Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas: Some Reasons why it Should not be Removed. (open access)

Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas: Some Reasons why it Should not be Removed.

Pamphlet outlining reasons that Southwestern University should stay permanently in Georgetown, describing the history of the school and connection to the community. It was issued in response to efforts to move the university to Fort Worth between 1907 and 1911 as part of the Georgetown anti-removal effort and is addressed to the "Methodists of Texas."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Booty, A. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846 (open access)

An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846

Conference publication; Educational convention of Texas, in Houston, 1846; Rev. Chauncey Richardson, President of Rutersville College.
Date: 1846
Creator: Richardson, Chauncey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Our New Court House. (open access)

Our New Court House.

Brochure containing the text of a resolution to build a new courthouse for Williamson County; the text is written on flaps to either side of a illustration captioned "Proposed Williamson County Court House."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Dickinson, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant. (open access)

John Dickinson, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant.

Direct mail advertisement from John Dickinson soliciting consignments of cotton, addressed to William Reed.
Date: July 1860
Creator: Dickinson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History