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[Joshua Chapter No. 43: Copy of Citation and Charges vs. H. M. Tippet]

Document describing the charges of unmasonic conduct against H. M. Tippet and requesting H. B. Huster's appearance for the trial and investigation of the charges.

Date: 1869

Creator: Huster, B. H.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

[View of Austin, TX]

Photograph of a view of Austin, TX taken from the top of a government building.

Date: 1869

Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1869 May 29.

Land Grant for 199 2/3 acres in Harrison county.

Date: May 29, 1869

Creator: Texas. General Land Office.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Envelope originally addressed to Loriette C. Redway, 1866]

An envelope, postmarked June 24, 1866, and originally addressed to Mrs. Captain Redway (Loriette Redway) in Mannsville, New York. The envelope was later used by Mrs. Redway to send a letter, presumably to her husband, Hamilton K. Redway, in 1869.

Date: 1869

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

City of Galveston, Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century wards, street names, buildings, parks, churches, businesses, cemeteries, railroads, block numbers, lot numbers, and ownership in Galveston, Texas. Scale [1:21,600].

Date: [1869..1889]

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Palestine: Anderson County, Texas.

Map of late-nineteenth century Palestine, Texas street names, buildings, parks, churches, businesses, cemeteries, railroads, block numbers, lot numbers, and ownership. Scale [1:6,300].

Date: [1869..1889]

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Front Cover: Military Maps illustrating the Operations of the Armies of the Potomac & James, May 4th 1864 to April 9th 1865]

Front cover from a series of military maps that illustrates army operations and battlefields

Date: 1869

Creator: United States. War Department. Office of the Chief of Engineers.

Item Type: Text

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Galveston Texas, Galveston Co.

Map shows street names, block numbers [in red ink, corrected in pencil], channels, and beacons; vectors in red and black ink with additional lines and notes in pencil. Appears to be engineering plan for placement of a jetty or roadway. Scale [ca. 1:3600].

Date: [1869..1889]

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Postcard with an Illustration of a Suspension Bridge]

Postcard with an illustration of the suspension bridge spanning Salado Creek, based on a photograph. The image shows two individuals on horseback in the creek, and individuals standing on the middle of the bridge.

Date: 1980

Creator: Creeko Creations

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Salado Public Library

Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas: Some Reasons why it Should not be Removed.

Pamphlet outlining reasons that Southwestern University should stay permanently in Georgetown, describing the history of the school and connection to the community. It was issued in response to efforts to move the university to Fort Worth between 1907 and 1911 as part of the Georgetown anti-removal effort and is addressed to the "Methodists of Texas."

Date: 1907~

Creator: Booty, A. A.

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Southwestern University

[Letter from Libbie to Junia Roberts Osterhout, March 1, 1869]

Letter from Libbie to her aunt, Junia Roberts Osterhout, about life in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Libbie wrote of a recent, elegant wedding she had attended and some of the fashion she had been seeing recently. At school, she got held after for breaking one of the rules. The letter closed when it became too late for her to continue writing. Included is an envelope addressed to "Mrs. J. P. Osterhout."

Date: March 1, 1869

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Austin College

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Mattie Davis Lucas]

Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Mattie Davis Lucas (January 12, 1869 - October 27, 1936) in Sherman, Texas. Text: Martha Ora "Mattie" Davis was born in Mississippi and moved to Texas as an infant. She earned a teaching certificate in 1884, and in 1889 married William H. Lucas. Active in civic organizations and women's clubs, Mattie spearheaded many civic improvements in Grayson County, including the establishment of a Carnegie Library, home front war work, and the coll… more

Date: 2011-12/2012-03

Creator: West, Carolyn Effie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record R

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from April 1867 to March 1869, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sal… more

Date: 1867-04/1869-03

Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook & Ladder Co., No. 1

Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1; this particular version was revised in June, 1869. This pamphlet contains the history of the department, a preamble, and the different articles of the actual document stating the rules and guidelines of the company.

Date: June 1869

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Galveston Historical Foundation

Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes E

Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from January 1869 to March 1873. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Date: 1869-01/1873-03

Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Galveston City Directory, 1868-1869

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete business directory and street guide."

Date: 1868

Creator: Marston, C. W.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Bust photograph of a young boy smoking a pipe]

Oval bust tintype photograph of a young boy smoking a pipe. He is wearing a dark coat, white collared shirt and a dark hat. His right eye is turned inward (cross-eyed). Enclosed in a cardboard substrate. Identification card placed beside picture, scripted: "Wena P. Davis."

Date: 1869~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Note Regarding Joshua Chapter, July 9, 1870]

Note discussing information related to the Joshua Chapter, No. 43 and dated "Hallettsville July 9, 1870."

Date: July 9, 1870

Item Type: Text

Partner: Friench Simpson Memorial Library

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, August 4,1869]

Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to David Fentress, detailing local activities in Bolivar, Tennessee including information about crops, local marriages, and the management of the John Fentress Estate. In addition she mentions various people's children and how they are growing up.

Date: August 4, 1869

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Map of tracts adjacent to] Benjamin Franklin Dennis Gahagan League.

Map shows railroad and depot location, ownership of measured tracts of land in the vicinity of and along the Sabine Pass. Manuscript copy of original, map lines are in black ink (over pencil), paper lines are blue, note in purple ink. Scale not given.

Date: 1869

Item Type: Map

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Minutes of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Union Baptist Association, 1869

Minutes of the annual meeting of the Union Baptist Association in Texas include accounts of proceedings at the session, committee reports, statistics regarding Baptist churches in Texas, and other relevant notes and commentaries.

Date: 1869

Creator: Union Baptist Association (Tex.)

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Land Patent Issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, November 1860]

Land patent issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, signed by Governor Sam Houston, for a piece of land northeast of Waxahachie.

Date: November 27, 1860

Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Transcript of Land Patent Issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, November 1860]

Transcript of a land patent issued to John F. Stroop by the State of Texas, signed by Governor Sam Houston, for a piece of land northeast of Waxahachie.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, August 4,1869]

Letter from Maud Fentress to David Fentress, detailing local activities in Bolivar, Tennessee including information about crops, local marriages, and the management of the John Fentress Estate. In addition she mentions various people's children and how they are growing up.

Date: August 4, 1869

Creator: Fentress, Maud C.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections