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Printing type
Several hundred pieces of 19th century lead printing type, including spacers, from Brenham Banner Press office
Date:
1800~/1899~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Rug hooks
Two wooden rug hooks with metal hardware
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Candles
Three 2" blue and white numerical candles, "1," "5," "0" used in the Texas Independence Day Sesquicentennial (150 years) celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park; some icing remains (blue)
Date:
1986~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ladies slippers
Ladies leather slippers with satin and linen
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Telescope
Cylindrical brass box (a) houses sextant (b) and doubles as screw on base. Two part telescope (c) can be attached to sextant by screw (d); engraved: "Troughton & Simms, London"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp
Statement prepared by Elijah Stapp--a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence--is a testimony to the claims of S. Hatch for damages and expenses incurred during the Texas revolution.
Date:
November 17, 1838
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]
Sarah Zimmerman, descendant of Edward Birch (Burch) granting power of attorney to her agent. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
Date:
April 4, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, March 1860]
Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, regarding the sale of some 30 negroes from their uncle's estate. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date:
March 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey, 1860]
Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey regarding the estate of his uncle, Edward Burch. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date:
1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. "To Emily Grimes Deed of Gift for Negro Girl Lucy."
Date:
September 21, 1852
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Ground plan of 'Fort Defiance,' La Bahia Mission, March 2, 1836 by Lieut. Joseph M. Chadwick"
One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows blockhouses, magazine, watering place, workshop, coach house, outhouses, and Madam Garcia's house.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Chadwick, Joseph M.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto"
"Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto and map of the positions of the Texan and of the Mexican Armies, at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, at half past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, April 21, 1836."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Refugio Mission"
One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows "Ground plan of the original buildings, with walls enclosing the cemetery"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"The Alamo"
Map of the Alamo showing the "Ground plan compiled from drawings by Capt. B. Green Jameson, Texan Army, January, 1826,Col. Ignacio de Labastida, Mexican Army, March, 1836, Capt. Ruben M. Potter, United States Army, 1841."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combat near the "Mission Concepcion"
Map of the Combat at Mission Concepcion.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Southern Literary Messenger. Volume 10, Number 05, May, 1844.
Front cover of the Southern Literary Messenger (Vol. 10, No. 5) which includes the table of contents (prose articles and original poetry).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Minor, B. B.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pigment holder
Glass pigment holder with 7 hand-blown corked glass bottles containing powdered pigment; hand-turned wooden stand to hold bottles (a), has a lid with a finial (b); bottles are about 6 cm. high x 1.8 cm. diam.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engraving of San Antonio, Texas]
Steel engraving print of the town of San Antonio from Meyer's Universum.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston in Texas
Steel engraving print of Galveston, Texas showing a group of men sitting, or working on a wooden dock. A sunken ship is visible in the water on the right side of the image, and on the left, the dock curves and leads toward the town. A number of buildings are pictured along the dock.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Neu Braunfels in Texas
Steel engraving print of New Braunfels, Texas, from Meyer's Universum
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent
Hand-colored lithograph of Texas with statistics and references in lower left
Date:
1844
Creator:
Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878)]
(a) Photograph of Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878) of Gay Hill, TX ca. 1860; (b) frame. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date:
1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wine glass
Clear fluted wine glass with knopped stem and polished pontil, early Pittsburgh region
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Flask
One-half pint glass flask with cornucopia and fruit design embossed on one side, basket of fruit on other; pontil mark on base; mold-blown by Stoddard and Keene; finished with lipping tool
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History