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[State & County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks]

Description: State & County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks. The receipt is for the amount of nine dollas and eighty-five cents paid for the year 1876. The document was signed by Jno H. Traylor.
Date: unknown
Partner: Log Cabin Village

[Widow's Pension for Mrs. Martha Parks, 24 July 1907]

Description: Notification of Widow's Pension for Mrs. Martha Parks from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
Partner: Log Cabin Village

[In Memoriam]

Description: Wolf & Klar Jewelers' 163 employees signed a certificate giving a Torah to the Beth-El Congregation in 1947 in memory of company founder Alex Wolf. The synagogue, at 207 W. Broadway, was gutted in a 1946 fire and lost most of its Torahs. A photograph of Alex Wolf is in the upper-left corner and a Wolf & Klar Jewelers' logo which says "In Memoriam" is in the lower-right corner. The text at the top of the certificate says: "In loving memory and respect for our beloved founder, Mr. Alex Wolf, we t… more
Date: 1947
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, 1933

Description: Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth, including the declarations of the Rabbi and the Unison Readings of the congregation during the Shabuoth and Confirmation service of 1933, during which students graduating from the religious school are confirmed. The list of confirmands is on the 4th page.
Date: 1933
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Telegraph from J. Frank Smith to Isabella Waters Morris]

Description: Telegraph from J. Frank Smith to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The telegraph was sent on December 12, 1914 from McKinney Texas.
Date: December 12, 1914
Creator: Smith, J. Frank
Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

[Telegraph from A.L. Moore to Isabella Waters Morris]

Description: Telegraph from A.L. Moore to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The telegraph was sent on December 11, 1914.
Date: December 11, 1914
Creator: Moore, A.L.
Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

[Telegraph from John M. Marcus to Isabella Waters Morris]

Description: Telegraph from John M. Barcus to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The telegraph was sent on December 11, 1914.
Date: December 11, 1914
Creator: Barcus, John M.
Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

[Telegraph from John R. Nelson to Isabella Waters Morris]

Description: Telegraph from John R. Nelson to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The telegraph was sent on December 11, 1914.
Date: December 11, 1914
Creator: Nelson, John R.
Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

[Telegraph from Nicholas to Isabella Waters Morris]

Description: Telegraph from Nicholas to Mrs. Isaac Zachary Taylor Morris (Isabella Waters Morris). The telegraph was sent on December 11, 1914.
Date: December 11, 1914
Creator: Nicholas
Partner: Archives of the Central Texas Conference United Methodist Church

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Description: Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin. Title page and inscription of the bible states that this volume contains "the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser."
Date: May 26, 1909
Creator: Rabbi George Zepin
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Certificate]

Description: Union of American Hebrew Congregations certificate of membership for Beth-El Congregation of Fort Worth. The certificate is orange in color and has a star-burst design radiating out from a scroll in the center. There is Hebrew text at the top beneath which is the quotation: "Come, let us take counsel together. --Nch. 6:7." The text on the scroll states: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established 1873 Hereby certifies that Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, 1907 (Nis… more
Date: March 22, 1907
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El

Description: Program from the Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 1905. It contains the names of the confirmation students, and the order of the program.
Date: June 1905
Creator: Congregation Beth-El
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902]

Description: Minutes from the third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, Oct. 5, 1902, handwritten in pencil on the back of a courthouse circular. The reverse side of the minutes is a Courthouse Circular, dated Oct. 3, 1902.
Date: October 5, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isidore, congregation secretary
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902

Description: Daily Report of the Tarrant County Clerk's office on October 3-4, 1902. Included are lists of deeds granted, deeds of trust, chattel cottages, and proceedings in the district and justice courts. "Claude Butler, proprietor" is printed at the top of the document. On the reverse side are handwritten minutes from Beth-El Congregation's third organizing meeting.
Date: October 4, 1902
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation]

Description: Minutes from the organizing meeting of the Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth on September 21, 1902.
Date: September 21, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isadore, congregation secretary
Partner: Fort Worth Jewish Archives

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 8 1897]

Description: Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks for the year 1897 in the amount of sixteen dollars and ninety-six cents. The original grantees were R.W. Boyce and J. Morris. The document is dated December 8, 1897 and was signed by S.P. Snider.
Date: December 8, 1897
Creator: Snider, S.P.
Partner: Log Cabin Village

"The Vedette" January 1, 1892

Description: January 1, 1892 issue of the Vedette, a monthly journal, "Especially devoted to the Dissemination and preservation of Historical Incidents of the Mexican War of 1846- '48, and Current Items of interest to the Surviving Soldiers and Sailors of that period. It is the duly authorized Organ of the National Association, and Circulates in Every State and Territory of the Union."
Date: January 1, 1892
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Promissory note for Milton Parks, December 18 1891]

Description: Promissory note for Milton Parks. The document is dated December 18, 1891. The document notes a payment of eighty dollars to be paid by Milton Parks two years from the document date.
Date: December 18, 1891
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks, December 3 1891]

Description: Hood County Tax Receipt for Milton Parks in the amount of fourteen dollars and ninety-six cents for the year 1891. R.W. Boyce (240 acres) and Isaac Morris (91 acres) were the original grantees. This document is signed by collector B.W. Morris.
Date: December 3, 1891
Creator: Morris, B.W.
Partner: Log Cabin Village
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