Title:
Rocking chair
Description:
Rocking chair, with a horse-hair cloth seat.
Description:
Historical Note: This chair was donated by the great-grandchildren of Governor and Mrs. Pease. It was marked by Richard Niles Graham as one that should be preserved because it has a history of use prior to the Civil War. It is also the chair which Secretary of State David Dean used while member of the governor's staff. 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.
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:
ATF0358
Item identifier:
ATF0358
Collection:
Artifacts collection
Date range of creation:
1850 to 1860
Subject:
Pease, E. M. (Elisha Marshall), 1812-1883
Subject:
Pease, Lucadia Christiana Niles, 1813-1905
Subject:
Texas. Governor
Subject:
Pease family
Subject:
Graham, Richard Niles, 1881-1959
Type:
Image
Type:
Seating Furniture
Type:
Chair, Rocking
Medium:
Wood (plant material)
Citation information:
ATF0358, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
46 in x 25 in x 24 in