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[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."

Date: September 29, 1847

Item Type: Text

[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith]

A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith, who discusses the repelling of “Indian incursions.” Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: July 29, 1854

Creator: Smith, Persifor F.

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis]

A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, who refers to Brigadier Major General Persifor F. Smith’s letter of July 29, 1854, to Pease. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: August 29, 1854

Creator: Davis, Jefferson

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The first in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.

Date: October 29, 1867

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Family group portrait in Riverside Park in San Antonio on Easter. A couple of the men hold drinks (beer?) and one boy holds a gun. There is a horse-drawn carriage and trees in the background.

Date: March 29, 1891

Creator: Jacobson

Item Type: Photograph

Texas School for the Blind

Group of men in suits and hats lined up in front of campus buildings. For more information: http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kct25

Date: April 29, 1896

Item Type: Photograph

[Post Office and Federal Building in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of two men on the front steps of a large brick building. A sign above the building's entrance says, "Post Office and Court House."

Date: December 29, 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[Tayor County Courthouse, Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of the Taylor County Courthouse in Abilene, Texas. It is a two-story building with an additional two stories in a clock tower. An individual is sitting by the bushes in front of the building.

Date: December 29, 1905

Item Type: Photograph

[Windsor Hotel in Abilene, Texas]

Photograph of the Windsor Hotel in Abilene, Texas. It is a three-story brick building with an awning around the ground level.

Date: December 29, 1905

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.452808 -99.733501

[Race at Galveston Beach]

Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. Two cars are visible behind the spectators. The inscription on the back reads "L. Disbrow in his 290 HB 'JIC' attempts to lower record for beach comer."

Date: July 29, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Start in 300 mile race, Galveston Beach

Photograph of a car race at Galveston Beach. The drivers are lined up with their cars behind the crowd.

Date: July 29, 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Juarez Race Track

Photograph of a horse race in Juarez, Mexico. The horses are passing the crowd at the moment of the photograph. Five names of horses are listed in a handwritten note on the back of the photograph.

Date: March 29, 1914

Item Type: Photograph

A double exposure photograph of boxers fighting in the ring at the Golden Gloves tournament.

Date: January 29, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

[Longhorns Boxer Hit by Opponent]

Photograph of a University of Texsa Longhorns boxer being hit by opponent at a Golden Gloves tournament.

Date: January 29, 1940

Creator: Douglass, Neal

Item Type: Photograph

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[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

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[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Texas School for the Blind

[Post Office and Federal Building in Abilene, Texas]

[Tayor County Courthouse, Abilene, Texas]

[Windsor Hotel in Abilene, Texas]

[Race at Galveston Beach]

Start in 300 mile race, Galveston Beach

Juarez Race Track

[Tiny Tot Program]

Damned up Creek between East Avenue and Red River Street

[Boxer and Man]

[Boxer Hitting Opponent]

[Boxer Knocking Down Opponent]

[Boxer Posing in Longhorns Jersey]

[Boxer Swinging]

[Boxer Wearing Longhorns Jersey]

[Boxers Boxing]

[Boxers Fighting in Ring]

[Double Exposure of Boxers Boxing]

[Longhorns Boxer Hit by Opponent]