Boy Scouts

African-American Boy scout leading a group of men in a pledge.
Date: December 16, 1958
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut] (open access)

[Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]

An agreement for the sale of an enslaved man named Boston in Connecticut between enslaver John Griswold and the estate of deceased enslaver Josiah Filly, executed by David Barber.
Date: December 16, 1772
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)] (open access)

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry)]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from W.S. Porter (O. Henry), who asks her to carry a note on a property.
Date: December 16, 1893
Creator: Porter, William Sydney
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History