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[Transcript of Bill for Seventy-Eight Dollars Addressed to and Signed by Moses Austin, May 2, 1803] (open access)

[Transcript of Bill for Seventy-Eight Dollars Addressed to and Signed by Moses Austin, May 2, 1803]

Copy of transcript for a bill for seventy-eight dollars addressed to and signed by Moses Austin, in which Austin agrees to pay the amount owed in lead in two months from the date the document was signed, on the condition that the creditor completes the voyage to New Orleans.
Date: May 2, 1803
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to John Francis Merieult, May 2, 1803] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to John Francis Merieult, May 2, 1803]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to John Francis Merieult concerning the arrival of cargo.
Date: May 2, 1803
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Hart, Barton and Hart, January 2, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Hart, Barton and Hart, January 2, 1810]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to Hart, Barton, and Hart discussing payment of draft.
Date: January 2, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Charles Austin to James Bryan, July 2, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Charles Austin to James Bryan, July 2, 1810]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Charles Austin to James Bryan concerning Charles Austin's experiences in Ohio and discussing his plans for the future.
Date: July 2, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Note Concerning Debt, November 2, 1811] (open access)

[Transcript of a Note Concerning Debt, November 2, 1811]

Copy of transcript for a note concerning the payment of debts between John Butler and Moses Austin, written on November 2, 1811.
Date: November 2, 1811
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on April 2, 1815, discussing several bars of Bryan's lead that someone picked up and sold after they fell out of a wagon.
Date: April 2, 1815
Creator: Austin, Moses
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815]

Copy of a transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan on April 2, 1815, telling him of the impending arrival of a man named Elleck come to help Bryan. He asks for a barrel of good whiskey, and mentions a Mr. Parmer finishing a hearth wheel.
Date: April 2, 1815
Creator: Austin, Moses
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan concerning lead lost by Bryan that was stolen and sold by James Montgomery.
Date: April 2, 1815
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, April 2, 1815]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan concerning business, in particular the building of a chimney for the furnace and Stephen F. Austin's delay in returning.
Date: April 2, 1815
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Henry Baldwin to Moses Austin, October 2, 1815] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Henry Baldwin to Moses Austin, October 2, 1815]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Baldwin to Moses Austin concerning the Renault purchase the possible forgery of the deed.
Date: October 2, 1815
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a License to Distill Alcohol, September 2, 1816] (open access)

[Transcript of a License to Distill Alcohol, September 2, 1816]

Copy of a transcript of a license to distill spirits from domestic materials issued to James Bryan for six months in the town of Big River in Missouri Territory.
Date: September 2, 1816
Creator: Beale, Walter B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of license granted to James Bryan to work a still for distilling spirits, September 2, 1816] (open access)

[Transcript of license granted to James Bryan to work a still for distilling spirits, September 2, 1816]

Copy of transcript for a license signed by Walter B. Beale granting James Bryan the right to operate a still and distill spirits.
Date: September 2, 1816
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, August 2, 1829] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin, August 2, 1829]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Stephen F. Austin discussing the possibility of selling family property in Virginia.
Date: August 2, 1829
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll, July 2, 1858] (open access)

[Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to Celia Carroll, July 2, 1858]

Letter from Joseph A. Carroll to his wife Celia Carroll informing her of his arrival in Louisiana, Missouri, and asking that she write to him until he can return to Texas.
Date: July 2, 1858
Creator: Carroll, Joseph A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Whip-Socket. (open access)

Whip-Socket.

Patent for "improvements in whip-sockets; and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts." (lines 10-12).
Date: August 2, 1898
Creator: Seymour, Oliver E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Electrical Operation. (open access)

System of Electrical Operation.

Patent for an electrical system, which reduces the amount of power used to run a generator when there is low usage of the generator, thereby saving fuel.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
System of Electrical Operation. (open access)

System of Electrical Operation.

Patent for an electrical system to power generators, which can reduce the power flow to the generator during low usage periods.
Date: July 2, 1907
Creator: Slaughter, Joel C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roller Bearing (open access)

Roller Bearing

Patent for improvement on roller bearings that include spaced rings and multiple rollers.
Date: November 2, 1911
Creator: Tatum, Franklin M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, January 2, 1912]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter concerning Eagan's time spent with a fireman from Muskogee, Oklahoma and the opening of a new fire house in St. Louis: "#52 Auto Engine #18 Auto Truck." The photograph on the reverse side shows a group of firemen "making a quick hitch after open run in Court of Honor. Oct. 8, 1909." This team of firemen and their wagon are surrounded by a large crowd of people and patriotic decorations all around.
Date: January 2, 1912
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Magazine-Hammer (open access)

Magazine-Hammer

Patent for a new Magazine-Hammer. The new and improved Magazine-Hammer consists of a setting hammer head, carrying handle, feed device for nails, tacks, or like fasteners, discharge device, and mounted setting tube. This Magazine-Hammer improvement allows the operator to drive fasteners with one hand and manipulate an object with one free hand.
Date: July 2, 1912
Creator: Smith, Oliver J. A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter, January 2, 1913]

Postcard from J. P. Eagan to George Pendexter discussing the building on the reverse picture, Eagan says: "This is where three people were burned and 15 injured Nov. 1st 1912 a servant girl set fire to the place." The photograph shows a crowd of people standing outside the main entrance to the Berlin Hotel as they wait to return back to their rooms after the fire.
Date: January 2, 1913
Creator: Eagan, J. P.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Game Apparatus. (open access)

Game Apparatus.

Patent for a new game apparatus that can be playing indoors or outdoors and made in both large and small sizes "in which the elements, of chance, skill, and endurance constitute important factors in the successful playing of said game." (lines 10-13) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: June 2, 1914
Creator: Schuler, Joseph & Overbeck, Harry A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Mandel Fry to C. C. Cox, January 2, 1923] (open access)

[Letter from Mandel Fry to C. C. Cox, January 2, 1923]

Letter from Mandel Fry of Wagner Bros. Storage & Moving Co. to C. C. Cox asking after lumber prices and the status of oil drilling in Montgomery County, Texas. Envelope is included.
Date: January 2, 1923
Creator: Fry, Mandel
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and J. E. Stowers - May 1941] (open access)

[Correspondence between Meyer Bodansky and J. E. Stowers - May 1941]

Letters between Dr. Meyer Bodansky and Dr. J. E. Stowers, dated May 2, 1941 and May 10, 1941. The letters express appreciation on both ends concerning Dr. Bodansky's presentation at the Missouri State Medical Association Meeting.
Date: May 2, 1941
Creator: Bodansky, Meyer, 1896-1941 & Stowers, James E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History