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[$20 Bond Against Sanchez, Benavides, and Salinas] (open access)

[$20 Bond Against Sanchez, Benavides, and Salinas]

Text of a bond statement testifying that M. Sanchez (principal), R. Benavides and J. J. Salinas (seconds) will pay $20 to the chief justice in Webb County as a fine for violating an ordinance that regulates straying animals in Laredo, Texas.
Date: August 24, 1860
Creator: Sanchez, Margarito; Benavides, Refugio & Salinas, Juan José
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[$20 Bond Against Sesario Benavides] (open access)

[$20 Bond Against Sesario Benavides]

Statement binding C. Benavides (principal), M. Gonzales and E. Garza (seconds) to pay $20 to the Webb county Justice as a security to comply with an ordinance about straying animals.
Date: August 21, 1860
Creator: Benavides, Sesario; Gonzales, Martin & Garza, Eugenio
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[$500 Bond Issued June 28, 1866] (open access)

[$500 Bond Issued June 28, 1866]

$500 mortgage bond presented to Henry G. Northon and Virgil Whitcomb by Antonio López de Santa Anna using property and palaces in Mexico as security.
Date: June 28, 1866
Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
An act prohibiting slavery : [message from the Executive to the House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska]. (open access)

An act prohibiting slavery : [message from the Executive to the House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska].

An act prohibiting slavery in the territory of Nebraska
Date: 1861
Creator: Black, Samuel W., 1818-1862.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[An Address Delivered by Miss Ett Shanklin on Presentation of a Flag to the Company of Capt. H. M. Bouldin, 1862] (open access)

[An Address Delivered by Miss Ett Shanklin on Presentation of a Flag to the Company of Capt. H. M. Bouldin, 1862]

Flag presentation address by Miss Ett Shanklin to the company of Captain H. M. Bouldin. The address was to honor the service of the company and emphasized their youth and bravery.
Date: 1862
Creator: Thanklin, E. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Address label for C. B. Moore, December 27, 1865] (open access)

[Address label for C. B. Moore, December 27, 1865]

An address label from the C. B. Moore Collection. It includes Moore's name, the city he lived in at the time, the county and state, as well as the date. The label is stuck on a fragment of an envelope.
Date: December 27, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Address of Gen. Sam Houston, at the union mass meeting, Austin, Texas, on the 22nd of September, 1860. (open access)

Address of Gen. Sam Houston, at the union mass meeting, Austin, Texas, on the 22nd of September, 1860.

None
Date: 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of honorable members of Congress, the state of Louisiana, to the convention. (open access)

Address of honorable members of Congress, the state of Louisiana, to the convention.

None
Date: January 14, 1861
Creator: Slidell, John, 1793-1871; Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884; Landrum, John M. (John Morgan), 1815-1861 & Davidson, T. G.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of the Hon. Charles L. Scott, of California, to his constituents, on the constitutional right of secession. (open access)

Address of the Hon. Charles L. Scott, of California, to his constituents, on the constitutional right of secession.

None
Date: 1861
Creator: Scott, Charles L. 1827-1899. (Charles Lewis)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Address on "Suffrage and Reconstruction," the Duty of the People, the President, and Congress. (open access)

An Address on "Suffrage and Reconstruction," the Duty of the People, the President, and Congress.

Front cover and title page or an address delivered at the Tremont Temple in Boston on December 3, 1866.
Date: 1866
Creator: Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1875
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, August 2, 1866] (open access)

[Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, August 2, 1866]

Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, a benefit for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home Fund. This benefit was held at the Grover's Theater in Washington, D. C. on August 2, 1866. The advertisement states that 300,000 tickets were for sale at $1.00 each and 75,000 presents, valued at $250,000.00, were also available for sale to benefit this fund.
Date: August 2, 1866
Creator: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Union
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, August 2, 1866] (open access)

[Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, August 2, 1866]

Advertisement for the Grand National Concert, a benefit for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphan Home Fund. This benefit was held at the Grover's Theater in Washington, D. C. on August 2, 1866. The advertisement states that 300,000 tickets were for sale at $1.00 each and 75,000 presents, valued at $250,000.00, were also available for sale to benefit this fund.
Date: August 2, 1866
Creator: The Soldiers' and Sailors' Union
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Affidavit of Thomas Duncan] (open access)

[Affidavit of Thomas Duncan]

Affidavit sworn by Thomas Duncan to J.C. Caddel to claim payment from the estate of Michael Reed.
Date: June 24, 1861
Creator: Duncan, Thomas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[African-American families]

Photograph of a family of African-Americans standing in front of a log cabin. A young girl stands in the open doorway of the cabin and looks on at the family portrait.
Date: [1860..1890]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People] (open access)

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.
Date: January 1, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement Regarding Fort McIntosh Houses] (open access)

[Agreement Regarding Fort McIntosh Houses]

Statement signed by the Laredo city council and a representative of homeowners stating that the city will buy houses near Fort McIntosh, based on a council resolution passed July 10, 1860.
Date: July 1860
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement Regarding Fort McIntosh Houses] (open access)

[Agreement Regarding Fort McIntosh Houses]

Statement outlining an agreement for the city of Laredo with citizens who live near Fort McIntosh to pay them $1500 for their houses.
Date: July 1, 1860
Creator: Laredo (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Chamber. (open access)

Air-Chamber.

Patent for an air-chamber that pumps in air confined with a flexible diaphragm to spray or diffuse fluid, including illustration.
Date: June 18, 1861
Creator: Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 18, 1860 (open access)

The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 18, 1860

Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 18, 1860
Creator: Newcomb, James P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1860 (open access)

The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 25, 1860

Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 25, 1860
Creator: Newcomb, James P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 1860 (open access)

The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 1, 1860

Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 1, 1860
Creator: Newcomb, James P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, September 10, 1860 (open access)

The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, September 10, 1860

Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 10, 1860
Creator: Newcomb, James P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 1860 (open access)

The Alamo Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, September 17, 1860

Weekly newspaper from San Antonio, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 17, 1860
Creator: Newcomb, James P.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History