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Edmund J. Davis autographed handwritten letter signed, penned on official “Executive Office, State of Texas” stationery in Austin and dated February 19, 1870, addressed to Hon. Thos. J. Durant in Washington, D.C. In this substantive political letter, Davis discusses a telegram requesting the power of attorney, references prior correspondence and documents sent on the 12th, and issues a firm warning regarding Judge Paschal, instructing that he be forbidden from acting for the State and that all persons be barred from making payments to him. Davis closes with a sharply worded assessment, characterizing Paschal’s actions as “very extraordinary conduct.”

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Edmund Jackson Davis (1827–1883) served as the 14th Governor of Texas during the Reconstruction era from 1870 to 1874. A Unionist, former judge, and Radical Republican, Davis was a controversial but pivotal figure in post–Civil War Texas politics, noted for his efforts to strengthen state authority, combat political corruption, and enforce civil rights during one of the most turbulent periods in the state’s history.

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