Newspaper clipping regarding the settlement in Texas. First portion (front side) is signed by W. D'Hanis & Co. and dated March 1846 from Antwerp. Second portion (front side) mentions Haby's return to Europe to take his family back to Texas and is signed Huth & Co. and dated March 25, 1846 from Neufreystaedt. Second clipping (reverse side) has two sections: First section is part of a letter commending the character of a vicar. The second section relates the story of four lumberjacks who found a stash of gold presumed buried during the French Revolution. They turned it over to the owner of the land, who had it distributed amongst the poor of the community. The third, and last, section contains various small news items.
Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, with a New Year's wish on one side ["Wishing You a Happy and Prosperous New Year"] and "1865" on other side.
Document describing the history and current practices of the Health Insurance-Company of San Antonio. Includes a list of financial information, a list of members as of April 1, 1892, physicians, medical examiners, and the company committee.
Receipt No. 47026 showing financial transaction in the amount of $21. Credit is drawn in favor of Billie Johnson received from First State Bank, Kerrville, Texas on E. W. Hammond.
Financial transaction in the amount of $21 between E. W. Hammond and Billie Johnson for the settlement of an account. Issued from the First State Bank, Kerrville, Texas. Signed by Billie Johnson.
Card asking for permission to escort someone home. Recipient is instructed to tear off the right side of the card if the offer is accepted and the left side if the recipient already has an escort.
Card printed by "The Globe Co" with a "short method for calculating interest" on one side and a time table "showing the time in days from any day in one month to the corresponding day in any other month" on the other.
Document inviting the public to learn more about the prosperity of Castroville by contacting any one of a list of men. The end states that Mr. Castro is still giving free land to families and bachelors.
Clipping with a useful table "to aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation" and an article with formulas for measurement conversions related to agriculture. Advertisements on verso.
Excerpt with medical advice on treatment of sun-stroke, recovery of the drowned, of persons struck by lightning and remedy for pulmonary consumption (incomplete). On the first page is a list of countries with corresponding numbers.
Article in a clipping explaining habeas corpus. Reverse side lists advertisements for various items, including building sites and garden plants, in a newspaper clipping.
Clipping advertising an etching reproduction of a painting by Jean Francois Millet, "The Angelus", pg. 72. Etching is offered as free gift to weekly subscribers of The St. Louis Republic. Watch advertisements on verso, pg. 71. Watches are offered by The Brodix Publishing Co., Washington, D.C., to subscribers and club organizers of "The Home Magazine".
Clipping regarding the use of red-clover tea to cure cancer. Advertisements on the reverse side for Wm. W. Gamble, Bookseller and Stationer, and Gamble's News Depot, San Antonio, Texas.
Clipping detailing the medicinal use of lemons as previously published in The Lancet. Includes recipes for lemonade and similar substances. Advertisements on reverse.
Clipping with sayings about life. On reverse is a partial illustration of a scene in Valparaiso with a description and a guide for foreigners who visit the Andes.
Clipping containing small items of news including the following: 100 women from France are going to Mexico for silk growing, a French merchant locked up a thief with a vicious dog who killed him, and Ben Thompson has no shortage of refreshments and melons but welcomes visitors in jail. Reverse is a fragment of a clipping regarding trains.
Clipping with a poem advising against speaking ill of others written by Sergeant Major Joseph A Hess. Fragment of a drawing and article on the reverse side.
Negative image of a passport for Louis Huth including physical description. Signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward on May 17, 1866 in Washington [D. C.].
Ledger containing financial information regarding colonists. Lists debtors and those having credit. Signed at the end by Louis Huth on October 2, 1846 in Castroville.
List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston. Signed Guillaume D'Hanis and dated January 21 and April 1, 1846 in Antwerp. "Ledger of the emigrants embarked this day on the ship "Diamond".
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