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[Election Certificate]

[Election Certificate]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Certificate commissioning R. E. B. Baylor as State District Judge of Third Judicial District, signed by Elisha M. Pease
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Bill of sale]

[Bill of sale]

Date: 1862-01-13
Creator: unknown
Description: Bill of sale from Ambrose D. Harper to Alexander Simon for two negro slaves
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]

[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]

Date: 1852-09-21
Creator: unknown
Description: Papers of Jesse Grimes. "To Emily Grimes Deed of Gift for Negro Girl Lucy."
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]

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

Date: 1860-04-04
Creator: unknown
Description: Sarah Zimmerman, descendant of Edward Birch (Burch) granting power of attorney to her agent. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Scrap of paper with Jesse Grimes signature]

[Scrap of paper with Jesse Grimes signature]

Date: 1838-07-13
Creator: unknown
Description: Papers of Jesse Grimes. Piece torn along fold of larger document, seal attached.
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[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, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]

Date: 1860-05-03
Creator: unknown
Description: 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
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Widow's Pension for Mrs. Martha Parks, 24 July 1907]

[Widow's Pension for Mrs. Martha Parks, 24 July 1907]

Date: unknown
Creator: United States of America, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
Description: Notification of Widow's Pension for Mrs. Martha Parks from the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions.
Holding Partner: Log Cabin Village
Passport signed by Lorenzo de Zavala, Howard coll F56

Passport signed by Lorenzo de Zavala, Howard coll F56

Date: 1832-11-18
Creator: unknown
Description: Passport signed by Lorenzo de Zavala during the time he was Governor of the state of Mexico.
Holding Partner: Dallas Historical Society
State records being stored

State records being stored

Date: 1950-01-30
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: stacks of records
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
State records being stored

State records being stored

Date: 1950-01-30
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Description: men offloading boxes
Holding Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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