Index of Names
Correspondents and Referenced Individuals
Charles Stillman Letters, ca. 1850–1860 (working index)
This list is transcribed from the handwritten alphabetical index and reflects spelling as recorded. Pagination references are omitted here for clarity; this is a name directory only.
A–C
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Ayarzaquita, Ambrosio
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Bee, Hamilton P.
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Brown, Lewis
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Buchanan, Turner
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Burton, Thomas
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Cabazos, José
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Cárdenas, José
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Chapman, Major W. W.
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Chapman, Mrs. H. B.
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Clark, Robert
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Cummings, John
D–F
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Donahue, J. H.
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Du Fay
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Dunlevy, John
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Dunlap, W. M.
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Egaña, Juan Y. de
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Foreman, Walter G.
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Fuller, Henry D.
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Fielding, W. S.
G–H
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García, Diego
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García, Antonio de la Garza
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Garza, Guadalupe de la
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Gonzales, Guadalupe
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Gonzales, Diego
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Hale, William G.
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Harrison, J. J.
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Hedrick, J. J.
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Hinojosa, Gonzales X. Gutíerrez
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Hord, E. R., Collector
I–L
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Ingalls, J. W.
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Jackson, A. M.
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Jernett, J. P. & Son
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King, Richard
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Kelsey, Dr. C.
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Latham, J. W.
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Lippincott, Harper
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Long, R. D.
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Lopez, Albino
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Lozano, Bruno
M
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Martinez, Viuda de J. H.
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Maza, Santos de la
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McLane, Alfred
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McLane, Elisha
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Mitchell, J. B.
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Morton, Quincy
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Moses, John
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Mount, Capt. R.
N–P
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Nimmons, C.
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Oliver, James
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O’Neill, Thomas
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Phillips, J. H.
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Pike, W. J.
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Price, W. F.
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Pyle, Samuel
R–S
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Randall, Charles H.
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Ramirez, Jesus G.
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Redmond, Henry
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Roberts, Sidney D.
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Rudolph, Carl
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Sanders, M.
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Seaborn, E. B.
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Shepherd, Shaw & Co.
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Smith, J. J. & Co.
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Smith, James
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Smith, Patrick W.
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Southmayd, Albert
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Stewart, Wm.
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Stillman, Charles
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Stillman, Brown
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Stillman, Mrs. Jane G.
T–Z
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Thompson, H. D. H.
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Tobin, Capt. W. F.
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Van Stavern, Geo. W.
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Vela, José
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Walker, —
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Walton, J. (H. R.)
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Worden, Harmon
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Zuloaga, Leonardo
Note: This is a preliminary directory, not a finalized scholarly index. Spellings, identities, and duplicate names will be refined as letters are transcribed and cross-checked.
Concluding Essay
What This Index Represents
This index of names marks the foundation of what may eventually become a public edition of the Charles Stillman letters, spanning roughly from the earliest years of American South Texas through the 1870s. Even in its unfinished state, the index demonstrates the breadth and density of Stillman’s correspondence network.
The names recorded here represent merchants, military officers, ranchers, lawyers, government officials, customs collectors, family members, and cross-border intermediaries operating between South Texas, northern Mexico, New York, and Washington. The coexistence of Spanish and Anglo surnames reflects a border economy that was multilingual, multinational, and deeply interconnected. These were not isolated frontier actors, but participants in a sustained system of communication and commerce.
An index such as this is more than a clerical aid. It reveals how memory, accountability, and trust were managed in the nineteenth century. Individuals appear repeatedly across years and page references, suggesting long-term relationships rather than momentary transactions. The structure itself—alphabetical, systematic, cumulative—shows a business world already accustomed to modern recordkeeping practices.
This project is still at an early stage. Letters will be transcribed, contextualized, and released gradually as time allows. Some materials may eventually become public; others may remain unpublished. What matters now is preservation, accuracy, and restraint. Rather than forcing a narrative, the goal is to allow the documents to speak—slowly, carefully, and honestly.
As more letters are processed, this index will evolve from a working directory into a map of relationships that shaped South Texas during a formative period. For now, it stands as evidence of continuity: decades of correspondence linking local lives to regional, national, and international systems.
This is not the end of the work. It is the point where the work becomes possible.
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