Resource Type

[Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, 1865] (open access)

[Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, 1865]

Scrap of paper, possibly torn from stationery, with a New Year's wish on one side ["Wishing You a Happy and Prosperous New Year"] and "1865" on other side.
Date: 1865
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France] (open access)

[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France]

Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France. Not filled out.
Date: 187?
Creator: Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France, copy 2] (open access)

[Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France, copy 2]

Order sheet for Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co, Paris, France. Not filled out. Copy 2.
Date: 188?
Creator: Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note] (open access)

[Promissory note]

Promissory note. Not filled out. Drawing of a girl and a dog sitting in front of a tree on the left side of the note.
Date: 188?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Kranfenfarren-Berein] (open access)

[Kranfenfarren-Berein]

Document describing the history and current practices of the Health Insurance-Company of San Antonio. Includes a list of financial information, a list of members as of April 1, 1892, physicians, medical examiners, and the company committee.
Date: April 1, 1882
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note with engravings and receipt] (open access)

[Promissory note with engravings and receipt]

Promissory note. Engravings of deer and a dog. Not filled out. A removable receipt is included.
Date: 18??
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note with engravings] (open access)

[Promissory note with engravings]

Promissory note. Engravings of deer and a dog. Not filled out.
Date: 18??
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note with engravings and receipt, copy 2] (open access)

[Promissory note with engravings and receipt, copy 2]

Promissory note. Engravings of deer and a dog. Not filled out. A removable receipt is included.
Date: 18uu
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Guarantee No. 120 and instructions for filling the Parker Vacumatic Pen] (open access)

[Guarantee No. 120 and instructions for filling the Parker Vacumatic Pen]

Guarantee and instructions for filling the Parker Vacumatic Pen. Guarantee is numbered 616601.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Parker Pen Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Local Collection receipt, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937] (open access)

[Local Collection receipt, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937]

Receipt No. 47026 showing financial transaction in the amount of $21. Credit is drawn in favor of Billie Johnson received from First State Bank, Kerrville, Texas on E. W. Hammond.
Date: August 27, 1937
Creator: Continental National Bank
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Customer's Draft, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937] (open access)

[Customer's Draft, Continental National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 1937]

Financial transaction in the amount of $21 between E. W. Hammond and Billie Johnson for the settlement of an account. Issued from the First State Bank, Kerrville, Texas. Signed by Billie Johnson.
Date: August 26, 1937
Creator: Johnson, Billie
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promotional material for a book about Castro and Castroville] (open access)

[Promotional material for a book about Castro and Castroville]

Promotional material for a book about Castro and Castroville ["Castro - Ville and Henry Castro --- Empresario"] by Julia Nott Waugh.
Date: unknown
Creator: Standard Printing Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Escort card] (open access)

[Escort card]

Card asking for permission to escort someone home. Recipient is instructed to tear off the right side of the card if the offer is accepted and the left side if the recipient already has an escort.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Globe Book Mark and Interest Tables] (open access)

[Globe Book Mark and Interest Tables]

Card printed by "The Globe Co" with a "short method for calculating interest" on one side and a time table "showing the time in days from any day in one month to the corresponding day in any other month" on the other.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Globe Co
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope with return address] (open access)

[Envelope with return address]

Envelope with return address: Mrs. Richard Holdsworth, Box 146, Kerrville, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Portion of a blank form] (open access)

[Portion of a blank form]

Portion of a blank paper form with spaces for To, For, Date, Time, Due, No. and dollar amount. Possibly the receipt portion of a check.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Popular Non-Secret Medicines (open access)

Popular Non-Secret Medicines

Sheet showing formulas for various medicines.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for milk crackers] (open access)

[Advertisement for milk crackers]

Advertisement for milk crackers from Dozier, Weyl & Co. in St. Louis. Page has a color drawing of a cow.
Date: unknown
Creator: Dozier, Weyl & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document signed by Louis Huth January 3, 1847] (open access)

[Document signed by Louis Huth January 3, 1847]

Document signed by Louis Huth and dated January 3, 1847 in Castroville.
Date: January 3, 1847
Creator: Huth, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for the Hôtel du Parc, October 12, 1843] (open access)

[Bill for the Hôtel du Parc, October 12, 1843]

Bill for approximately nine days of food and lodging at the Hotel du Parc.
Date: October 1843
Creator: Hôtel du Parc
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ledger containing colony financial information, October 2, 1846] (open access)

[Ledger containing colony financial information, October 2, 1846]

Ledger containing financial information regarding colonists. Lists debtors and those having credit. Signed at the end by Louis Huth on October 2, 1846 in Castroville.
Date: October 2, 1846
Creator: Huth, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston, January 21 and April 1, 1846] (open access)

[List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston, January 21 and April 1, 1846]

List of emigrants going from Antwerp to Galveston. Signed Guillaume D'Hanis and dated January 21 and April 1, 1846 in Antwerp. "Ledger of the emigrants embarked this day on the ship "Diamond".
Date: 1846-01-21/1846-04-01
Creator: D'Hanis, Guillaume
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Balance sheets showing financial transactions, March 1846 to September 1846, with note from Henri Castro] (open access)

[Balance sheets showing financial transactions, March 1846 to September 1846, with note from Henri Castro]

Balance sheet showing financial transactions from March to September 1846 relating to the settlement of Castroville. Last page has a note at the bottom from Castro that he received the financial documents on October 28, 1846, and will be verifying them.
Date: 1846
Creator: Huth, Louis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document stating the expenses aboard the Henrich bound for Galveston, December 1843] (open access)

[Document stating the expenses aboard the Henrich bound for Galveston, December 1843]

Document stating the charges for five chests aboard the Hennrich bound for Galveston. Dated December 5, 1843 in Antwerp. Reverse side is a document stating the expenses for shipment of two chests of merchandise aboard the Hennrich bound for Galveston. Lists contents of chests, including linens and straw hats. Dated December 1, 1843 in Antwerp and signed by Henry [sic] Castro.
Date: December 1843
Creator: Castro, Henri
System: The Portal to Texas History