A sampling of some of the letters and documents from the late 1800s recently found in the attic of a house on Dooley Street in Houston formerly owned by Lawrence Hamrick.

Back in 2008, Houston resident Chance Drake purchased a house on Dooley Street that was formerly owned by Lawrence Hamrick.

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Doug Davison is a writer, photographer and newsroom assistant for the Houston Herald. Contact him by phone at 417-967-2000 or by email at ddavison@houstonherald.com.