Mrs. S. Macy's Bond (open access)

Mrs. S. Macy's Bond

Article of agreement in which Sally Macy sells one labor of land to Michael Reed.
Date: September 10, 1836
Creator: Reed, Michael
System: The Portal to Texas History
United States of America, State of Texas (open access)

United States of America, State of Texas

Contract dictating the withdrawal of $200 for Wilhelmine Meyer from the German Emigration and Rail-Road Company.
Date: January 2, 1847
Creator: German Emigration and Rail-Road Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Property tax receipt for Lizzie Williams] (open access)

[Property tax receipt for Lizzie Williams]

Receipt for payment of fifty dollars towards Lizzie Williams' (Lizzie Johnson) property tax for 1886.
Date: February 1, 1886
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Teaching certificate for Lizzie Johnson, dated August 4, 1871] (open access)

[Teaching certificate for Lizzie Johnson, dated August 4, 1871]

Texas teaching certificate for Lizzie Johnson.
Date: August 4, 1871
Creator: Texas. State Department of Education.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879 (open access)

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams. Catherine Johnson was Lizzie's mother, and this loan of 1000 dollars was to Lizzie and her husband, Hezekiah, for the purchase of of the land of the Johnson Institute, founded by Catherine's husband and Lizzie's father, Thomas Jefferson Johnson.
Date: July 12, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Elizabeth Ellen (Lizzie); Johnson, Hezekiah & Johnson, Catherine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W. D. Miller to Mrs. Sam Houston, October 10, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from W. D. Miller to Mrs. Sam Houston, October 10, 1844]

Letter written by W. D. Miller and sent to Mrs. Sam Houston, care of William Bledsoe. The letter reports on General Houston's progress toward Indian peace talks and also mentions a Dr. Hill (George Washington Hill?), Houston's health, and contains a lively description of Sam Houston Jr. The letter was sent from Washington on-the-Brazos to Mrs. Houston in Grand Cane, Liberty County, Texas.
Date: October 10, 1844
Creator: Miller, W. D. (Washington D.), 1814-1866
System: The Portal to Texas History