Title:
Botanical keepsakes
Description:
Botanical keepsakes principally from Washington City, stitched onto pieces of paper with handwritten notes. Four pages. Includes two leaves of coffee tree plucked at Oct. 23, Monday '76 from tree growing in Botanical Gardens, Washington City, D.C.; 2 leaves of God Tree from Botanical Gardens, Washington, D.C.; Piece of leaf about 18 feet long from plant growing in Botanical garden, Washington, D.C.; Leaf of Prayer plant (two pcs).; Leaves of Lignum Vitae tree (wood of life); Flower of paradise; Gathered from Grand Rapids of Niagara River (Sudie Hansbrough); Flower from Nibling Cereus and from Gander Cincinnati.
Description:
Historical Note: Pressed leaves gathered at Washington City, D.C., and mounted by Washington D. Miller. Washington Daniel Miller was born December 4, 1814, in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1837 Miller moved to Gonzales, Texas. From November 2, 1840 to February 5, 1841, he represented Gonzales County in the House of Representatives of the Fifth Congress of the Republic of Texas. He served as private secretary to Sam Houston in 1841 and 1842, and was a member of the party called out to meet the Vasquez Expedition in 1842. Following that campaign, Miller, in partnership with William H. Cushney, published the National Register newspaper at Washington, Texas. Miller moved to Austin in 1845, and on January 1, 1848 was named Secretary of State by Governor George T. Wood, an office he held until January 2, 1850. From 1851 to 1853, he served as Secretary of the Senate in the Fourth Texas Legislature. Some time after his service in the Fourth Legislature, he became publisher of the Texas Democrat newspaper. Miller moved to Galveston in 1861 and died there on September 19, 1866.
Description:
Related Collection: Washington Daniel Miller papers at the Texas State Archives.
Identifier:
ATF0202
Item identifier:
ATF0202
Collection:
Artifacts collection
Date of creation:
1876
Source:
Texas State Library and Archives Commission, 1985/020
Container information:
Artifact Box 0047
Subject:
Miller, W. D. (Washington D.), 1814-1866
Type:
Image
Type:
Art
Type:
Flora, Pressed
Medium:
Paper (fiber product)
Medium:
Organic material
Citation information:
ATF0202, Artifacts collection. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Copyright information:
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Size or duration:
each full page: 9.5 in x 8 in; each half-page: 4.5 in x 8 in
Language:
English