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Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1875-1876

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it gives "the names of the householders - the adult male population of the city - the business classified under proper headings - incorporated companies - societies and associations - a catalogue of the city government, since 1839, the date of its incorporation - together with a descriptive and historical sketch of the city and island."
Date: 1875
Creator: Fayman, W. A. & Reilly, T. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texas scrap-book : made up of the history, biography, and miscellany of Texas and its people (open access)

A Texas scrap-book : made up of the history, biography, and miscellany of Texas and its people

Book covering four aspects of Texas: history, biography, miscellany, and statistical.
Date: 1875
Creator: Baker, D. W. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873. (open access)

Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873.

The 1872-1873 Austin city directory, "Containing an Interesting History of Austin, the Name and Residence of its Citizens, and Local Information of General Interest." (From the title page.)
Date: 1872
Creator: Gray, S. A & Moore, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sesions, 1867, and part of the Galveson session, 1868.  Volume 30. (open access)

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sesions, 1867, and part of the Galveson session, 1868. Volume 30.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1867 and 1868 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a list of the lawyers, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal describes restrictions placed on the reporter by the Supreme Court of Texas in 1869.
Date: 1870
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bryan Clipping Scrapbook] (open access)

[Bryan Clipping Scrapbook]

Scrapbook filled with newspaper and magazine clippings relating to cattle ranching, trail driving, cowboys, and southwestern culture.
Date: 1873~/1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler term, 1878, and part of the Galveston term, 1879.  Volume 50. (open access)

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler term, 1878, and part of the Galveston term, 1879. Volume 50.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1878 and 1879 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1879
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Austin term and first part of the Tyler term, 1874.  Volume 41. (open access)

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Austin term and first part of the Tyler term, 1874. Volume 41.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports for 1874, along with a list of Supreme Court Justices, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1875
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler term, 1877, and embracing the cases decided during the first part of the Galveston term, 1878.  Volume 48. (open access)

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler term, 1877, and embracing the cases decided during the first part of the Galveston term, 1878. Volume 48.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1877 and 1878 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1878
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-First Congress; Together with an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-First Congress; Together with an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1870
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Galveston term, and the entire Austin term, and the first part of the Tyler term, 1876.  Volume 45. (open access)

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Galveston term, and the entire Austin term, and the first part of the Tyler term, 1876. Volume 45.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1876 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1877
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 1, Volume 2. Surgical History (open access)

The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 1, Volume 2. Surgical History

Volume of records for the U.S. Civil War documenting statistics related to surgical patients with information about various kinds of injuries and treatments (including illustrations of many injuries before and after treatment).
Date: 1870
Creator: Otis, George A. (George Alexander), 1830-1881
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 1, Volume 1. Medical History (open access)

The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65): Part 1, Volume 1. Medical History

Documentation related to medical records from the U.S. Civil War. From introduction: "[This volume] consists of a series of statistical tables presenting a summary view of the facts embodied in the monthly reports made to the Surgeon General with regard to the Sickness of the Army, the Deaths, and the Discharges from service on surgeon's certificate of disability. These tables have been arranged in two groups; Part I referring to White Troops, Part II to Colored Troops. Each of these parts again, is subdivided into two sections; the first referring to Sickness and mortality, the second to Discharges on surgeon's certificate of disability" (p. xiii).
Date: 1870
Creator: Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber (open access)

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber

Biographical sketch of Sam Bass with an emphasis on his time as a train robber.
Date: 1878
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: January 1870
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1878-1879 (open access)

Heller's Galveston Directory, 1878-1879

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a general directory, (places of business and residences combined,) with the officers, place and time of meeting of all associations, societies, fire department, city and county officers, etc."
Date: 1878
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Boston Almanac: 1873-1874] (open access)

[Boston Almanac: 1873-1874]

Almanac including a chronicle of events for 1873, figures for the 1870 census, calendar pages for each month in 1874 -- with day of the week, sun rise/set and solar information, lunar information, and tides -- list of government officials and members of Congress, state government information and officials in Massachusetts, county register, and information about Boston -- including officials, government departments and services, churches, societies, and railroads -- along with extensive advertising.
Date: 1873~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1870 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1870

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete and reliable business and residence directory."
Date: 1870
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874 (open access)

Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names and localities of all residing within the city limits; with a complete business directory. Also, the places and times of meeting of the churches, societies, etc., and other useful information."
Date: 1874
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1872 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1872

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names, occupations, numbers of business places and residences of all residing within the limits of the city; also, postal rules, license notice, street guide, house number explanation, advertisers' index, &c."
Date: 1872
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston Directory, 1876-1877 (open access)

Heller's Galveston Directory, 1876-1877

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the full address of all the householders, white & colored, from Sixth Street, two blocks east from the city hospital to Magnolia Grove Cemetery in the west, and from Avenue A, or Water Street, in the north, to the beach; also a classified business directory, the officers and directors of banks, companies, etc; the names, places, and time of meeting of all societies, military and fire companies, courts, churches, etc."
Date: 1876
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mooney & Morrison's General Directory Of The City Of Austin, Texas, For 1877-78. (open access)

Mooney & Morrison's General Directory Of The City Of Austin, Texas, For 1877-78.

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1877
Creator: Mooney & Morrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1872 (open access)

Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1872

American Newspaper Directory includes lists of newspapers and periodicals published in the United States, Territories, Canada, and British Colonies arranged by town, county, circulation rates, subject, and languages, as well as a Newspaper Directory Advertiser, and indexes. General Index starts on page 9; Index to Advertisements begins on page 669; Index to Advertisements of Printing Material and Miscellaneous Business begins on page 680.
Date: 1872
Creator: Geo. P. Rowell & Co.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-First Congress; Together with an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Forty-First Congress; Together with an Appendix, Embracing the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1870
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1871 (open access)

Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1871

American Newspaper Directory includes lists of newspapers and periodicals published in the United States, Territories, Canada, and British Colonies arranged by town, county, circulation rates, subject, and languages, as well as a Newspaper Directory Advertiser, and indexes. General Index starts on page 9; Index to Advertisements begins on page 567; Index to Advertisements of Printing Material and Miscellaneous Business begins on page 576.
Date: 1871
Creator: Geo. P. Rowell & Co.
System: The UNT Digital Library