Taylor, Hiram and Thomas Thomson. Papers, 1836, undated 2 items. Location: A:57, Mss. Mf.:T. Resident of Matagorda Bay, Texas, and a member of a company of American volunteers assisting Texans in their War for Independence. Father of Thomas Thomson Taylor. Letter from Hiram to his wife Mary, in New Jersey, recounting his voyage from New Orleans to Galveston Bay and some information about the military situation in the area of Matagorda Bay, Tex. Included is an autobiographical sketch of Thomas Taylor and genealogical data concerning the Taylor family. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 971.