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[Texas Land Grant]

Description: Land grant for Ira Ellis signed by the governor of the state of Texas. There is a handwritten note from the clerk of Smith County regarding the grant and where it is recorded in the clerk's office about a year after the grant was issued.
Date: June 9, 1848
Creator: United States. Texas.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1849]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1849. 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: 1849
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago

Description: Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Cranston Pottery Jar]

Description: Pottery jar with a wide opening, glazed in a dark brown color, with a lighter or unglazed portion near the base. It is impressed just below the lip with the name "Cranston" and a paper label at the base says, "Cranston Pottery, Denton County, Texas, 1852-1875."
Date: [1852..1875]
Creator: Cranston Pottery
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1852]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1852. 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: 1852
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries

Almanac, 1856.

Description: The almanac includes general information about medicine, statistics, recipes, folk remedies, and meteorology for 1856.
Date: 1856
Creator: Duffau, Francis T.
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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