1884 Montague Texas JOHN HALL STEPHENS Matlock HERBERT Attorney State Senator

Description

PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING:
I sell ONLY ORIGINAL items and NOT ANY reproductions.
This sale is
for
one
historical,
advertising
LETTERHEAD .
It is from the year
of
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it is from
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of
STEPHENS, MATL
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ATT
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RS at LAW
in
MONTAGUE , TEXAS .
This letter is hand written
and
signed
by
Jno. H. Stephens.
HISTORICAL NOTES:
John Hall Stephens
(November 22, 1847 – November 18, 1924)
was a U.S. Representative from Texas.
Born in Shelby County, Texas, Stephens attended the common
schools in Mansfield, Texas.
He was graduated from Mansfield College, and from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1872. He was admitted to the bar in 1873 and practiced in
Montague, Montague County,
and Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas.
He served as member of the State senate 1886-1888.
He resumed the practice of law in Vernon, Texas.
Stephens was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1917). He served as
chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs
(Sixty-second through Sixty-fourth Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916.
He moved to
Monrovia, California,
in 1917, and died there November 18, 1924. He was interred in East View Cemetery, Vernon, Texas.
John Hall Stephens is the eponym for Stephens County, Oklahoma.
CONDITION:
It has normal letter folds, three file holes at top and is in excellent condition.  The white "EBAY ITEM" thing is just a loose piece of paper that is not attached to the letterhead.
Appr
o
ximate size is 8 1/2" X 5 1/2".
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