"Speeches of Hon. Charles Sumner, on the Boston Memorial for the Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Bill and in Reply to Messrs. Jones of Tennessee, Butler of South Carolina, and Mason of Virginia"
Date: 1854
Creator: unknown
Description: Speeches delivered to the U.S. Senate between June 26th and June 28th, 1854
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth31809/
[Bill of sale for the slave "Joe" to William Murrell by D.S. Wade, May 15, 1854]
Date: 1854-05-15
Creator: Wade, D.S.
Description: Bill of sale for the slave "Joe" to William Murrell by D.S. Wade, May 15, 1854 for $835.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Howard and Brenda McClurkin
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36155/
[Bill of sale for the slave "Joe" to William Murrell by D.S. Wade, May 1854]
Date: 1854-05
Creator: Ward, D.S.
Description: Bill of sale for the slave "Joe" to William Murrell from D.S. Ward.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Howard and Brenda McClurkin
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36150/
[Claim Certificate: Napoleon R. Williams for atty. William J. DeNormandie]
Date: 1854-08-15
Creator: unknown
Description: Claim from Napoleon R. Williams for atty. William J. DeNormandie to the State of Texas for $24 for service under Col. Fannin in 1836
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth31707/
"Speech of William H. Seward, on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"
Date: 1854-02-17
Creator: unknown
Description: Speech delivered to the United States Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth31814/
"Speech of William H. Seward. on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"
Date: 1854-02-17
Creator: unknown
Description: Speech delivered to the U. S. Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854; portrait of Seward included
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth31699/
Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas
Date: 1854
Creator: United States Coast Survey.
Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the entrance to the Rio Grande River. The physical features are shaded with relief (and depths) shown by soundings. Depths are marked with lines, shading (rendered in a dot pattern), and numbers in feet. Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text in the lower left corner, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1853 and 1854; the text also gives specific latitude and longitude of the area in the map. The text is labeled "Note" and "Tides" which gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:20,000.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth50245/
Samuel C.H. Witten
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Portrait of Samuel C.H. Witten, who came to Colleyville in 1854.
Holding Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth24673/
Preliminary survey of the entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas / topography by W.E. Greenwell ; hydrography by the party under the command of J. Wilkinson ; drng. by W.E. Greenwell ; engd. by C.A. Knight & F.W. Benner.
Date: 1854
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes text on soundings and tides. "I no. 2." "No. 40."
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2480/
[Broadside stock certificate]
Date: 1854-08-02
Creator: unknown
Description: Broadside stock certificate. Texas and German Emigration Company stock certificate, signed August 2, 1854.
Holding Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth7194/