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[Notification of land rights, January 2, 1847]

Description: Document by Castro notifying the colonists that Huth is the legal owner of only the land his house occupies and an additional 40 acres across the river and therefore has no right to sell, rent or transfer any other property. He goes on to list their financial disagreement and states that a court hearing will decide who the debtor really is. Signed Hr. Castro on January 2, 1847 in Castroville.
Date: January 2, 1847
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Court Order

Description: James B. Miller, administrator for the estate of William Barret Travis, ordered to collect $13.55 from James H. Holt by the County Court of Washington County
Date: July 1, 1847
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Washington County legal documents

Description: Memorandum of Agreement between Samuel Wilson and Guy Stokes to race horses at Autry's track near Washington following the rules of the Nashville, TN course.
Date: 1847
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Washington County documents

Description: Transcript of appeal of Thomas Wooldridge against Mississippi Union Bank regarding bank insolvency.
Date: 1847~
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Transcript of an excerpt of a document written by Sam M. Williams, March 20, 1847]

Description: Copy of transcript for an excerpt of a document written by Sam M. Williams, in which Williams describes Stephen F. Austin's struggle with a severe case of Bilious fever in the fall of 1829. Williams also relays Austin's concern for poor Mexicans suffering from illness.
Date: March 27, 1847
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

Description: 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
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Land Grant Deed

Description: Land Grant
Date: January 1, 1847
Creator: State of Texas
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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