Promissory note from Bank of Tennessee for $100.00.

Newspaper clipping containing a chart of the range of temperatures in the shade from June 24, 1854 to September 14, 1854. It notes that Flowers, a person located on Union Street, kept record of these temperatures for the newspaper. There are miscellaneous advertisements on the reverse side.

Newspaper clipping containing a chart of the range of temperatures in the shade from June 24, 1854 to September 14, 1854. It notes that Flowers, a person located on Union Street, kept record of these temperatures for the newspaper. There is part of an article on the reverse side.

Receipt from Duncan Morgan Merchants for items, including 2 gross agate buttons.

Receipt from Tri-Weekly Union and American Charles B. Moore for a three month subscription.

Last will and testament of Chauncey H. Redway on November 7, 1854. Upon his death, Redway wishes to give his wife Lodema one-third of the avails of his farm; his daughter Harriet $100 and two cows; his daughter Electa $100; his daughter Cornelia $200; his granddaughter Ida $100; his granddaughter Ellen Loretta $200; and his son Hamilton K. Redway all the remainder of his estates. Redway appoints Thomas C. Chiltenden to be executor of the will. The will was examined and executed on October 1, 1855.

Receipt for sale of slave by David M. Smith to A.D. Kennard described as a 24 year old male with a badly burned right foot named Harnes.

Photographic reproduction of a landscape drawing by Hermann Lungwitz of a man looking over a landscape, with a forest between a field of cattle and a town. Note on the back reads. "Panoramic view of the City of Friederichsburg [sic] Texas presented to Texas State Archives by Ralph Bickler. Hermann Lungkwitz, grandfather (maternal) of Ralph Bickler. This was a pencil sketch made at the request of the Dresden Museum of Germany. It was made 1853-54-55 or 1856, the date is not known for sure. The museum made a litho plate (probably stone) and sent lithograph copies back to Friederichburg."

Photograph of Thomas Falconer wearing judge's robes and a wig, seated next to a table with books. Handwritten text on the back says: "Thomas Falconer, Judge of County Court, August 1854." Falconer was a member of the 1841 Texan Santa Fe expedition.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.