Title: Mixing bowl
Description: Mixing bowl for dough, wood. Red on the outside, brown on the inside.
Description: Historical Note: This mixing bowl was used for making dough by cooks in the Governor's Mansion in 1866-1867 during Governor Pease's administration. Elisha Marshall Pease was born on January 3, 1812, in Enfield, Connecticut. Pease fought in the battle of Gonzales, the first battle of the Texas revolution, on October 2, 1835. He served as secretary to the General Council of the Provisional Government and, as a member of that body, attended the convention that met at Washington-on-the-Brazos in March 1836. At that meeting he wrote part of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. He then served the ad interim government as chief clerk, successively, of the navy and treasury departments. During the early months of the republic, Pease served as clerk to the judiciary committee of the House of Representatives and took a major part in writing the new nation's criminal code. In the fall of 1836 he served as acting secretary of the treasury. After his admittance to the bar in April 1837 Pease became the republic's first comptroller of public accounts. After annexation Pease represented Brazoria County in the first three legislatures and authored the Probate Code of 1846. In 1851 he made an unsuccessful run for the governorship. Two years later he won the office and was reelected in 1855. He married Lucadia Christiana Niles, of Poquonock, Connecticut, in 1850, Governor and Mrs. Elisha Marshall Pease were the first occupants of the Governor's Mansion of Texas. They moved from the Thomas W. Ward home where they had been boarding, and bought most of their furniture from the Wards when Mrs. Ward went to New York early in 1854.
Description: Related Collection: Graham (R. Niles) collection, Texas Governor Elisha Marshall Pease records (first two terms), and Texas Governor Elisha Marshall Pease records (third term), at the Texas State Archives. Pease, Graham, and Niles Families Papers at the A
Identifier: ATF0502
Item identifier: ATF0502
Collection: Artifacts collection
Date range of creation: 1860 to 1865
Subject: Pease, E. M. (Elisha Marshall), 1812-1883
Subject: Pease, Lucadia Christiana Niles, 1813-1905
Subject: Texas. Governor
Subject: Pease family
Type: Image
Type: Food Preparation Equipment
Type: Bowl, Mixing
Medium: Wood (plant material)
Citation information: ATF0502, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
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