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[Diary of Henry Matthews - 1806-1844]

Description: Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. Primarily a medical diary, this volume includes records of medical visits and attendance by Matth… more
Date: 1806-04-12/1844-05-17
Creator: Matthews, Henry
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Partner: Southwestern University

Planter

Description: Patent for "a machine of this class which shall be simple, durable, and inexpensive, which may be readily converted from a corn into a cotton planter, and vice versa, which may be easily and effectively adjusted so as to plant the corn in hills at any desired distance apart, and which shall be in every respect convenient and efficient" (lines 10-17).
Date: August 12, 1890
Creator: Schofield, James Drommond
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Postcard of Harper's Ferry]

Description: Postcard of two men and a woman sitting on a wooden fence overlooking both a river and bridge. The scene is described as "Harper's Ferry Issued by the Passenger Department, B. & O. S-W. R. R., Cincinnati, Ohio." The letter on the back is illegible. The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie L. McFaddin to Gunston Hall Washington, D. C."
Date: February 12, 1910
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Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Postcard of Ohio McKinley Monument and Capitol]

Description: Postcard of a white building with marble columns and a cylindrical roof behind a bronze statue of a man, described as "State Capitol, showing McKinley Monument, Columbus, Ohio." The letter on the back reads, "Bob + I are on our way to tour N. Y. + Canada in his car. We sure are having a time. Leaving tomorrow for Cleveland. Remember me to all... My very best love, Lovingly, G. Smith." The postcard is addressed to "Miss Mamie L. McFaddin 1916 McFaddin Ave. Beaumont, Texas."
Date: July 12, 1912
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Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Letter from Abe Seinsheimer to D. W. Kempner, September 12, 1918]

Description: Letter from Abe Seinsheimer to D. W. Kempner providing some information about their family. He informs him that his mother and Abe's sister, Eliza Kempner, is about to arrive and assures him that he will do his best to "make her visit a pleasant one". A list containing D. W. Kempner's genealogy is attached.
Date: September 12, 1918
Creator: Seinsheimer, Abraham Henry
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Partner: Rosenberg Library
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