he served in the local
Home Guard
and, in early 1865, joined D. S. Terry’s scouting company. Willie was a
student at Bastrop Military
Institute in Bastrop, Texas, from 1863 to 1865. After the war he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with his brother George, studying history and business. Willie later studied law at the University of Virginia. Returning to San Antonio, Willie became one of the city’s leading business promoters and real estate developers. He was particularly active in the management of the family’s land holdings; joined by his brother Albert, Willie continued his father’s business by
maintaining a Maverick Land Office.
Willie Maverick married
Emilie Virginia Chilton
(1850-1913) in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1873. Emilie’s parents, Robert Hall Chilton (1817-1879) and Laura Thomson Mason (d. 1911), were members of prominent Virginia families. Emilie’s father was a career military officer who served as
Robert E. Lee’s Chief of Staff during the Civil War.
Willie and Emilie Chilton Maverick had five children:
William Chilton (1875-1932), Lewis (1877-1938), Laura Wise (1878-1956), Robert Van Wyck (1881-1954), and Augustus (1885-1913). The family moved to Europe in 1887, and it was there five years later that Willie banished Emilie and forbade her from seeing her children; the couple never divorced.
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