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The Justices Devine Slavery and the Texas Revolution Celia's Columns Features The Justices Devine By Lynne Liberato Letter from the President Essay: In Texas, History of Slavery The first Justice Devine By Ben L. Mesches Unique—But Not “Brief” arrived in Texas in 1844; The Society hosted the second one arrived By Daina Ramey Berry the 20th Annual John in 1981. Their tenures Texas’s slave history Hemphill Dinner on on the Texas Supreme involves Spain, Mexico, September 11 in Austin. Court began a mere 139 and the U.S., leading The Justices And it was a tremendous years apart. Read more... Devine to a contentious and success. Read more... Ben L. Mesches confusing struggle for land acquisition, labor Detail from a practices, and race drawing by Matt Slavery and the Texas Revolution Morgan Executive Director’s Page relations. Read more... By William J. Chriss By Pat Nester In 1821 Moses Austin One of the pleasures of planned to found a my job is working with Legacies of Justice: Shedrick Willis, colony of 300 families in top-flight professionals Texas. The plan assumed such as the State Bar’s Nicholas Battle, and the Rule of Law slaves would work the Director of Archives. By Wallace B. Jefferson, land colonists would Moses Austin Read more... Pat Nester Chief Justice (ret.) receive. Read more... “Shed” Willis lived a remarkable life which began in slavery but Fellows Column ended in freedom as a Celia’s Manumission and the Alcalde By David J. Beck successful businessman. Court of San Felipe de Austin The Fellows are critical From poster of Read more... Shedrick Willis’ By Michael Rugeley Moore to fundraising and allow wheelwright shop Almost two years the Society to undertake after having been new projects. emancipated, Celia still Read more... Theodora Hemphill’s Guide to the Texas David J. Beck had to fight to keep her Constitution, Part 1 freedom. Young attorney By David A. Furlow William Barret Travis The older daughter of took her case. William Barret Executive Editor’s Page Travis By David A. Furlow Texas Supreme Court Read more... This Journal examines Chief Justice John one of the most tragic Hemphill offers a unique but important periods of perspective on the way Texas history—slavery— Texas’s constitutions Theodora’s father, Chief Justice John through the lens of shape and reshape lives. Hemphill Texas law. Read more... David A. Furlow Read more... Slaves, Reconstruction, and the News & Announcements Frank de la Teja to Speak at October 28 Supreme Court of Texas Board Meeting By Robert B. Gilbreath 20th Annual John Hemphill Dinner: By David A. Furlow Learn how the early Senator John Cornyn Was the Historian Jesús Francisco Supreme Court took (“Frank”) de la Teja will pains to protect civil Featured Speaker speak on “The Union of rights within the By Marilyn P. Duncan Coahuila and Texas: A constraints of the About four hundred Forced Marriage and an system of slavery and appellate attorneys, Ugly Divorce.” Frank de la Teja about George Paschal, George Paschal judges, their spouses, Read more... the court’s shotgun- and others filled the toting official reporter. Read more... Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel. The Grand Read more... Ballroom Texas State Historical Association John N. Johnson: Crusader for Justice Annual Meeting First Announcement By David A. Furlow By John G. Browning On March 3 at the TSHA By 1890 there were only “Knowledge is Power”: Chief Justice Annual Meeting, the a dozen black lawyers in Nathan Hecht Celebrates the Centennial Society will present a the state, but one stood panel on “The Restate- out—the first African of the Harris County Law Library ment (Second) of Torts American to be admitted By David A. Furlow and the Revolution in to practice before the Access to knowledge Johnson’s name Texas Asbestos Liability TSHA logo Supreme Court of Texas. is easier, broader, on the Supreme Law.” Read more... Read more... Court attorney and quicker than ever rolls before, Chief Justice Hecht told the audience, through the twenty-five Book Review: Joe, the Slave Who Chief Justice The Society Rides the Circuit computer terminals the Nathan L. Hecht Became an Alamo Legend library now provides. with Its Magna Carta Program By David A. Furlow By Bryan McAuley Read more... The program “Magna Too often we forget the Carta’s 800-Year amazing reality that Legacy” has so far been there were survivors of Haley Spoke at the presented to teachers the battle of the Alamo. and administrators Read more... Star of the Republic Museum October 24 in Houston and New From the book By David A. Furlow Cy-Ranch Braunfels. Read more... cover Texas Supreme Court audience historian James L. Haley Reintroducing a Gem joined another three of Antebellum Texas History: distinguished scholars Texas Digital Archive Will Include making presentations The Laws of Slavery in Texas about the Republic of Texas Supreme Court 1841-1870 Records James L. Haley By Marilyn P. Duncan Texas. Read more... By David A. Furlow The book includes An easily accessible slavery-related laws and digital archive focusing decrees, constitutional on the early Texas provisions, court cases Haley Speaks at General Land Office Supreme Court is and reprints of scholarly SAVE TEXAS HISTORY Symposium coming to the Texas articles that are classics From the book State Library. Texas State in the study of Texas cover November 14 Read more... Library logo slave laws. Read more... By David A. Furlow Historian James L. Haley will share colorful stories about the early twentieth century Texas Membership & More Supreme Court. Read more... Symposium web Calendar of Events promotion Visit the Society on Twitter and Facebook! Officers, Trustees & Court Liaison @SCOTXHistSocy 2015-16 Member Upgrades FB: Texas Supreme Court Historical Society 2015-16 New Member List © 2015 Texas Supreme Court Historical Society Join the Society Letter from the President Ben L. Mesches he Society hosted the 20th Annual John Hemphill Dinner on September 11 in TAustin. And it was a tremendous success. Thanks to our many law-firm sponsors, attendees, speakers, and special guests for making this another special evening. I think one particular part of the event captures why we are so committed to the work of the Society. We were privileged to have one of the finest keynote programs I can recall—an engaging conversation between Chief Justice Nathan Hecht and Senator John Cornyn. This was an important program for the Society to present. Our mission is simple, but critical: to preserve the history of the Texas Supreme Court and promote public awareness about the Court and the broader judicial system. The keynote accomplished both. We received a first-hand account of Senator Cornyn’s distinguished legal and judicial career—including service on the Texas Supreme Court in the 1990s. And we learned about Senator Cornyn’s journey from state district judge in San Antonio to the United States Senate in Washington, D.C. Senator Cornyn’s remarks provided valuable insights about the judicial selection process at the federal level, furthering a discussion that is critical to our democracy. Chief Justice Hecht deserves recognition for sparking this fascinating and accessible conversation. An event like the Hemphill Dinner doesn’t just happen. A big thanks to Mary Sue Miller, our Administrative Coordinator, who takes care of each of those small details that add up to our most important event of the year. Past President Warren Harris continues to play a pivotal role in making the dinner a great success as well. As I was being sworn-in as President of the Society to conclude the evening, I had the opportunity to reflect on what makes this organization so special. We have a dedicated and resourceful staff, an energetic membership base, and a thoughtful and ambitious board. But most of all, we have been fortunate to have unparalleled leadership. The Society has been led in recent years by Warren Harris, Lynne Liberato, Doug Alexander, and—most recently—Marie Yeates. The Society is where it is today because these past presidents have lent their voices, time, and passion to the important cause of preserving for posterity the lives and work of the Supreme Court of Texas. These are big shoes to fill, but the example they have set will guide my own efforts over the coming year. Very truly yours, Ben L. Mesches Return to Journal Index 1 Executive Director’s Page Bon Voyage to a Top-Flight Professional Pat Nester ne of the real pleasures of my job is getting to work with top-flight professionals. OUsually they are lawyers and historians who volunteer their time on Society projects. The list of them is long and the company distinguished. Another accomplished contributor has been Alexandra Myers Swast, Director of Archives for the State Bar of Texas. Recently, she announced that she was leaving her position to relocate to Seattle with her husband Tim who has been offered a new position with Google. Alexandra is a prime example of those people who make the wheels turn at the highest level of quality. If we are lucky, we have such go-to paragons in our own shops. An example of Alexandra’s behavior: when the Society moved its headquarters from the Texas Supreme Court Building to the Texas Law Center across the street, she and her associate, Caitlin Bumford, undertook to catalog almost 200 storage boxes of documents and artifacts. Did I mention that this task was not in either of their job descriptions? They work for the State Bar, not the Society. But they offered out of a sense of professional duty, seeing that a vast potential treasure trove of historically interesting documents Alexandra poses with one of her needed curating.
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