[Letter from J. J. Click to W. H. Kuykendall - February 11, 1901]

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Letter from John J. Click to Reverend W. H. Kuykendall discussing Click's conversion from Methodist to Baptist and asking for more information about a "Boy Preacher" that they have heard works with Kuykendall and would like to invite to their congregation.

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Click, John J. February 11, 1901.

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Private Collection of J. K. Johnson

The materials in this collection are culturally, historically, and scientifically significant representation of late 19th century life in North Texas. J.J. Click was a skilled carpenter and builder, meticulous shopkeeper and entrepreneur, and prolific inventor. The materials in this collection offer provenance to three patents associated with Click in the Portal to Texas History. Culturally, Click’s effects tell a tale of quotidian interaction on the Frontier. From his Bellevue homestead records, we learn how to run a general store, build a farm house, and mend a wagon wheel. We see community members’ consumption of durable and nondurable goods, and recognize his contributions to the broader community, including building a school house, a grist mill, and a wind-powered well. Historically, Click’s stamp on Texas history extends far beyond Bellevue, as he designed and built private and public works in Anna, McKinney, Amarillo and Waco. Meanwhile, he invested in oil, purchased stock in Hollywood, and tirelessly rendered, patented, crafted and marketed his own inventions. It is this last category of items to be digitized that tie together the cultural, historical and technological elements, making this collection truly unique.

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Letter from John J. Click to Reverend W. H. Kuykendall discussing Click's conversion from Methodist to Baptist and asking for more information about a "Boy Preacher" that they have heard works with Kuykendall and would like to invite to their congregation.

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3 p. ; 23 x 15 cm.

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Text: "Bellevue, Clay Co., Texas. Feb the 11th 1901. Rev. W. H. Kuykendall. Holdenville, I.T. Dear Brother:- You may not remember me, however I have met you and heard you preach, and I have not forgotten the way you poked me about geting [sic] my coat on wrong side out, as I had got into a Methodist coat and that it did not fit, so I got out of it, and since I saw you I am now happy to inform you that I have got into the Baptist coat and I find that it is all right, but that I am so unworthy that I don’t fit it as well as I should. I could not turn that Methodist coat so that it would fit a Baptist so I simply threw it away as a bundle of heretical rubbish. Just recently:— one Mr. J. N. Haden of Sherman, Texas; was in our town selling a little book entitled = Rev. Metz Joiner, the Boy Preacher, in which is set forth a most wonderful and remarkable 8 or 9 year old boy, and if the contents of this little ^Book be true we would like to have him visit our town and preach some for us. The said Haden said that this little Boy is a licensed Baptist Preacher and that you know all about him, and that you had him to help you in meetings preaching him time about with yourself, therefore some of the brethren have requested me to write [--to--] you in regard to what you know about the ^said Boy Preacher of Durant, I. T., before we invite him to [--come--] to our town, we are anxious to know the truth concerning the boy, and hope to hear from you by return mail. Enclosed you will peas [sic] find postage stamp for reply. May the Lord bless you in your efforts for good. Yours truly J. J. Click. Bellevue, Clay Co., Texas."

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Click, John J. [Letter from J. J. Click to W. H. Kuykendall - February 11, 1901], letter, February 11, 1901; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1385003/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of J. K. Johnson.

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