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20140346-48
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A transcript of a WPA interview by Chas R. Fuller with John Swayne in the 1930s. John Swayne is the brother of the Swayne that operated the Hogg-Swayne Oil Syndicate in Beaumont, Texas. John Swayne was a partner of Captain J. C. Terrell, who headed the Calvery from Fort Worth during the Civil war and recalls days of Reconstruction when he was Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas. Swayne also recalls attending the school presided over by Robert E. Lee. Swayne says that Judge I. H. Stephens also attended the school and was still there when General Lee died in 1870. The transcript also includes notes of T&P Railway in 1872 and the involvement of several people.
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1938-06-15
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Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Project. Fort Worth City Guide Draft and Records.
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AR316-4-9
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