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[Etching and engraving "David Tenier's House"]

Etching and engraving of "David Tenier's House" published on August 15, 1757. The design was attribute to Dutch miniaturist David Eniers the Younger (1610-1690) and was printed by English printmaker Thomas Major (1720-1799). The image shows a large manor house on the right edge of a river bank with a bridge arching over the river. A group of three fisherman are gathered on the shore in the foreground communicating the scale of the rest of the scene to the viewer.
Date: August 15, 1757
Creator: Major, Thomas & Eniers the Younger, David
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt, March 15, 1850] (open access)

[Receipt, March 15, 1850]

Receipt that payment of $135 was paid.
Date: March 15, 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt from A. J. Duncan, February 15, 1854] (open access)

[Receipt from A. J. Duncan, February 15, 1854]

Receipt from Duncan Morgan Merchants for items, including 2 gross agate buttons.
Date: February 15, 1854
Creator: Duncan Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John Emberson to Eldridge and Elizabeth Emberson, February 15, 1857] (open access)

[Letter from John Emberson to Eldridge and Elizabeth Emberson, February 15, 1857]

Letter to Eldritch and Elizabeth Emberson from John Emberson regarding a sale of land John made and the granting of the power of attorney to Eldritch over the sale. John also wrote about his family and his desire to see Eldritch and Elizabeth.
Date: February 15, 1857
Creator: Emberson, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from H.W. Raglin to A.D. Kennard Jr., October 15, 1859] (open access)

[Letter from H.W. Raglin to A.D. Kennard Jr., October 15, 1859]

Letter from H. W. Raglin to A. D. Kennard Jr. regarding the service requests of both M. (Michael) Kennard and A.D. Kennard and how those requests are doing. He also mentions prices on food and transportation.
Date: 1859-10-15~
Creator: Raglin, H. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Letter to Colonel Allen, 15 October 1859 (open access)

Letter to Colonel Allen, 15 October 1859

Letter from Mary Jones, widow of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Date: October 15, 1859
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maud C. Fentress, Janurary 15, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress, Janurary 15, 1864]

Letter from M. C. (Maud) Fentress to her family regarding the loss of a package of letters that were being brought to her by Captain Hawood and her worries because she has not heard from her son David. Her area has not experience raids for several months, but she expects that to change. She writes about the taking of "Savanah" (Savannah, Georgia). She says that the former slaves continue to leave to join up with the Yankees. She sends an update on family and friends, where they are, what they are doing and their health.
Date: January 15, 1864
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from  Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, January 1, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David Fentress, January 1, 1864]

Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to her son, David Fentress updating him on the war and it's impacts on her local surroundings. She also gives him news about family and friends.
Date: January 15, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 (open access)

The Old Flag. (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1

Lithograph of an original newspaper manuscript first published by Captain William H. May and Union soldiers while imprisoned at Camp Ford, Tyler, Smith County, Texas. The paper was published for the purpose of "enlivening the monotonous, at times almost unbearably eventless life of Camp Ford" (J. P. Robbins, Preface to The Old Flag). Included are camp news articles, fiction, poems, humorous articles, advertisements, and obituaries. The manuscript was originally hand lettered and illustrated on unruled letter paper.
Date: March 15, 1864
Creator: May, William H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Claim for horse, May 15, 1864] (open access)

[Claim for horse, May 15, 1864]

Claim for a horse shot in battle, describing how the loss of the horse was not the fault of Cpt. Redway.
Date: 1864-05-15~
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, May 15, 1864] (open access)

[Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, May 15, 1864]

Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores created by Capt. Henry J. Draine on May 15, 1864. The following items were given to Lt. Hamilton K. Redway by Capt. Draine: two sets of complete horse equipment, five complete carbines, two complete sabres, and one saddle. The items were turned over to Redway while the two men were at a camp in Pleasantville, Md.
Date: May 15, 1864
Creator: Draine, Henry J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, May 15, 1864] (open access)

[Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores, May 15, 1864]

Invoice of ordnance and ordnance stores created by Capt. Henry J. Draine on May 15, 1864. The following items were given to Lt. Hamilton K. Redway by Capt. Draine: two sets of complete horse equipment, five complete carbines, two complete sabres, and one saddle. The items were turned over to Redway while the two men were at a camp in Pleasantville, Md.
Date: May 15, 1864
Creator: Draine, Henry J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Company Orders Book, June 15, 1864-June 1865] (open access)

[Company Orders Book, June 15, 1864-June 1865]

Company order book with special orders, many of them for promotions and demotions. They include demotions for robbing a paroled rebel soldier, incompetence, intoxication, and disorderly behavior. There is an order that all men must turn in all civilian and rebel clothing. The book also appears to have been used for schoolwork and drawing by children at some later date. It also includes some song lyrics or poetry. Many pages are cut out of the back of the book and some pages partially missing.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: U.S. War Department
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Houston Daily Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 71, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1864 (open access)

Houston Daily Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 71, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 15, 1864

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: Cushing, E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864]

Letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, wherein Charles copies and forwards a letter from Jim Wilson to be sent to Wilson's family. Jim Wilson is writing from Rock Island Prison in Illinois, thanking Charles for his offer of money and offering some news.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, June 15, 1864]

Transcript of a letter from Charles Moore to Josephus Moore, wherein Charles copies and forwards a letter from Jim Wilson to be sent to Wilson's family. Jim Wilson is writing from Rock Island Prison in Illinois, thanking Charles for his offer of money and offering some news.
Date: June 15, 1864
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[List of needed supplies, September 15, 1864] (open access)

[List of needed supplies, September 15, 1864]

List of needed supplies of jackets, pants, drawers, shirts, blouses, socks, boots, blankets, ponchos, hats, caps, canteens, etc.
Date: September 15, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[List of needed supplies, September 15, 1864] (open access)

[List of needed supplies, September 15, 1864]

List of needed supplies, such as jackets, pants, drawers, shirts, blouses, socks, boots, blankets, ponchos, hats, caps, canteens and tents.
Date: September 15, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[General orders no. 271, October 15, 1864] (open access)

[General orders no. 271, October 15, 1864]

General orders no. 271 detail the corrections that would be made to General orders no. 127. The orders state that paragraph IV of general orders no. 127 would be replaced with the paragraph in this document. This document also includes additions to general orders no. 127.
Date: October 15, 1864
Creator: War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[List of stores lost, October 15, 1864] (open access)

[List of stores lost, October 15, 1864]

List of stores that two privates had in their possession when they were captured by enemy in Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Date: October 15, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Ordnance inventory lost in skirmish, October 15, 1864] (open access)

[Ordnance inventory lost in skirmish, October 15, 1864]

List of ordnance and stores lost in skirmish at Leetown, Virginia. One man was severely injured, five were taken prisoner and four horses were killed. The equipment of the wounded man and four horses killed could not be recovered.
Date: October 15, 1864
Creator: Redway, Hamilton K.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Special orders, December 15, 1864] (open access)

[Special orders, December 15, 1864]

Special orders from A. H. Nash to Captain Redway which detail that these orders should be relayed to all men in Redway's company whose muster and descriptive rolls have not been received. It also states that Redway should wait for a courier from Soup Creek with a similar dispatch.
Date: December 15, 1864
Creator: Nash, Lt. A. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Furlough pass for Hamilton K. Redway, February 15, 1865] (open access)

[Furlough pass for Hamilton K. Redway, February 15, 1865]

Furlough pass for Hamilton K. Redway.
Date: February 15, 1865
Creator: Marsh, A. S.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A.G. Lee, February 15, 1865] (open access)

[Letter from A.G. Lee, February 15, 1865]

Letter from A. G. Lee about transportation furnished for Moses Saporius Private of Redway's company from Rochester to Baltimore at the cost of $7.30.
Date: February 15, 1865
Creator: Lee, A. G.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library