1896 Hico Texas TX JOHN VAN STEENWYK Attorney Lawyer COTTON Stovall TEMPLE YPCU

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This sale is for one rare letterhead from J. (John) VAN STEENWYK,
Attorney at Law
,  of
HICO, TEXAS
in the year 1896.  Top of letterhead lists that he was a
NOTARY PUBLIC..
and his reference is
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
.   The content of this letter discusses legal matters to a case tried in the Justice Court at
Temple, Texas
involving the right to 4 bales of
COTTON
between
Mr. J. W. Stovall
of Hico and
William Axer
& Company (the defendents).
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: He was born in the Dutch town of Pella, in Marion County, Iowa on July 12th, 1859.  His parents were emigrants from Holland, settling in the then Western wilds in 1847.  when John was 14, he lost his mother in the family of seven.  He was now on his own.  In 1884, at Pennington, Iowa, he married Miss May L. Weld a native of ILLinois, but with the bluest of Yankee blood in her veins.  He lived in South Dakota Territory.  In 1883, he moved to Hico, Texas, eventually, becoming a Deacon in the ALL Souls Universal Church.  He had 5 children.  John was the president of YPCU (Young People's Christian Union of The Universalist).
In August 1893, a
Code of Ordenance was
published for the city by the Hico Democrat Press
with the assistance of
J. Van Steenwyk,
an attorney and native of Iowa who had come to Hico that spring. He had decided a move was necessary to advance his career and chose Hico because "
...it had then the only Universalist church in the state.
" Van Steenwyk served as a deacon and youth leader at All Souls Church.
This letter is signed by J. Van Steenwyk.
The
Approximate size of the item is 8
" X 10 1/2".
The condition of item: It has normal letter folds  and is in very good condition.
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