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[Texas Association, stock certificate]

Description: Certificate of shareholding in "The Texas Association." The text of the document states that the recipient of the document is entitled to one share of stock in "The Texas Association" established for colonizing certain land in Texas under the Authority of the Republic. The paper certificate was made by Hart, Mapother & Co. of Louisville, Ky. at the bottom.
Date: 1844?
Creator: Texas Association
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[Copy of letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847]

Description: Copy of a letter from Sam Houston to his friend Joseph L. Ellis of Grand Cane at his plantation "Pleasant Lawn." Discusses Judge Worsham, the health of the Houston family, and neighbors. This letter is purported to be a hoax and forgery, as multiple copies exist. It was found folded inside a book that was published in the late 1800s and given to the library over sixty years ago.
Date: June 12, 1847
Creator: Houston, Sam
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Mary Camp Gober

Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of Mary Camp Gober, age 46, looking into the camera. In writing on the back of the photograph: "Mrs. Mary Camp Gober, mother of Mrs. W. C. Wright. Mama's photograph was taken in Atlanta, GA, May 2, 1872, Age 46 yrs, 2 months, 12 days. The first Confederate woman from Denton County to be enrolled in the Stone Mountain Book of Memory is Mrs. Mary Camp Gober. The name of Mrs. Gober is the 3rd from Texas to be entered in the Silver Book memorializing wives of Confede… more
Date: May 2, 1872
Creator: J. T. Jones
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[Ten Nights in a Bar Room, Courthouse]

Description: The article announces the presentation of Ten Nights in a Bar Room at the Courthouse on April 10, 1878. The announcement also includes a cast of characters and a synopsis of incidents throughout the play. Hon. Geo. Mellerch, Odd Fellow lecturer, opened the event. The Denton String Band furnished music.
Date: 1878-04-10?
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[Aerial View of West Side of the Denton Square]

Description: Photograph of west side of the Denton Square. Visible businesses from the left to the right: C. M. Greenlee, Drug Store, H. J. Howell: Jeweler, Health Office, Houston Stiff Saloon, The Chronicle's offices, W. H. Cleveland Groceries, Carpets, J. B. Schmitz Furniture, Opera House, Carter and Benners Grocers, Land Office; A. D. Beaty, Tin Shop, C. F. Sanders and Company's Saddles and Harness. Written on back of photo in black ink: West side-about 1880"
Date: 1880~
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Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!!

Description: An 1882 advertisement for Fain, Peery, and Shelton claims the very latest style from New York and other eastern markets. Dress goods, buntings, lawns, alpaccas, cashmeres, carpets, etc. are sold at this department store on the east side of the square.
Date: March 11, 1882
Creator: Fain, Perry, & Shelton
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[Dance card for the Fourth of July ball held in the Opera House, 1883]

Description: This dance card for the Fourth of July Ball held at the Opera House in Denton in 1883 includes an order of dance, lists of committee members, and other information regarding the ball. The building would later be known as the Graham Opera House; it was located on the west side of the square. The music was by Professor Lawrence's band. The dance card belonged to Mrs. Will Williams.
Date: July 4, 1883
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Unidentified Members of a reuinion of Granbury's Consolidated Texas Brigade

Description: Group picture of fifty unidentified members from Granbury's Consolidated Texas Brigade, most wear ribbons that say Granbury. One member of the brigade who fought in the Army of Tennessee, the man on the second row, second from the left, wears a ribbon that says, J.? T. Grant, Company C, 1?th, Texas. Another man wears a ribbon that possibly says Texas U.C.V (United Confederate Veterans). A man on the third row from the top wears a ribbon that looks like it says Camp Sam Davis. Other men wear … more
Date: 1884?/1895?
Creator: Fishburn Illustrating Co.
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The Denton School

Description: Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston wa… more
Date: 1884-03-11~
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Hand-Book of Northern Texas

Description: Overview of the north Texas region encompassing Collin, Denton, Fannin, and Grayson Counties for potential visitors, including information about the landscape and climate, the farming and ranching industries, notable persons and businesses, and other information about the area. A description appeared in The Sunday Gazetteer [Denison, TX, Dec. 19, 1886, p.3] which described it: "This book is a quarto volume handsomely gotten up in pamphlet form, and elaborately illustrated with wood engravings. … more
Date: 1886
Creator: C.S. Burch Publishing Company
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I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed

Description: The deed contains C. C. Bell's purchase of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, located in Denton, Texas, for the sum of twenty dollars on June 13th, 1887. The deed was drafted and signed in the Denton Lodge, No. 82, of the I.O.O.F.
Date: 1887-06-13?
Creator: Long, D.R.
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