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[Market House, Caroline County, Virginia]

Description: Illustration of house; on front "Market House, Caroline County, Va. (John Baylor, 1758); on back "'New Market' Manor House, Caroline Co. Virginia. Home of the Baylors, who came from Tiverton, Devonshire, England, in 1676"
Date: 1758
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah, or the Sleepy Eye: A Sioux Chief

Description: Hand-colored lithograph of Sioux chief Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah visible from the waist up; he is wearing feathers in hair and has two braids, a scarf around his neck, and blanket over his right shoulder.
Date: 1836
Creator: Newsam
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Surrender of Santa Anna

Description: Print of Santa Anna's surrender to General Sam Houston during the Texas Revolution
Date: April 22, 1836
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Description of Oregon and California, embracing An Account of The Gold Regions; to which is added, An Appendix, containing descriptions of various kinds of gold, and methods of testing its genuineness.

Description: Front cover and spine of the folio, and front cover and title page of a text containing a hand-colored, engraved pocket map of the western half of the United States showing roads, settlements, and rivers with "explanation" in lower left corner.
Date: 1849
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Lipan-Warrior

Description: Hand-colored stone lithograph of a West Lipan Apache warrior sitting astride a horse and carrying a rifle; from Emory's United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Washington, 1857
Date: 1857
Creator: Schott, A.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Engraved print of Abraham Lincoln

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Abraham Lincoln with notation in lower left corner, "From life by F.B. Carpenter, 1864,"
Date: 1864
Creator: Carpenter, F. B.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Description: Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford taken from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River.
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Harper's Weekly: Camp Ford, Texas Sketch]

Description: Hand-colored print of the Civil War camp, Camp Ford took from an 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, page 132. Camp Ford, located near Tyler, Texas was established in 1863 as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. Over the course of two years, the camp held about 6,000 prisoners and was one of the largest Confederate prison camps west of the Mississippi River. George Washington Simmons, pictured holding a pail, was the paymaster of the USS Clifton, captured at Sabine Pass on September 8, 18… more
Date: March 4, 1865
Creator: Simmons, G. W.
Location: 32.396301 -95.267229
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"Houston, Texas"

Description: From "Harper's Weekly." This item includes a sketch of Houston, Texas and the text on the reverse of the clipping.
Date: October 27, 1866
Creator: Davis, Theodore R.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"

Description: Engraved woodcut of cattle crossing a stream printed in Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867, page 665.
Date: October 19, 1867
Creator: Waud, A. R.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Henrietta Veazey]

Description: Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection. Picture of Henrietta Veazey, sister of Catherine (Kate) Veazey; taken about 1877, year she died; from collection of 71 items (parts a-bs): documents, photographs, and books. See 1983-82.1 - .7 for related three dimensional objects. On back of photograph: "Henretta Veazey. Born: 1858 in Gay Hill, Texas. Died: According to family tradition, when 19, same year picture taken, Gay Hill, Texas. Father: Y. Sheppard Veazey. Mother: Amanda Malvina Zimmerman. O… more
Date: 1877~
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Game Animals

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "Game Animals" from the "Bird and Animal Series."
Date: 1886
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Goody Two Shoes

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "Goody Two-Shoes."
Date: 1888
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Puss in Boots

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "Puss in Boots." from the "Little Folks Series."
Date: 1888
Creator: André, R.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Ali-Baba or the Forty Thieves

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "Ali Baba or the Forty Thieves." from the "Wonder-Story Series."
Date: 1889
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Robin's Christmas Eve

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "The Robin's Christmas Eve." from the "Snowflake Series."
Date: 1889
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Dame Trot and her Comical Cat

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "Dame Trot and her Comical Cat." from the "Pleasewell Series."
Date: 1890
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Old Woman and Her Pig

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "The Old Woman and Her Pig." from the "Pleasewell Series."
Date: 1890
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Story of the Three Little Kittens

Description: Front and back covers of a book titled "The Story of the Three Little Kittens." from the "Little Kitten Series."
Date: 1892
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Following Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas]

Description: Front page of a book containing an illustrated portrait of Stephen Fuller Austin, labeled "Father of Texas, born at Austinville, Wythe Co., VA., Nov. 3, 1797."
Date: 1936
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Le Champ D' Asile Au Texas

Description: First page telling the story of the Colony in Texas; sketch of the colony included.
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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