[Transcript of letter from Henry Smith to Stephen F. Austin, January 30, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Henry Smith to Stephen F. Austin, January 30, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Governor Henry Smith to Stephen F. Austin, informing Austin of events in Texas.
Date: January 30, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to W. H. Hardin, December 15, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to W. H. Hardin, December 15, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Judge William H. Hardin, in which Austin passes along Houston's instructions that Hardin should try and convict 4 persons who were charged with helping Mexican prisoners to escape in Liberty County, rather than sending them to Columbia.
Date: December 15, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of memorandum from Elias R. Wightman, [1837?]] (open access)

[Transcript of memorandum from Elias R. Wightman, [1837?]]

Copy of transcript for a memorandum from Elias R. Wightman concerning lands owned by Stephen F. Austin and James E. B. Austin.
Date: 1837?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847] (open access)

[Copy of letter from Sam Houston to Joseph Ellis, June 12, 1847]

Copy of a letter from Sam Houston to his friend Joseph L. Ellis of Grand Cane at his plantation "Pleasant Lawn." Discusses Judge Worsham, the health of the Houston family, and neighbors. This letter is purported to be a hoax and forgery, as multiple copies exist. It was found folded inside a book that was published in the late 1800s and given to the library over sixty years ago.
Date: June 12, 1847
Creator: Houston, Sam
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1862
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1879~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Liberty County, Texas

Cadastral map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bench Plane. (open access)

Bench Plane.

Patent for a new and improved bench plane. This design "consists in a stirrup pivoted to the sides of the plane in such a manner that the traverse piece of the stirrup passes through a transverse groove in the under surface of the plane, this groove increasing in height toward the rear of the plane, so that when the plane is drawn backward it will be slightly raised by this stirrup, so that the cutting-edge of the plane-iron cannot slide on the board being planed" (lines 10-19).
Date: November 22, 1881
Creator: Sawyer, George Frederic
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Liberty County

Blue line print of survey map of Liberty County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, blocks of land, cities, towns, and railroads. A handwritten note has been made in the upper-left corner of the map in pencil: "R. C. Crane." Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1895
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1895
Creator: Pressler, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Animal-Stock. (open access)

Animal-Stock.

Patent for an improved animal-stock that holds animals during branding, dehorning, castrating, &c. It looks like an open-topped cage where the operator puts the animal, and the animal cannot move. The invention is on a platform and can tip to one side and a chain is tied from the top of the machine to the bottom of the frame.
Date: August 27, 1895
Creator: Schecher, Conrad
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Famous Saloon (open access)

Famous Saloon

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains decorative designs, stylized text of business name, and text reading: "Joseph Riviere"; "Wines, Liquors, Cigars and General Merchandise."
Date: 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to C. C. Cox, September 1, 1896] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to C. C. Cox, September 1, 1896]

An envelope from an unknown sender in Cleveland, Texas, addressed to C. C. Cox and postmarked September 1,1896.
Date: September 1, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ed. Pruett, Stock-Raiser and Dealer in Horses and Cattle (open access)

Ed. Pruett, Stock-Raiser and Dealer in Horses and Cattle

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains livestock illustrations and stylized text with business name.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
State of Texas, Liberty County (open access)

State of Texas, Liberty County

Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of county name and decorative designs with illustration of courthouse in lithographic print by Dorsey Ptg. Co. Dallas, Tex. Letterhead includes names H. O. Ager, Co. Clerk; W. L. Bingle, Dist. Clerk; W. A. Neyland, Co. Judge; M. A. DeBlanc, Sheriff & Tax Collector; H. Steusoff, Assessor; L. C. Chambers, Treasurer; J. D. Lum, Co. Attorney; J. N. Dark, Co. Surveyor; Commissioners Sim DeBlanc, Com. Precinct No. 1; W. B. Green, Com. Precinct No. 2; F. H. Hanson, Com. Precinct No. 3; Ed Pruett, Com. Precinct No. 4.
Date: 1897
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rail-Joint Fastening. (open access)

Rail-Joint Fastening.

Patent for a new and useful rail joint fastening, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 25, 1899
Creator: Betka, Michael
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rod And Fixture For Wagon End-Gates. (open access)

Rod And Fixture For Wagon End-Gates.

Patent for a new and useful improvement in end gate rods for wagons, including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 20, 1900
Creator: Simmons, Valery Evander
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. P. Mansfield to Henry Sayles, August 6, 1902] (open access)

[Letter from H. P. Mansfield to Henry Sayles, August 6, 1902]

Letter from H. P. Mansfield to Henry Sayles discussing a tax statement obtained on the McAlpine land in Liberty County. Sayles mentions one of the two men going to Liberty County and investigating the land in regard to the records in the tax collector's book.
Date: August 6, 1902
Creator: Mansfield, H. P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Methodist Church

Photograph of First Methodist Church, erected in 1905. Writing on photograph indicates address E. Church South. A.L. Carnes, P.C.
Date: 1905
Creator: Young, Moon
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Liberty Vindicator. (Liberty, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1906 (open access)

The Liberty Vindicator. (Liberty, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Liberty, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 9, 1906
Creator: T. J. Chambers & Son
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Liberty Vindicator. (Liberty, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1906 (open access)

The Liberty Vindicator. (Liberty, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, December 14, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Liberty, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 14, 1906
Creator: T. J. Chambers & Son
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Liberty Vindicator. (Liberty, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1906 (open access)

The Liberty Vindicator. (Liberty, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Liberty, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1906
Creator: T. J. Chambers & Son
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History