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[Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]

Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County and signed by Governor Sam Houston. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: May 3, 1860

Item Type: Text

[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]

Sarah Zimmerman, descendant of Edward Birch (Burch) granting power of attorney to her agent. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.

Date: April 4, 1860

Item Type: Text

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, March 1860]

Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, regarding the sale of some 30 negroes from their uncle's estate. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: March 1860

Item Type: Letter

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey, 1860]

Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey regarding the estate of his uncle, Edward Burch. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: 1860

Item Type: Letter

[Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878)]

(a) Photograph of Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878) of Gay Hill, TX ca. 1860; (b) frame. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: 1860

Item Type: Photograph

"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"

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.

Item Type: Artwork

[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866]

Letter to nephew from R.E.B. Baylor regarding coming to Texas, bringing negro employees, condition of negroes in Independence, and family matters. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.

Date: October 1866

Creator: Baylor, R. E. B. (Robert Emmett Bledsoe), 1793-1873

Item Type: Letter

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler, May 26, 1863]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler regarding Civil War news. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.

Date: May 26, 1863

Creator: Wheeler, Walker

Item Type: Letter

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston regarding the gift of a portrait of Baylor to the Alumnae of Baylor Female College. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.

Date: October 15, 1868

Creator: Houston, Mary W.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter to Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor from J.E. Baylor, September 19, 1869]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from J.E.B. regarding military pensions and literary matters

Date: September 19, 1869

Item Type: Letter

[Bill of sale]

Bill of sale from Ambrose D. Harper to Alexander Simon for two negro slaves

Date: January 13, 1862

Item Type: Text

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor, June 4, 1861]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor regarding leaving for Virginia to serve in guerilla force

Date: June 4, 1861

Creator: Baylor, John R.

Item Type: Letter

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, December 18, 1862]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding wartime activities and family matters

Date: December 18, 1862

Creator: Abercrombie, Lavinia

Item Type: Letter

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding the war and family matters

Date: June 10, 1863

Creator: Abercrombie, Lavinia

Item Type: Letter

[Receipt for a Mule]

Receipt no. 208 to J.H. Seward, Washington, TX, from the Office of Depot Quarter Master, Austin, TX, for one government mule at $76.

Date: April 3, 1866

Item Type: Text

[List of Officers Who Have Resigned]

First page of a list of officers whose resignations were accepted by the President as of January 1865.

Date: January 18, 1865

Creator: United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office.

Item Type: Text

[Bill of Sale to Alexander Simon from W.P. Moore for slave Sarah, 1862]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Bill of Sale to Simon from W.P. Moore for $900 for female slave, Sarah.

Date: September 27, 1862

Item Type: Text

[Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons from Adam Hill for slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons (wife) from Adam Hill for $1200 for female slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter.

Date: December 5, 1862

Item Type: Text

[Certificate of Registration registering Alexander Simon as a qualified voter, 1867]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Sworn Statement on one side and Certificate of Registration on the other; registers Simon as a qualified voter of Washington County.

Date: June 14, 1867

Item Type: Text

"Extracts from memoirs & pocket memorandum books"

Biographical information about Anson Jones in the hand of Mary Jones; not dated but appears to post-date the Civil War

Date: 1860~

Item Type: Physical Object

Court martial of Private John Carroll in Brownsville, TX

Court martial of Carroll who was charged with, (1) "Conduct Prejudicial to Good Order and Military Disciplinel," (2) Assault, with intent to commit Rape, and (3) Assault, with intent to kill."

Date: September 19, 1864

Item Type: Text

Life of Col. David Crockett, written by himself. Comprising his early life, hunting adventures, service under General Jackson in the Creek war, electioneerng speeches, career in Congress, triumphamnt tour in the northern states, and service in the Texan war. To which is added, an account of Colonel Crockett's glorious death at the Alamo, while fighting in defence of Texan independence. By the editor.

Date: 1860

Creator: Crockett, Davy

Item Type: Book

"Declaration by President Lincoln that the port of Brownsville, TX shall be opened to Non-military trade"

General Orders, no. 69

Date: February 22, 1864

Item Type: Text

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

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.

Item Type: Artwork

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[Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]

[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, March 1860]

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey, 1860]

[Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878)]

"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"

[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866]

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Walker Wheeler, May 26, 1863]

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868]

[Letter to Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor from J.E. Baylor, September 19, 1869]

[Bill of sale]

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor, June 4, 1861]

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, December 18, 1862]

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863]

[Receipt for a Mule]

[List of Officers Who Have Resigned]

[Bill of Sale to Alexander Simon from W.P. Moore for slave Sarah, 1862]

[Bill of Sale to Julia R. Simons from Adam Hill for slave, Julia and her 2 year old daughter]

[Certificate of Registration registering Alexander Simon as a qualified voter, 1867]

"Extracts from memoirs & pocket memorandum books"

Court martial of Private John Carroll in Brownsville, TX

Life of Col. David Crockett

"Declaration by President Lincoln that the port of Brownsville, TX shall be opened to Non-military trade"

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