Record of acknowledgements in Travis County filed by county clerk showing kind of instrument, location of land, name of original grantor, name and address of introducer if grantee not personally known, date of acknowledgement, name and address of grantee, amount of fees, and name of style of officer taking acknowledgement.

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from January 1869 to April 1877, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.

Logs kept by ship pilots in the Galveston area, documenting trips and fees, as well as other related information.

Logs kept by ship pilots in the Galveston area, documenting trips and fees, as well as other related information.

Minutes of the Freemason Murchison Lodge documenting the officers present at meetings, news and activities within the group.

Book containing the Grand Secretary of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas's report for 1860-1861 and Murchison Lodge, No. 80 meeting minutes dated 1892. The report consists of a list of members with their home lodges, occupations, and physical descriptions and is the first sixty-one pages. The Murchison Lodge meeting minutes are at the very end of the book, pages 218 to 260.

Transcript of the diary of D. John Henry Bass documenting his time in the Confederate Army, including his observations, notes about the progress of the war and various skirmishes, and being wounded.

Volume 1 of the Church Register of the First Presbyterian Church of Waco. The volume includes registers of elders, deacons, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

Ledger with a decorated title page containing handwritten notes by T.V. Munson, including texts that he wrote for speeches and editorials, diary entries, planning notes and sketches (including floorplans and house exteriors), lists of fruit varieties, and various other personal notes.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1866 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal discusses the history of the court during and immediately after the Civil War. Four pages of advertising for law books published by W. H. & O. H. Morrison appear before the title page.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1860 along with lists of Texas Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal explains why cases in this volume were not published until 1869. A U.S. Supreme Court case from 1868 and a U.S. Circuit Court case from 1869 are reprinted in this volume on pages 465-642.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1859 and 1860 along with a list of Texas Supreme Court Justices, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.

Volume two of a two-volume set details political and military action in the Civil War. Chapter I (pp. 17-25) discusses activity in Texas and New Mexico in 1862. Analytical index begins on p. 765.

The treachery in Texas, the secession of Texas, and the arrest of the United States officers and soldiers serving in Texas. Read before the New-York Historical Society, June 25, 1861. By Major J. T. Sprague, U. S. A.

Volume one of a two-volume set gives a historical overview of slavery and the abolition movement in the U.S., records events leading to secession, and details political and military action early in the Civil War. Chapter XII (pp. 147-177) discusses the annexation of Texas to the United States. Analytical index begins on p. 633.