CSPAN3 March 17, 2012
general. it is clear from correspondence that the military wanted to use the second floor of the slave quarters to house subsistence bureaus military personnel. now, the commissary general vacat vacated decatur house turning it over to edward beil. they made extensive renovations, but the only significant change made to the slave quarters was the installation of a new slate roof over the building's original wood shingle roof likely around 1875. the earliest san antonio photograph of the slave quarters is this 1885 image in which the north elevation of the slave quarters is just barel...
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