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[Allerlei] (open access)

[Allerlei]

Clipping containing small items of news including the following: 100 women from France are going to Mexico for silk growing, a French merchant locked up a thief with a vicious dog who killed him, and Ben Thompson has no shortage of refreshments and melons but welcomes visitors in jail. Reverse is a fragment of a clipping regarding trains.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for Mrs. Schneider] (open access)

[Bill for Mrs. Schneider]

Bill for Mrs. Schneider for flour, potatoes and biscuits, also listing other expenses for her, including transportation. Signed L. Huth.
Date: unknown
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for wickerwork wares and hats] (open access)

[Bill for wickerwork wares and hats]

Bill for wickerwork wares and hats lined with fur.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blätter aus dem Buche der Weisheit] (open access)

[Blätter aus dem Buche der Weisheit]

Clipping with sayings about life. On reverse is a partial illustration of a scene in Valparaiso with a description and a guide for foreigners who visit the Andes.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Booklet about medicine and pharmaceuticals] (open access)

[Booklet about medicine and pharmaceuticals]

Excerpt from a booklet about medical and pharmaceutical matters, including lists of pharmaceutical terminology and how to write prescriptions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Booklet of Verse] (open access)

[Booklet of Verse]

Booklet of verse containing poems in French and German. Titles include: "Manners, a poem", "The Little Man Who's Piss'd", "I am a woman by nature", "Weep with me oh you nightly still rhymes" (signed by R.L.), "A heart that is suffering torment", "Love note", "Having once young man chosen the friends of your beloved", "What are you missing, oh my heart", and a poem from an unknown woman addressed to Wilhelm.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Citronen als Diätetisches Heilmittel] (open access)

[Citronen als Diätetisches Heilmittel]

Clipping detailing the medicinal use of lemons as previously published in The Lancet. Includes recipes for lemonade and similar substances. Advertisements on reverse.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping in German with a poem about beer and account of a hunting trip] (open access)

[Clipping in German with a poem about beer and account of a hunting trip]

Clipping with a poem about drinking beer. Reverse side is an account of a hunting trip.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document concerning interest on a life insurance policy] (open access)

[Document concerning interest on a life insurance policy]

Document explaining how Emil must go about receiving his interest in a life insurance policy.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document containing medical advice] (open access)

[Document containing medical advice]

Document containing medical advice about rhubarb, quinine, vinegar and saltpeter and for washing detergent and avoiding cholera. Also states what to do to cause vomiting.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document listing provisions] (open access)

[Document listing provisions]

Document listing provisions, including ham, barley, rice, salt and more, with prices.
Date: unknown
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Erinnerung (open access)

Erinnerung

Collection of published poems by various authors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hoffmann, Heffter & Co.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eulogy for a deceased child (open access)

Eulogy for a deceased child

Eulogy for a deceased child. "Here at the grave of an accomplished beloved child at the end of life..."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Habeas Corpus] (open access)

[Habeas Corpus]

Article in a clipping explaining habeas corpus. Reverse side lists advertisements for various items, including building sites and garden plants, in a newspaper clipping.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, date unknown] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, date unknown]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding financial matters of the colony. He asks him to let the people know how Fried Volk is getting on in the colony. Signed by Huth.
Date: unknown
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, October 10] (open access)

[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, October 10]

Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to Ferd[inand] Louis Huth asking him to repay John Riettermann the money he paid for his child's passage, since the child was only two years old. Signed by Huth on October 10, 184[-] in Neufreystaedt.
Date: 184X-10-10
Creator: Huth, Ludwig
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Der liefe Drud von Deiner hand] (open access)

[Der liefe Drud von Deiner hand]

Poem by an unknown author regarding the joys of love and marriage. Poem is printed on a torn piece of paper.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Motten, Motten, Motten] (open access)

[Motten, Motten, Motten]

Article discussing how to rid oneself of wool-eating moths. Clipping. Reverse has advertisements for various items.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Open letter from Huth to the people of Castroville] (open access)

[Open letter from Huth to the people of Castroville]

Open letter from Huth to the people of Castroville defending himself against Castro's accusations.
Date: unknown
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poetic verse (open access)

Poetic verse

Poetic verse.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Strassburg nach der Uebergabe] (open access)

[Strassburg nach der Uebergabe]

Clipping with a poem regarding Strasbourg's annexation to the German Empire. Dated October 1, 1870.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, Castro-Ville (open access)

Texas, Castro-Ville

Document inviting the public to learn more about the prosperity of Castroville by contacting any one of a list of men. The end states that Mr. Castro is still giving free land to families and bachelors.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Torn page, in German] (open access)

[Torn page, in German]

Torn document with advertisements on one side and text regarding the name of a river and the history of Austin Colony.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wie die Alten fungen, So zwitschern die Jungen] (open access)

[Wie die Alten fungen, So zwitschern die Jungen]

Clipping with a poem about aging. On reverse is an account of a strange series of events in church.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History