| Tester bed signed: FROM MITCHELL& RAMMELSBERG SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF RETJEMANS PATENT >* 23 & 25 *< EAST SECOND STREET >* CINCINNATI *< JRM This firm was in business manufacturing fine furniture from 1846 through 1881 at several locations. The E.Second address was used from 1848 to 1858. The bed has a history of ownership at the Houston residence of James Theodore Dudley Wilson, son of Robert Wilson who came to Texas in the 1820's. They are both mentioned in The Handbook of Texas, with J. T. D. Wilson serving as mayor of Houston. |
