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[Grand Secretary's Report 1860-1861] (open access)

[Grand Secretary's Report 1860-1861]

Book containing the Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas's report for 1860-1861 and Murchison Lodge, No. 80 meeting minutes dated 1892. The report consists of a list of members with their home lodges, occupations, and physical descriptions and is the first sixty-one pages. The Murchison Lodge meeting minutes are at the very end of the book, pages 218 to 260.
Date: {1861-03-01,1891,1892}
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Original Productions of T. V. Munson. of Astoria, Illinois (open access)

Original Productions of T. V. Munson. of Astoria, Illinois

Ledger with a decorated title page containing handwritten notes by T.V. Munson, including texts that he wrote for speeches and editorials, diary entries, planning notes and sketches (including floorplans and house exteriors), lists of fruit varieties, and various other personal notes.
Date: ~1867/1875~
Creator: Munson, T. V. (Thomas Volney), 1843-1913
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dallas City Council Minutes: 1869-1872] (open access)

[Dallas City Council Minutes: 1869-1872]

Ledger containing minutes of the city Board of Commissioners in Dallas, Texas documenting the group's discussions and activities from March 1869 through October 1872.
Date: 1869-03/1872-10
Creator: Dallas (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Third Session Fortieth Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Third Session Fortieth Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1869
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Third Session Fortieth Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Third Session Fortieth Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1869
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Third Session Fortieth Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Third Session Fortieth Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1869
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session Forty-First Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session Forty-First Congress; Together with an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1869
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1869 (open access)

Geo. P. Rowell & Co's American Newspaper Directory, containing Accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Territories, and the Dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America; together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published, 1869

American Newspaper Directory contains 17 sections which include lists of newspapers and periodicals published in the United States, Territories, Canada, and British Colonies arranged by town, county, circulation rates, subject, and languages, as well as a Newspaper Directory Advertiser, and indexes. General Index starts on page 353; Index to Advertisements begins on page 355.
Date: 1869
Creator: Geo. P. Rowell & Co.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Murchison Lodge #80 Minutes: 1869-1892] (open access)

[Murchison Lodge #80 Minutes: 1869-1892]

Minutes of the Freemason Murchison Lodge documenting the officers present at meetings, news and activities within the group.
Date: 1869/1892
Creator: Freemasons. Murchison Lodge No. 80 (Hallettsville, Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1869 and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1869 and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, trade, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1869~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the conclusion of the Tyler session, 1860, and the whole of Austin session, 1860, and the case of Texas vs. White & Chiles et al. about Texan indemnity bonds, decided at the session of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1868, and the habeas corpus case of Caesar Griffin, involving the Reconstruction laws.  Volume 25--supplement. (open access)

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the conclusion of the Tyler session, 1860, and the whole of Austin session, 1860, and the case of Texas vs. White & Chiles et al. about Texan indemnity bonds, decided at the session of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1868, and the habeas corpus case of Caesar Griffin, involving the Reconstruction laws. Volume 25--supplement.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1860 along with lists of Texas Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal explains why cases in this volume were not published until 1869. A U.S. Supreme Court case from 1868 and a U.S. Circuit Court case from 1869 are reprinted in this volume on pages 465-642.
Date: 1869
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Austin session, 1866.  Volume 28. (open access)

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Austin session, 1866. Volume 28.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1866 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal discusses the history of the court during and immediately after the Civil War. Four pages of advertising for law books published by W. H. & O. H. Morrison appear before the title page.
Date: 1869
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record Z (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record Z

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from January 1869 to April 1877, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1869-01/1877-04
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes E (open access)

Travis County Probate Records: Probate Minutes E

Travis County probate minutes documenting probate cases from January 1869 to March 1873. Recorded copies of proceedings of the county court sitting as a probate court in cases involving estates of deceased individuals. Shows term of court, date of proceedings, names of officers present, subject of hearing, names of interested parties present, orders of the court, signed approval of county judge, and clerk's attestation. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1869-01/1873-03
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record S (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record S

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from October 1868 to February 1870, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1868-10/1870-02
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; A Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; A Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1868
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1868
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1868
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1868
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Fortieth Congress; Together With an Appendix, Comprising the Laws Passed at that Session; and a Supplement, Embracing the Proceedings in the Trial of Andrew Johnson

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1868
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Supplement to the Congressional Globe: Containing the Proceedings of the Senate Sitting for the Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States (open access)

Supplement to the Congressional Globe: Containing the Proceedings of the Senate Sitting for the Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1868
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constitution of the State of West Texas. (open access)

Constitution of the State of West Texas.

This text contains the Constitution of West Texas including details about the creation of government, Bill of Rights, and public services.
Date: 1868
Creator: West Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston City Directory, 1868-1869 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1868-1869

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "a complete business directory and street guide."
Date: 1868
Creator: Marston, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1868 (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1868

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: December 1867
Creator: The Galveston News
System: The Portal to Texas History