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Lands for Sale in Texas.  Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas (open access)

Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.
Date: June 1, 1888
Creator: Herndon, W.S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Good Samaritan. (New York, N.Y.) No. 9, Ed. 1, June 1837 (open access)

The Good Samaritan. (New York, N.Y.) No. 9, Ed. 1, June 1837

Monthly newspaper from New York, New York that includes advertising for medical cures and letters.
Date: June 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Untitled map of Louisiana, Virginia and Carolina

Untitled map by John Gibson that appeared in a June 1763 issue of "Gentlemen's Magazine" in London; refers to Texas as "High Land"
Date: June 1763
Creator: Gibson, John
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor, June 4, 1861] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor, June 4, 1861]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from John R. Baylor regarding leaving for Virginia to serve in guerilla force
Date: June 4, 1861
Creator: Baylor, John R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie, June 10, 1863]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Lavinia Abercrombie regarding the war and family matters
Date: June 10, 1863
Creator: Abercrombie, Lavinia
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Broadside issued by the Texas State Attorney General

Concerning the Peters Colony and the Interpretation of Land Laws; issued by Ebenezer Allen from the Attorney General's Office
Date: June 3, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Memorial of Sundry Inhabitants of Opelousas, Louisiana, In favor of acknowledging the Independence of Texas" (open access)

"Memorial of Sundry Inhabitants of Opelousas, Louisiana, In favor of acknowledging the Independence of Texas"

Publication of the 24th Congress, 1st session, Senate Doc. 416., regarding independence of Texas
Date: June 24, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Marriage certificate of John Bethea and Mrs. Elizabeth Cummins on May 30th, 1837; and Benjamin W. Robinson and Mrs. Frances Nelson on June 29th, 1837
Date: June 29, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard to Simon from S.A. Ash, 1876]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Postcard to Simon from S.A. Ash regarding Ash's wife's death.
Date: June 22, 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of  Registration registering Alexander Simon as a qualified voter, 1867] (open access)

[Certificate of Registration registering Alexander Simon as a qualified voter, 1867]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Sworn Statement on one side and Certificate of Registration on the other; registers Simon as a qualified voter of Washington County.
Date: June 14, 1867
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Ownership issued to Johnson Moorhead] (open access)

[Certificate of Ownership issued to Johnson Moorhead]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Certificate of Ownership issued to Johnson Moorhead for lot in Oklahoma City.
Date: June 3, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway of Turon City, KS regarding death of Moorhead's mother.
Date: June 18, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Mode of Catching Wild Horses on the Prairies, Texas" (open access)

"Mode of Catching Wild Horses on the Prairies, Texas"

Picture taken from "Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion" which shows men on horseback catching wild horses. This document also includes the text description about the engraving.
Date: June 26, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Proceedings of a Meeting of the Citizens of Nashville, Tenn., in favor of Recognizing the Independence of Texas" (open access)

"Proceedings of a Meeting of the Citizens of Nashville, Tenn., in favor of Recognizing the Independence of Texas"

Report from the 24th Congress, 1st Session, June 27th, 1836
Date: June 27, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in Reply to Mr. McDuffie." (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri, in Reply to Mr. McDuffie."

Government document concerning speech of Mr, Benton on annexation of Texas; U.S. Senate, June 15, 1844
Date: June 15, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Distances & number of men.

Sketch of military posts along the California coast between Sacramento and La Paz with inset detailing distances between each post and number of men at each one
Date: June 19, 1847
Creator: California. Adjutant's Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, June 5, 1846] (open access)

[Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, June 5, 1846]

Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, dated June 5, 1846., recommending Thomas W. McCalla for appointment as an officer to the Military Store in the District of Columbia.
Date: June 5, 1846
Creator: Rusk, Thomas J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Great Southerner, Volume 15, Number 9, June 1936 (open access)

The Great Southerner, Volume 15, Number 9, June 1936

Front cover and frontispiece of "The Great Southerner." The cover has a picture of the Memorial Shaft at the San Jacinto Battle Ground
Date: June 1936
Creator: Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book] (open access)

[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book]

Record book for Washington Lodge No. 18 from circa 1854.
Date: 1854-06-22~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History