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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
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846
Conference publication; Educational convention of Texas, in Houston, 1846; Rev. Chauncey Richardson, President of Rutersville College.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Richardson, Chauncey
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Promotional pamphlet discussing promises of Texas as a new land to settle Germans in and the logistical requirements for a prospective emigrant to move there with the Adelsverein. The pamphlet also details exactly what support the society will give immigrants in travel and supplies.
Date:
February 7, 1846
Creator:
Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Die thätigkeit des somite's seit dem leiten Bericht vom 15 May D.F. Beteffrend
Report from a committee reporting on progress with obtaining unrestricted ownership of the Fisher-Miller Grant from the state of Texas. The report repeatedly mentions the Adelsverein's debts in Texas.
Date:
August 7, 1849
Creator:
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Vortrag die Beschaffung der Fonds Betr
Report on the condition of funds, which the General Agent Bene submitted on Jan 22, 1850, for partial provision of the Adelsverein in Texas.
Date:
1850~
Creator:
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ubersetzung
Letter from the governor of Texas, P.H. Bell translated into German regarding the landholdings of the Adelsverein
Date:
February 11, 1850
Creator:
Bell, P.H.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prioritäts-Obligation des Vereins zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas über 500 gulden im 24 1/2 gulden fuss.
Pamphlet explaining the regulations regarding installments made by shareholders and their entitlement to shares of the society's assets.
Date:
July 1, 1850
Creator:
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Beilage zu no. 41 des herzoglich rassischen Allgemeinen Intelligenzblatts
Resolution of the passed petition by the Adelsverein to change certain statutes. The appendix to the society's statutes replacing the ones originally written in 1844 are then listed.
Date:
October 12, 1850
Creator:
Ducal Rassauian Interior Ministry Department
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denkschrift
Memorandum discussing the state of things in Texas including obstacles they had overcome as well as the promise of future immigration.
Date:
May 12, 1851
Creator:
Hermann, Prince of Wied
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Manuscript letter listing agents of the Adelsverein reproduced by offset]
Letter listing the agents of the Adelsverein that were authorized by the committee.
Date:
1854-02?-06
Creator:
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fahrpreise von Baltimore, in einwandererzugen
List of ticket prices from Baltimore, Maryland on immigration trains.
Date:
January 1856
Creator:
Wellinghoff, H. F.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[On the inquiry into the estate of the Prince of Leiningian]
Letter discussing the inquiry into the estate of the Prince of Leiningen and proposing a meeting to decide on the interests of those concerned.
Date:
July 24, 1858
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Lizzie Johnson from Dora, September 7, 1860]
Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, discussing news from Chappell Hill, and hinting at the "contagion" concerning the town.
Date:
September 7, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Lizzie Johnson from unknown correspondent]
Letter from unknown recipient (likely Lizzie's friend Dora), dated December 16, 1860. Letter discusses news from Chappell Hill, as well as affairs at Soule University, located in Chappell Hill. Letter is addressed to Lizzie in the "Tennessee Colony" or the Robertson, or Nashville Colony. Letter also alludes to the coming Civil War.
Date:
December 16, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation from Gus Ellison to Lizzie Johnson dated November 15, 1861]
Invitation from Gus Ellison to Lizzie Johnson for a party on November 15, 1861.
Date:
November 15, 1861
Creator:
Ellison, Gus
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, dated January 22 1862]
Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson discussing news from the front, including the state of the Union Army and fortifications near Washington, DC. Burnam was a soldier in the 4th Texas Regiment of the Confederate Army of the Potomac.
Date:
January 22, 1862
Creator:
Burnam, S. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, dated August 1, 1862]
Letter from SH Burnam to Lizzie Johnson, from "camp near Richmon[d]". Letter begs a reply from Lizzie to Burnam.
Date:
August 1, 1862
Creator:
Burnam, S. H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, dated May 12, 1863]
Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson. Dora inquires as to why she has not heard from Lizzie, questions Lizzie's loyalties to the Union or the Confederacy since Lizzie lives in Austin. Dora also states that she knows both her and Lizzie's brothers were taken prisoner at the Post [Arkansas Post] earlier in 1863.
Date:
May 12, 1863
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Alice M. Eanes to Lizzie Johnson, dated July 17, 1863]
Letter from Alice M. Eanes to Lizzie Johnson. From the text of the letter, Eanes is one of Lizzie's former students. The letter also contains printed tactic swatches and samples - which are not mentioned in the letter.
Date:
July 17, 1863
Creator:
Eanes, Alice E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mollie and Ellen to Lizzie Johnson]
Letter from Mollie, Ellen and another individual to Lizzie Johnson. Letter is in pencil making to difficult to read, but the letter includes a fabric sample.
Date:
March 29, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William H. Day to Lizzie Johnson, dated October 4, 1864]
Letter from William H. Day to Lizzie Johnson in which he tells Lizzie of his love for her.
Date:
October 4, 1864
Creator:
Day, William H.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Leo. R. to Lizzie Johnson, dated November 13, 1866]
Letter from Leo. R. to Lizzie Johnson discussing their friendship and Leo's visit to a phrenologist.
Date:
November 13, 1866
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History