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 Collection: Rescuing Texas History, 2006
[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order]

[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order]

Date: 1885-11-09
Creator: H. O'Neill & Co.
Description: Card dated November 9, 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order. Sent to an address in Laredo, Texas from H. O'Neill & Company in New York City.
Holding Partner: Laredo Public Library
[Confederate States Loan]

[Confederate States Loan]

Date: 1872-07
Creator: unknown
Description: A bond dated July 1872, guaranteeing "the sum of Fifty Dollars with Interest to be paid the the bearer of this bond, at the seat of government or such place of deposit as may be appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury". It has John H. Reagan, Postmaster General of the Confederacy's photograph on it.
Holding Partner: Palestine Public Library
DAR honors Ernestine Thompson

DAR honors Ernestine Thompson

Date: 2006-05-21
Creator: unknown
Description: Announcement for the reception when the Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) honored Ernestine Thompson with the Community Service Award at the W.H. Passon Historical Society on May 21, 2006. Ernestine collected artifacts for the Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum.
Holding Partner: Jacob Fontaine Religious Museum
Maximum daily temperatures for the first half of July, 1913

Maximum daily temperatures for the first half of July, 1913

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Compares the temperatures for July 1-15, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Brownsville, Texas as taken from the Government Climatological Summary.
Holding Partner: The University of Texas-Pan American
Maximum daily temperatures for the last half of July, 1913

Maximum daily temperatures for the last half of July, 1913

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Compares the temperatures for July 16-31, 1913 in Omaha, Nebraska, Topeka, Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Brownsville, Texas as taken from the Government Climatological Summary.
Holding Partner: The University of Texas-Pan American
Testimony from W. B. Hinckly

Testimony from W. B. Hinckly

Date: 1912 - 1919
Creator: unknown
Description: Testimony of a farmer concerning the opportunities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Holding Partner: The University of Texas-Pan American
[Wedding Invitation for Shirley Townsend and Mr. Murray Courtney Howell]

[Wedding Invitation for Shirley Townsend and Mr. Murray Courtney Howell]

Date: 1951-07-14
Creator: unknown
Description: Invitation to the wedding of Shirley Jeannine Townsend to Murray Courtney Howell. (Handwriting on the front of the invitation) Courtney was my godson. I baptised his elder Bro while Vicar of Escondido, California. in 1924-25 - Wm. Blackshear. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Holding Partner: Palestine Public Library