[Legal payment agreement of John B. Denton and John B. Craig]
Date: 1840-10-21
Creator: unknown
Description: Legal payment agreement of John B. Denton, John B. Craig, John Morton , and Samuel W. Sims, binding them in an agreement to pay Abel Bland the sum of $600.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth9393/
[Letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847]
Date: 1847-06-12
Creator: Houston, Sam
Description: A letter from Sam Houston to his friend Joseph L. Ellis of Grand Cane at his plantation "Pleasant Lawn." Discusses Judge Worsham, the health of the Houston family and neighbors. This letter is purported to be a hoax and forgery, as multiple copies exist.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29462/
[Letter to Colonel John Singleton from L. W. Kemp]
Date: 1938-10-10
Creator: Kemp, L. W.
Description: L. W. Kemp wrote Colonel John V. Singleton in response to a complaint about an inscription on a historical marker in John Simpson Chisum's honor. The discrepancy concerns the actual date of Chisum's death.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24911/
[Letter to Lota M. Spell]
Date: c. 1936-04-25
Creator: Williams, William
Description: Mrs. William Williams wrote Lota M. Spell of Austin, Texas concerning the installation of a historical marker at the site of John Simpson Chisum's home. John Chisum was a cattle king in Denton County in the mid-1800s.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24913/
[Letter to Mrs. Chambers from Texas State Library]
Date: 1934-09-14
Creator: Goree, Edwin Sue
Description: Letter from Edwin Sue Goree, field worker of Texas State Library, to Mrs. W. B. Chambers, Chair of Library Club, Denton County Council, P.T.A., regarding the procurement of school books. Goree replied that the Texas State Library was not able to loan books or further assistance at present but suggested establishing a Denton county library.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29655/
[Letter to Mrs. William Williams concerning John Chisum]
Date: 1936-04-23
Creator: Spell, Lota M.
Description: Lota M. Spell of the Advisory Board of Texas Historians wrote Mrs. Will Williams concerning the installation of a historical marker at John Simpson Chisum's home in Denton County.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24914/
[Letter to Record-Chronicle from Mrs. W. B. Chambers]
Date: 1935-05-15
Creator: Denton County Council of P.T.A.
Description: Letter to the Record-Chronicle newspaper in Denton, Texas from the Library Extension Committee of the Denton County Council of Parents and Teachers. The letter contains information about a traveling library that was created to provide books to rural schools.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29654/
[Letter to Will Williams regarding the Chisum Trail]
Date: 1938-07-27
Creator: J. B Cranfill, M.D. LL.D.
Description: J. B. Cranfill writes Will Williams, President of the Denton Historical Society, in response to Mr. Williams's letter about whether the Texas cattle trail should be known as the Chisholm or Chisum Trail.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24912/
[Letters to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from Denton County Public Schools]
Date: c. 1935
Creator: Denton County Public Schools
Description: Letters to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from R. L. Proffer, Superintendent of Denton County Public Schools, and Pyrene Wilson, County-School Librarian, regarding the Denton County-School Library.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29653/
[Postcard to W. B. Chambers from U. W. Edwards]
Date: 1935-10-31
Creator: unknown
Description: Postcard to Mrs. W. B. Chambers from Mr. and Mrs. Edwards regarding the procurement of a case for the traveling library.
Holding Partner: Denton Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29652/