2026/03/24

🎷 “King Carter” in Brownsville — When a Future Jazz Giant Passed Through the Rio Grande Frontier (c. 1921)

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🎷 “King Carter” in Brownsville — When a Future Jazz Giant Passed Through the Rio Grande Frontier (c. 1921) King Carter Jazzing Orchestra, c...
2026/03/23

From Cotton to Contraband — A 175-Year History of Smuggling on the Rio Grande

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From Cotton to Contraband — A 175-Year History of Smuggling on the Rio Grande c1850s~ moonlit illustration of smugglers of cotton crossing t...
2026/03/22

📜1850 0924 — Charles Stillman to Cramer & Co. (New Orleans)

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📜  September 24, 1850 — Charles Stillman to Cramer & Co. (New Orleans) September 24, 1850 — Charles Stillman to Cramer & Co. River ...

📜1850 0924 — Charles Stillman to John Dewitt & Sons (New York)

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📜 September 24, 1850 — Charles Stillman to John Dewitt & Sons (New York) Textiles, Taste, and a Government Expedition Toward Santa Fé ...

1850 0922 — Charles Stillman to Bruno Lozano (Camargo)

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📜 September 22, 1850 — Charles Stillman to Bruno Lozano (Camargo) Goods on the Interior Road and the Quiet Machinery of Frontier Commerce ...

📜 1850 0918 — Expanding the Market Beyond the Gulf

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📜 1850 0918 — Expanding the Market Beyond the Gulf Charles Stillman Writes to Charles Partridge, New York Introduction By mid-September 185...
2026/03/20

📜1850 0923 — Charles Stillman to Stahlknecht & Schumann (Durango)

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📜 September 23, 1850 — Charles Stillman to Stahlknecht & Schumann (Durango) Machinery on the Frontier and the Friction of Distance, Dut...

📜 1850 0917 — To Witherell, Wade & Co. (New Orleans)

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📜 September 17, 1850 — To Witherell, Wade & Co. (New Orleans) Competition, Thin Margins, and Strategic Control of Exports Analysis This...

📜 1850 0916 Shipping and Supply on the Rio Grande Frontier

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📜 Shipping and Supply on the Rio Grande Frontier — September 16, 1850 Cramer & Co., the Gulf Trade, and the Vessels that Fed Brownsvill...

📜 1850 0915 — Letter to Mr. Joseph Morell (Monterrey)

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📜 September 15, 1850 — Letter to Mr. Joseph Morell (Monterrey) Control of Proceeds, Market Strategy, and Frontier Risk Introduction This tw...

📜 [Undated Fragment — Likely Sept. 1850] (Spanish Letter, Second Page Only)

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📜 [Undated Fragment — Likely Sept. 1850] (Spanish Letter, Second Page Only) Partnership, Reputation, and Risk in the Interior Trade Introdu...

📜 1850 0914 — Letter to Señor Don Leonardo [Zuloaga?]

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📜 September 14, 1850 — Letter to Señor Don Leonardo [Zuloaga?] Customs Barriers, Interior Routes, and Moving Goods Beyond the Frontier Intr...