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[State of Texas Declaration of Secession]

Description: Printed document of the State of Texas' Declaration of Secession from the United States of America. The document contains the reasons for secession laid out by delegates of the people of Texas in Convention, and includes the names of those delegates, with O. M. Roberts, President, at the top of the list.
Date: January 28, 1861
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Legal Document Between R. Medaris and W. H. Henderson]

Description: Legal document between R. Medaris and W. H. Henderson acknowledging the receipt of money and having to do with a transfer of land in Freestone County, Texas.
Date: January 27, 1886
Creator: Medaris, R.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Bond for Title from W. N. Sneed to W. H. Henderson]

Description: Handwritten document containing a receipt for the purchase of land from W. N. Sneed by W. H. Henderson, as well as a bond for title of the land.
Date: February 16, 1886
Creator: Sneed, W. N.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Land Deed from W. N. Sneed to W. H. Henderson]

Description: Handwritten document containing a receipt for the purchase of land from W. N. Sneed by W. H. Henderson, as well as the deed for the land.
Date: October 5, 1889
Creator: Sneed, W. N.
Partner: Pearce Museum at Navarro College

[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

Description: Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.
Date: July 1, 1891
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Description: Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.
Date: 1898
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Certificate of Promotion for P. Bishop]

Description: Certificate promoting P. Bishop to the office of the Chief of the fire department in San Antonio, Texas, signed by Mayor Bryan Callaghan.
Date: May 24, 1911
Creator: Callaghan, Bryan
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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