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[City of Waco $1 Certificate]

Description: Engraved certificate the size of a bank note with images and text on the front that says: "The City of Waco, State of Texas, Will pay to bearer One Dollar." There are black-and-white images on the front including a man carrying a spear on horseback (lower-left corner), a brick suspension bridge over a river with a city behind (center), and a train engine pulling a coal car (lower-right). The back of the certificate has a decorative design in blue ink surrounding the text "Receivable for all A… more
Date: 1875
Creator: Waco (Tex.)
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1876-1909]

Description: Ledger containing summary information related to the finances of the Galveston City Company including monthly cash balances, dividends, bills payable and receivable, city bonds, stocks, loans, and other transactions. A name index is at the front of the volume.
Date: 1876/1909
Creator: Galveston City Company
Partner: Stewart Title Company

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1873]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1873. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1873
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1874]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1874. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1874
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1876]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1876. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1876
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1879]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1879. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1879
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1878]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1878. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1878
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Photograph of Group of People in Front of Saloon]

Description: Photograph of a group of people of various ages, standing on the porch of a one-story, stone building connected to another stone building with a facade. Some people are leaning against the walls, others are sitting on the porch steps, and others are sitting on wooden chairs scattered about the porch. The building with the facade, on the left, has tall narrow windows and a tall, arched door. A small fence sits to the right of the buildings. There are handwritten notes on the back of the photo ab… more
Date: 1878
Partner: Patrick Heath Public Library

[Dallas City Charter, 1871]

Description: Original text of the charter to incorporate Dallas as a city of Texas, located in Dallas County. The document has 40 sections outlining the various aspects of governance and the city's relationship to the government of Texas. It was filed April 20, 1871 and officially signed and sealed by the Secretary of State on May 9.
Date: 1871
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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