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[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth] (open access)

[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth]

Papers of William C. Preston, Lillian and Anna Ehinger. Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth signed at St. Louis, Missouri
Date: October 12, 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902 (open access)

Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902

Daily Report of the Tarrant County Clerk's office on October 3-4, 1902. Included are lists of deeds granted, deeds of trust, chattel cottages, and proceedings in the district and justice courts. "Claude Butler, proprietor" is printed at the top of the document. On the reverse side are handwritten minutes from Beth-El Congregation's third organizing meeting.
Date: October 4, 1902
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902] (open access)

[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902]

Minutes from the third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, Oct. 5, 1902, handwritten in pencil on the back of a courthouse circular. The reverse side of the minutes is a Courthouse Circular, dated Oct. 3, 1902.
Date: October 5, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isidore, congregation secretary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation] (open access)

[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation]

Minutes from the organizing meeting of the Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth on September 21, 1902.
Date: September 21, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isadore, congregation secretary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[In Memoriam] (open access)

[In Memoriam]

Wolf & Klar Jewelers' 163 employees signed a certificate giving a Torah to the Beth-El Congregation in 1947 in memory of company founder Alex Wolf. The synagogue, at 207 W. Broadway, was gutted in a 1946 fire and lost most of its Torahs. A photograph of Alex Wolf is in the upper-left corner and a Wolf & Klar Jewelers' logo which says "In Memoriam" is in the lower-right corner. The text at the top of the certificate says: "In loving memory and respect for our beloved founder, Mr. Alex Wolf, we the employees of Wolf & Klar Companies, dedicate this torah to Beth El congregation, as a memorial to his love and kindness of his fellow men."
Date: 1947
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate] (open access)

[Certificate]

Union of American Hebrew Congregations certificate of membership for Beth-El Congregation of Fort Worth. The certificate is orange in color and has a star-burst design radiating out from a scroll in the center. There is Hebrew text at the top beneath which is the quotation: "Come, let us take counsel together. --Nch. 6:7." The text on the scroll states: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established 1873 Hereby certifies that Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, 1907 (Nisan 7, 5667) became a duly affiliated member, entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership and to full participation in its plans and activities for the PERPETUATION AND PROGRESS OF JUDAISM IN AMERICA. Samuel S Hollender Chairman, Executive Board Maurice N. Eisendrath President Presented on November 5, 1955.
Date: March 22, 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation (open access)

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin. Title page and inscription of the bible states that this volume contains "the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser."
Date: May 26, 1909
Creator: Rabbi George Zepin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El (open access)

Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El

Program from the Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 1905. It contains the names of the confirmation students, and the order of the program.
Date: June 1905
Creator: Congregation Beth-El
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, 1933 (open access)

Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, 1933

Confirmation Program, Beth-El Congregation, Fort Worth, including the declarations of the Rabbi and the Unison Readings of the congregation during the Shabuoth and Confirmation service of 1933, during which students graduating from the religious school are confirmed. The list of confirmands is on the 4th page.
Date: 1933
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Announcement, 1989] (open access)

[Confirmation Announcement, 1989]

Announcement of the Confirmation Class of 1989 "Beth-El Congregation Confirmation Class 1989 Philip Bronstein Brian Roper Andrew Bzostek Jessica Ross Tyler Cohen Hamilton Schwartz Jacqueline Miller Michelle Stein Sara Beth Oderberg Mark Weiner invite you to join them for the Confirmation Service on Friday, June 2, 1989 eight o'clock in the evening in the Sanctuary at Temple Beth-El Galveston and Broadway A reception will follow in the Temple Parlor
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Confirmation Certificate, 1989] (open access)

[Confirmation Certificate, 1989]

Confirmation Certificate to Mark Weiner. (Torah Quotation in left hand corner) "Ye shall be holy for I the Lord your God am Holy" - Lev.19:2 (Corresponding text in Hebrew in opposite corner) "CONFIRMATION CERTIFICATE THIS IS TO RECORD THAT Mark Weiner WAS CONFIRMED IN THE FAITH OF ISRAEL ON June 2 1989 29 Iyar 5749 IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CONGREGATION Beth-El Fort Worth, Texas" Signature 1 Signature 2 Signature 3 (Torah quotation on bottom) "All that the Lord hath spoken we will do and we will obey" - ex.24:7
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Beth- El Congregation Second Mortgage Bond - $500.00] (open access)

[Beth- El Congregation Second Mortgage Bond - $500.00]

Beth-El Congregation Second Mortgage Bond of $500 with payment coupons included. They were signed by Beth-El President Herman Lederman and Secretary Louis Morris.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note addressing land issues, n.d.] (open access)

[Note addressing land issues, n.d.]

Document addressing land-related issues. The sender and recipient are unknown. This document is not dated.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Note addressing land issues, n.d.] (open access)

[Note addressing land issues, n.d.]

Document addressing land-related issues. The sender and recipient are unknown. This document is not dated.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt to Hartford Howard, October 15 1852] (open access)

[Receipt to Hartford Howard, October 15 1852]

Receipt for Hartsford Howard in the amount of seven hundred and forty six dollars and fifty cents. This amount was paid in full for a thirty-five year old slave. The document is dated October 15, 1852.
Date: October 15, 1852
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, September 19 1857] (open access)

[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, September 19 1857]

Receipt for Hartsford Howard in the amount of six hundred and forty dollars for warrants and land. The document is signed by Augustine Siblock.
Date: September 19, 1857
Creator: Siblock, Augustine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Market receipt for Mrs. Howard, January 24 1860] (open access)

[Market receipt for Mrs. Howard, January 24 1860]

Receipt for Mrs. Howard for the amount of twelve dollars in partial payment of a balance on pork. The document is dated January 24, 1860.
Date: January 24, 1860
Creator: Hendrix, R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note from Hartsford Howard to R. Carson, April 19 1861] (open access)

[Promissory note from Hartsford Howard to R. Carson, April 19 1861]

Promissory note from Hartsford Howard to R. Carson. The amount to be paid was eight dollars and seventy cents. The document is dated April 19, 1861.
Date: April 19, 1861
Creator: Howard, Hartsford
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, January 31 1863] (open access)

[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, January 31 1863]

Receipt for Hartsford Howard for the amount of sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents. The payment was for distilling rights of liquor or petroleum for four months starting December 25, 1862. The document is dated January 31, 1863.
Date: January 31, 1863
Creator: Curits, J.W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, March 23 1864] (open access)

[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, March 23 1864]

Receipt for Hartsford Howard for the amount of five dollars. The payment was for a subscription to the Galveston Tri-Weekly News from March 23, 1864 to September 23, 1864. The document was signed by W. Richardson.
Date: March 23, 1864
Creator: Richardson, W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Oliver Loving to Hartsford Howard] (open access)

[Letter from Oliver Loving to Hartsford Howard]

Letter from Oliver Loving to Hartsford Howard. The letter is dated June 26, 1864.
Date: June 26, 1864
Creator: Loving, Oliver
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Hartsford Howard from D.H. Sesk, October 8 1874] (open access)

[Letter to Hartsford Howard from D.H. Sesk, October 8 1874]

Letter from D.H. Sesk to Hartsford Howard. The letter is dated October 8, 1874.
Date: October 8, 1874
Creator: Sesk, D.H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documentation of business between J. Matthews, H. Howard, and A.C. McCartney, December 3 1874] (open access)

[Documentation of business between J. Matthews, H. Howard, and A.C. McCartney, December 3 1874]

Documentation of business between Jacob Matthews, H. Howard, and A.C. McCartney. The witness was N. Barber.
Date: December 3, 1874
Creator: Jacob Matthews
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877] (open access)

[Documentation of sale of land from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard, July 14 1877]

This document is a record of the sale of 39 acres of land, for fifty dollars, from John H. Traylor to Hartsford Howard. The main document was signed by John H. Traylor and the attached document was signed by clerk J.R. Morris.
Date: July 14, 1877
Creator: Traylor, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History