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[Invitation to Lucadia Pease from President John Tyler and first lady Julia Tyler]

An invitation to Lucadia Pease from President John Tyler and first lady Julia Tyler.

Date: unknown

Creator: & Tyler, Julia

[Essay “Pease School” by Timothy Alvin Brown]

“Pease School,” an essay by Timothy Alvin Brown, who was the principal of the Austin Independent School District's oldest school, Pease Elementary, from 1892-1933.

Date: unknown

Creator: Brown, Timothy Alvin

[Receipts regarding Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX]

Two receipts from a druggist regarding the Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, Texas.

Date: 1867-10-30/1867-11-15

Creator: Chadwick, Eddins & Company

[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]

A short biographical essay on Elisabet Ney—on the cover is a black-&-white reproduction of a painting of Ney by Fredrich Kaulbach.

Date: unknown

Creator: Fredrich Kaulbach

[Invitation to "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody]

An invitation to a "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody.

Date: November 2, 1926

Creator: Graham, Richard Niles & Graham, Anita

[Invitation to inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson]

An invitation that Governor E.M. Pease received to the inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson.

Date: January 19, 1856

Creator: Jackson Monument Association

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.

Date: 1837-04-18/1837-04-20

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

A circular in which E.M. Pease announces his candidacy for governor.

Date: May 26, 1851

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

[Jury findings or proposed jury findings in case about ownership of slaves]

Jury findings or proposed jury findings in a case ("Smith v. Cloud") about ownership of slaves. Includes typewritten transcription of the document.

Date: 1854

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

[Money advanced by E.M. Pease for Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX]

"Expenditure of the $ 1000.00 currency advanced by EM Pease for the Freedmen['s Hospital] at Brenham[, TX] in the Fall of 1867."

Date: Autumn 1867

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

[Note secured by deed of trust on slaves]

A note secured “by deed of trust on negroes.”

Date: September 18, 1849

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

[Receipt for transportation of slaves]

A receipt for "hauling [E.M. Pease's] negros and goods."

Date: 1854-uu-16

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall & Conan, J. B.

[Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana]

A proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana.

Date: April 6, 1855

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall & Holland, Bird

[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]

A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."

Date: March 31, 1931

Creator: Potts, Charles S.

The Austin Silk Plantation and Manufacturing Company

This pamphlet describes the processes of silk production and compares it to raising cotton.

Date: 1917

Creator: The Austin Silk Plantation and Manufacturing Company

[6 Cards from "72 Pictured Party Stunts"]

Six cards taken from a 1930s party game called "72 Pictured Party Stunts." Each card has an illustration and lists an action or activity that is stereotypical or attributed to a particular ethnic group. The backs of the cards are decorated with a geometric design in blue, with a portrait of a woman in the center.

Date: 1935

Creator: Whitman Publishing Company

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.

Date: August 3, 1841

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of a Maria, an enslaved woman, from enslaver Clinton Terry.

Date: December 10, 1853

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from enslaver J.M. Prewitt.

Date: May 5, 1856

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

An agreement for the sale of an enslaved man named Boston in Connecticut between enslaver John Griswold and the estate of deceased enslaver Josiah Filly, executed by David Barber.

Date: December 16, 1772

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

Date: September 29, 1847

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.

Date: January 1, 1864

[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver William McMaster’s purchase of a Harriet, an enslaved woman, from enslaver William B. Smith. E.M. Pease, also an enslaver, was a witness to the transaction.

Date: January 2, 1844

[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.

Date: August 10, 1847

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