Accession#: | 68-0009 |
| Title: | Martin Nicholson Papers |
| Author: | Nicholson, Martin |
| Format: | Manuscript, 1 item, 5 postcards + envelope |
| Description: | Nicholson's account relating his Storm experiences to his wife and daughter. Martin was a night jailer for the Galveston County Jail. He lived at 1809 Avenue N 1/2. Text reproduced in Casey Edward Greene and Shelly Henley Kelly, Through a Night of Horrors: Voices from the 1900 Galveston Storm (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, c2000), 42-45. |
| Date: | Sep 14, [1900] |
| Terms: | Water; Houses; Avenue M 1/2 - 1809; Mud; Cisterns; Martial Law |
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