Unveiling of monument (open access)

Unveiling of monument

Invitation to the unveiling of the monument honoring the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Senator Chilton, of Texas, in the United States Senate" (open access)

"Speech of Senator Chilton, of Texas, in the United States Senate"

Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate concerning the integrity of trusts and combinations, and the remedy; not an official government document, privately printed
Date: July 6, 1897
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Front Cover: The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.] (open access)

[Front Cover: The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.]

Front cover of an ethnological paper about the Karankawa Indians.
Date: 1891
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plea for the Life of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Texas, and Review of the Charges preferred against Prof. E.T. Dumble, State Geologist, for "Incompetency, Plagiarism, and Maladministration in Office," and the Sham Trial thereof (open access)

Plea for the Life of the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Texas, and Review of the Charges preferred against Prof. E.T. Dumble, State Geologist, for "Incompetency, Plagiarism, and Maladministration in Office," and the Sham Trial thereof

Front cover of a paper regarding the Geological and Mineralogical Survey of Texas and trial of Professor E. T. Dumble.
Date: September 1891
Creator: Herndon, J. H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mortgage Bond] (open access)

[Mortgage Bond]

Mortgage bond with Dallas Mortgage Company for $7,200, payable by Seward. The first three payment coupons have been removed.
Date: October 1, 1896
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marriage certificate in German (open access)

Marriage certificate in German

German certificate of marriage for Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Zchappel and Louise Elisabeth Zeiss. The certificate is illustrated with various scenes including a ship, a church, and a family sitting in a garden. It is signed by Ida Zeiss, Alma Amsler, Otto L. Schroeder, and Rudolph Johnke.
Date: November 30, 1892
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kinghts of Honor Benefit Certificate (open access)

Kinghts of Honor Benefit Certificate

Certificate of benefit to member, Wilhelm Meier, in the amount of $2,000 for his wife, Louise Meier, upon his death; signed at Brenham, Texas
Date: April 6, 1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Cain W. Simon to Alex Simon regarding his discharge, 1898] (open access)

[Telegram from Cain W. Simon to Alex Simon regarding his discharge, 1898]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Telegraph from Cain W. Simon, Savannah, GA, to Simon regarding his discharge and a trial
Date: December 12, 1898
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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