[Medicine brochure] (open access)

[Medicine brochure]

Booklet about Coltsfoote expectorant, "Come from the Fields and the Forests"; $1.00 a bottle, small booklet with 1 staple to hold it together; printed by T.A. Slocum Co.
Date: 1898
Creator: T. A. Slocum Co.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dame Trot and her Comical Cat

Front and back covers of a book titled "Dame Trot and her Comical Cat." from the "Pleasewell Series."
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Story of the Three Little Kittens

Front and back covers of a book titled "The Story of the Three Little Kittens." from the "Little Kitten Series."
Date: 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Old Woman and Her Pig

Front and back covers of a book titled "The Old Woman and Her Pig." from the "Pleasewell Series."
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston, Texas. (Looking South), 1891

Hand-colored chromolithograph print of a bird'e eye-view of Houston, Texas. It has insets of various public and private buildings and directories of public buildings, hotels, railroads, manufactories and churches listed at the bottom of the page.
Date: 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unveiling of monument (open access)

Unveiling of monument

Invitation to the unveiling of the monument honoring the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Senator Chilton, of Texas, in the United States Senate" (open access)

"Speech of Senator Chilton, of Texas, in the United States Senate"

Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate concerning the integrity of trusts and combinations, and the remedy; not an official government document, privately printed
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Galveston"

Black and white reproduction print of Galveston taken from Harper's Weekly; limited edition of 100 sets
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Sunset, Montague Co. Texas, 1890"

Bird's eye view of Sunset, Texas, notes the public school, M.E. Church, commercial hotel, and railroad station
Date: 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Front Cover: The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.] (open access)

[Front Cover: The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.]

Front cover of an ethnological paper about the Karankawa Indians.
Date: 1891
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plea for the Life of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Texas, and Review of the Charges preferred against Prof. E.T. Dumble, State Geologist, for "Incompetency, Plagiarism, and Maladministration in Office," and the Sham Trial thereof (open access)

Plea for the Life of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Texas, and Review of the Charges preferred against Prof. E.T. Dumble, State Geologist, for "Incompetency, Plagiarism, and Maladministration in Office," and the Sham Trial thereof

Front cover of a paper regarding the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Texas and trial of Professor E. T. Dumble.
Date: September 1891
Creator: Herndon, J. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt from Harper's Weekly Magazine] (open access)

[Excerpt from Harper's Weekly Magazine]

Excerpt from an issue of Harper's Weekly Magazine that includes part of a text titled, "The Last of the Buffalo" and several plates of illustrations.
Date: July 12, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Property] (open access)

[Deed of Property]

Copy of Deed of partition of Seward's land.
Date: May 29, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Breedlove Statement, Copy #1] (open access)

[Breedlove Statement, Copy #1]

Copy of a legal statement made by C. R. Breedlove regarding his knowledge about George Seward and cotton seizures made by the U.S. government. Additionally, the testimony includes a statement and signature of Schuyler Andrews, notary public.
Date: April 8, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Breedlove Statement, Copy #2] (open access)

[Breedlove Statement, Copy #2]

Copy of a legal statement made by C. R. Breedlove regarding his knowledge about George Seward and cotton seizures made by the U.S. government. Additionally, the testimony includes a statement and signature of Schuyler Andrews, notary public.
Date: April 8, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Breedlove Statement, Copy #3] (open access)

[Breedlove Statement, Copy #3]

Copy of a legal statement made by C. R. Breedlove regarding his knowledge about George Seward and cotton seizures made by the U.S. government. Additionally, the testimony includes a statement and signature of Schuyler Andrews, notary public.
Date: April 8, 1899
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mortgage Bond] (open access)

[Mortgage Bond]

Mortgage bond with Dallas Mortgage Company for $7,200, payable by Seward. The first three payment coupons have been removed.
Date: October 1, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marriage certificate in German (open access)

Marriage certificate in German

German certificate of marriage for Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Zchappel and Louise Elisabeth Zeiss. The certificate is illustrated with various scenes including a ship, a church, and a family sitting in a garden. It is signed by Ida Zeiss, Alma Amsler, Otto L. Schroeder, and Rudolph Johnke.
Date: November 30, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kinghts of Honor Benefit Certificate (open access)

Kinghts of Honor Benefit Certificate

Certificate of benefit to member, Wilhelm Meier, in the amount of $2,000 for his wife, Louise Meier, upon his death; signed at Brenham, Texas
Date: April 6, 1893
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Cain W. Simon to Alex Simon regarding his discharge, 1898] (open access)

[Telegram from Cain W. Simon to Alex Simon regarding his discharge, 1898]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Telegraph from Cain W. Simon, Savannah, GA, to Simon regarding his discharge and a trial
Date: December 12, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth] (open access)

[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth]

Papers of William C. Preston, Lillian and Anna Ehinger. Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth signed at St. Louis, Missouri
Date: October 12, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History