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Certificate of appointment
Appointment of A.G. Mallory as Inspector of the Texas state penitentiary
Deed for town lot in Navasota
Deed for town lot in Navasota, Ira M. Camp and wife Eliza selling a lot to Charles L. Miller.
Embroidered sampler
Plain weave sampler with silk embroidery, floral border, floral motifs, and poem. Text: "In Sharon's lovely Rose, Immortal beauties/ shine; Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows;/ Its origin divine./ Pleasure is a Rose, near which there ever grows/ the thorn of evil; It is wisdom's work so carefully/ to cull the Rose, as to avoid the thorn, and let its/ rich perfume exhale to heaven in grateful adoration/ of Him who gave the Rose to blow./ Mary Louise Brown, November 2nd 1829."
"General return of the Army in Mexico, under the command and orders of Major General Z. Taylor"
Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army
[Letter from Austin with Map]
Hand-written instructions concerning land surveys along the coast, signed by S. F. Austin. He mentions Duke, Nelms, and [Rales]. On the reverse, a map of the land survey is sketched with notes about dimensions. In the digital version, the first page is included twice - the second time a hand-written transcription of the letter is pictured beneath the original.
"Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Report on reexamination of Brazos River, Tex., from Old Washington to Waco"
Report to the 66th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. Doc. No. 298
[Letter from W.B. Ochiltree to Jesse Grimes, November 27, 1847]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from W.B. Ochiltree to Jesse Grimes, concerns nomination of district judge. Mentions Amos Clark and murderer David L. Ray.
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway]
Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway
Marriage certificate in German
German certificate of marriage for Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Zchappel and Louise Elisabeth Zeiss. The certificate is illustrated with various scenes including a ship, a church, and a family sitting in a garden. It is signed by Ida Zeiss, Alma Amsler, Otto L. Schroeder, and Rudolph Johnke.
"Organization of the regular Army of the United States, 1847"
Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army
"Position and distribution of the Troops in the Eastern Division, under the command of Brevet Major General Edmund P. Gaines"
Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army.
[Promissory Note]
Promissory note from Seward heirs to O.T. Holt promising a total of $9,626.93 with interest and secured by a deed of trust.
Seward Papers
Court summons to Seward by J.G. James.
[Statement of Power of Attorney]
Legal statement outlining the power of attorney granted by John West of Robertson County regarding a piece of land.
Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp
Statement prepared by Elijah Stapp--a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence--is a testimony to the claims of S. Hatch for damages and expenses incurred during the Texas revolution.
[Voter Registration to Alexander Simon from Chief Justice O.H.T. Garrett, 1865]
Papers of Alexander Simon. Certificate of Registration to Simon from Chief Justice O.H.T. Garrett entitling Simon to vote, having already received his Oath of Amnesty.
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