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[Scrap of paper with Jesse Grimes signature]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Piece torn along fold of larger document, seal attached.

Date: July 13, 1838

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]

Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County and signed by Governor Sam Houston. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: May 3, 1860

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

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.

Date: November 17, 1838

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]

Sarah Zimmerman, descendant of Edward Birch (Burch) granting power of attorney to her agent. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.

Date: April 4, 1860

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. "To Emily Grimes Deed of Gift for Negro Girl Lucy."

Date: September 21, 1852

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Summons for Isaac Mitchell

Summons for Isaac Mitchell to appear before the District Court judge in Washington County regarding petition of H. Chiairs and Samuel P. Baskins. Handwritten in ink.

Date: February 22, 1840

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Election Certificate]

Certificate commissioning R. E. B. Baylor as State District Judge of Third Judicial District, signed by Elisha M. Pease

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Bill of sale]

Bill of sale from Ambrose D. Harper to Alexander Simon for two negro slaves

Date: January 13, 1862

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Condition of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas.

This booklet includes the text of an address by President Andrew Jackson to Congress regarding the independence of Texas as well as various letters written by Henry M. Morfit who went to Texas in order to report about the conditions to the Secretary of State.

Date: December 22, 1836

Creator: Jackson, Andrew & Morfit, Henry M.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[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.

Date: November 15, 1911

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Commission for Justice of the Peace]

Commission by A.C. Horton, Governor of Texas, appointing John H. Seward as Justice of the Peace for Washington County.

Date: October 8, 1846

Creator: Horton, Albert C.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Receipt for a Mule]

Receipt no. 208 to J.H. Seward, Washington, TX, from the Office of Depot Quarter Master, Austin, TX, for one government mule at $76.

Date: April 3, 1866

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Statement of Power of Attorney]

Legal statement outlining the power of attorney granted by John West of Robertson County regarding a piece of land.

Date: November 21, 1838

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Bank Draft]

Bank draft to T.C. Zimmerman, Holland, from T.G. Wick, Matagorda; in the amount of $1200 to be paid from the account of G.D. Langster, Oosterhoud, Netherlands.

Date: August 6, 1838

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"Speech of William H. Seward. on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"

Speech delivered to the U. S. Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854; portrait of Seward included

Date: February 17, 1854

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Broadside issued by the Texas State Attorney General

Concerning the Peters Colony and the Interpretation of Land Laws; issued by Ebenezer Allen from the Attorney General's Office

Date: June 3, 1852

Item Type: Poster

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas

Official Mexican Broadside tabulating the population of Coahuila and Texas for the 1833 census

Date: January 2, 1834

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Court Order

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

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum