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A Guide to the Menger (W.A.) Letters, 1861-1863, undated
Biographical NoteW. A. Menger, a pioneer manufacturer, cooper, brewer and hotel proprietor of San Antonio, was born on March 15, 1827 in Windecken, Hanau, Germany. Menger came to San Antonio, Texas, in 1847 and became a U.S. citizen in 1852. He began a brewery in 1855 and opened the Menger Hotel near the Alamo in 1859. Gottlieb Pauli was the Postmaster for Giddings, circa 1871, in Lee County, Texas. He was also a member of the Texas Constitutional Convention in 1875 and a member of the Texas Legislature in 1879. Theodore Oswald was a Major in the 4th Infantry Battalion, a home defense unit formed in Galveston of 215 volunteers active from 1861-1862. Oswald was in a business relationship with Menger at Alleyton, Texas during the American Civil War. Friedrich August Faltin was a mercantile businessman who migrated to Comfort, Texas from Prussia in 1856. J. Rosenfield owned a dry goods and notion trade business in Alleyton and Galveston, Texas. Sources: “Founder of Historic Menger Hotel in San Antonio Cam to this City from Germany in 1847,” The Southern Messenger, November 29, 1945 Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThe W.A. Menger Letters, 1861-1863, undated, is a collection of correspondence between W.A. Menger of San Antonio and various individuals. The first binder, “1863 Correspondence,” includes letters to Menger from L. Cahn of Beaumont; J. Cahn of Gonzales; Gottlieb Pauli of La Grange; and Theodore Oswald of Alleyton, Texas. These forty-one letters were written in German between February and December 1863. The second binder, “Civil War Correspondence,” includes twenty letters to Menger from Theodore Oswald, Friedrich August Faltin of Comfort; J. Rosenfield of Alleyton; and Fred Rienhardt of Alleyton, and James Shaw of Alleyton. Materials are in English and German. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsAccess to portions of this collection are restricted. Contact repository for further information. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationW. A. Menger Letters, 1861-1863, undated, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin. Processing InformationThis collection was processed by Evan Usler, November 2010. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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