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[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, February 28, 1845] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, February 28, 1845]

Letter from [Ludwig Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] detailing which letters have been received, sent and answered. He goes on to discuss in detail a financial disagreement themselves and a friend of Castro's in Paris. He asks several questions regarding the land in Texas and discusses the unusually long, severe winter and how it has affected their colonization plans. A copy of a letter from someone in Altdorf stating that a widow had returned from Texas and was telling everyone how horrible it was and how her husband starved to death. As a result, few colonists were willing to come from her town. He also discusses Pfanner's plans and a financial disagreement with Isabelle.
Date: February 28, 1845
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jesuit sermon, 1845] (open access)

[Jesuit sermon, 1845]

Jesuit sermon delivered in 1845 in Munich.
Date: 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, December 18, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, December 18, 1844]

Letter from [Ludwig Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] expressing the sacrifice he had to make in order to get the expedition of 200 colonists off. His health suffered greatly because of the stress. He also discusses several individuals who took advantage of colonists by tricking them into paying them their passage money. Includes a list of items sent on the last boat: sickles, harness, string, wine vinegar, etc. Unsigned. Dated December 18, 1844 in Neufreystaedt.
Date: December 18, 1844
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, November 28, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, November 28, 1844]

Letter from [Ludwig Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] in which he tells of the preparation for the large expedition of colonists including Rev. Pfanner. He lists other people with whom Louis might want to make acquaintance. Unsigned. Dated November 28, 1844 in Mannheim.
Date: November 28, 1844
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter regarding colonization in Texas, November 16, 1844] (open access)

[Letter regarding colonization in Texas, November 16, 1844]

Letter regarding colonization in Texas.
Date: November 16, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, May, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, May, 1844]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] informing him that Maas wanted to leave on the Ocean but met a woman and got married and so will be leaving on the Marie Jeannette. He states that the new batch of emigrants is full of good hardworking people.
Date: May 1844
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844] (open access)

[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844]

Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell regarding passage to Texas. Signed by all parties on March 22, 1844 in Neufreystaedt.
Date: March 22, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844, negative copy] (open access)

[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844, negative copy]

Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell regarding passage to Texas. Signed by all parties on March 22, 1844 in Neufreystaedt. Negative copy.
Date: March 22, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, March 10, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, March 10, 1844]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding Schneider and enclosing the agreement with him that he will work the land in Texas in order to pay off his passage. He also mentions Kramp and his emigrants and the current expedition of 21 Swiss emigrants. Postscript states that Schneider can shear sheep.
Date: March 10, 1844
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Ludwig and August Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, March 21, 1844 and April 12, 1844] (open access)

[Letters from Ludwig and August Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, March 21, 1844 and April 12, 1844]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding Casette's refusal to marry. He also tells him that he is sending Philipp Schneider, a gardener, at his own expense and that he is to work Huth's land until his passage is repaid. Mr. Reigert is taking grape sprouts to Texas and hopes to make wine. At the end is a short letter from August [Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding two boxes of wicker and that Maas has gotten married.
Date: 1844
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, December 26, 1843] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, December 26, 1843]

Letter from [Ludwig Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding business and colonization matters. He instructs Louis to make sure to purchase long staple cotton and informs him that a third expedition will take place, provided the weather is good. Short note at end by August [Huth].
Date: December 26, 1843
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, November 24, 1843] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, November 24, 1843]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding Castro's wish that a suitable director accompany every convoy of emigrants.
Date: November 24, 1843
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, November 20, 1843] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, November 20, 1843]

Letter from [Ludwig Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding the business of colonization. He discusses convoys of colonists, a box he is sending to Louis, a letter from the boatman Meyer's daughter, and how busy he is.
Date: November 20, 1843
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document concerning Slasi Albrecht's travel to Texas, October 9 and October 26, 1843] (open access)

[Document concerning Slasi Albrecht's travel to Texas, October 9 and October 26, 1843]

Document describing how Slasi Albrecht will have to pawn his goods for the 45 francs given him as an advance to help pay his expense for travel to Texas. Signed Slasi Albrecht in Neufreystaedt on October 9, 1843. Receipt of francs acknowledge below and signed by Albrecht in Antwerp on October 26, 1843.
Date: 1843-10-09/1843-10-26
Creator: Albrecht, Slasi
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, September 15, 1843] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, September 15, 1843]

Letter from [Ludwig Huth] to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding the colonization business. He states that August is leaving for Strasburg to meet some colonists.
Date: September 15, 1843
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, 1843] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, 1843]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth.
Date: 1843-uu-22
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Europe as queen]

Map shows a stylized Europe in the form of a woman. [Spain] is her head and [Gaul], [Germany], [Denmark], [Poland], [Hungary], [Greece], [Bulgaria], [Macedonia], and Scythia are the remainder of her body. Europe is shown surrounded by Africa, [England], [Scotland], [Scandinavia], and Asia. Includes text in lower margin. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1550..1570]
Creator: Münster, Sebastian, 1489-1552
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Martin Luther's Annotated Copy of Psalms]

Photograph of an aged blurry copy of Martin Luther's copy of psalms housed at Germanische National Museum in Nuremberg, Germany. This copy of the book of Psalm's has been annotated with Martin Luther's notes intended for his first lecture in 1513.
Date: 1513
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Haebler Incunabula Plate 12] (open access)

[Haebler Incunabula Plate 12]

Plate 12- Augsburg, Johann Schoensperger, 1490, Type 2 and 3
Date: 1490
Creator: Schoensperger, Johann & Haebler, Konrad
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Manuscript Leaf from 15th Century, Germany] (open access)

[Manuscript Leaf from 15th Century, Germany]

A manuscript leaf from 15th Century, Germany. The manuscript leaf is laid out with two (2) columns and scribed in late Gothic script. There are musical neums on 4-line staff (by the 16th-century the 5-line staff became more standardized) Breviary. The manuscript leaf was created on vellum parchment and used both red, blue, and black gall ink for the script. The leaf is labelled as page twenty-one (21).
Date: [1401..1500]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library