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LATIMER COUNTY. Latimer County, established by a declaration of the Constitutional Convention of 1868-69^qv and probably named for Albert Hamilton Latimer,^qv included the area of present Franklin County. Latimer County was never organized or legalized by the Texas legislature.

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Hans Peter Nielsen Gammel, comp., Laws of Texas, 1822-1897 (10 vols., Austin: Gammel, 1898).

Seymour V. Connor

The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/LL/hcl61.html (accessed October 12, 2008).

(NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.")

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