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An act prohibiting slavery : [message from the Executive to the House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska]. (open access)

An act prohibiting slavery : [message from the Executive to the House of Representatives of the Territory of Nebraska].

An act prohibiting slavery in the territory of Nebraska
Date: 1861
Creator: Black, Samuel W., 1818-1862.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of Gen. Sam Houston, at the union mass meeting, Austin, Texas, on the 22nd of September, 1860. (open access)

Address of Gen. Sam Houston, at the union mass meeting, Austin, Texas, on the 22nd of September, 1860.

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Date: 1860
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of honorable members of Congress, the state of Louisiana, to the convention. (open access)

Address of honorable members of Congress, the state of Louisiana, to the convention.

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Date: January 14, 1861
Creator: Slidell, John, 1793-1871; Benjamin, J. P. (Judah Philip), 1811-1884; Landrum, John M. (John Morgan), 1815-1861 & Davidson, T. G.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of the Hon. Charles L. Scott, of California, to his constituents, on the constitutional right of secession. (open access)

Address of the Hon. Charles L. Scott, of California, to his constituents, on the constitutional right of secession.

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Date: 1861
Creator: Scott, Charles L. 1827-1899. (Charles Lewis)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Civil War Muster Booklet] (open access)

[Civil War Muster Booklet]

"Muster into service" booklet listing all the men, presumably in Company F, 1st New York Volunteer Veterans Cavalry. The lists contain physical descriptions of men, place of birth, location of enlistment, etc.
Date: 1863/1865
Creator: [Redway, Hamilton K.]
System: The UNT Digital Library
Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook & Ladder Co., No. 1 (open access)

Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook & Ladder Co., No. 1

Constitution and By-Laws of Galveston Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1; this particular version was revised in June, 1869. This pamphlet contains the history of the department, a preamble, and the different articles of the actual document stating the rules and guidelines of the company.
Date: June 1869
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cosmopolitan ideas on the Union ... (open access)

Cosmopolitan ideas on the Union ...

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Date: 1861
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Disunion and its results to the South : a letter from a resident of Washington to a friend in South Carolina. (open access)

Disunion and its results to the South : a letter from a resident of Washington to a friend in South Carolina.

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Date: 1861
Creator: Hodge, William L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The existing revolution; its causes and results. (open access)

The existing revolution; its causes and results.

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Date: 1861
Creator: Pickett, Charles E., 1820-1882
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fisk's Patent Metallic Burial Cases and Caskets: Air-Tight and Indestructible, for Protecting and Preserving the Dead, for Vaults, Transportation, Ordinary Interment, or Future Removal (open access)

Fisk's Patent Metallic Burial Cases and Caskets: Air-Tight and Indestructible, for Protecting and Preserving the Dead, for Vaults, Transportation, Ordinary Interment, or Future Removal

Catalog listing descriptions and prices, with selected illustrations, for fifteen different hearse styles available for purchase from W. M. Raymond & Co. There is also an introductory statement describing order information.
Date: 1864-05~
Creator: W. M. Raymond & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guide Map of New York City [Accompanying Text]. (open access)

Guide Map of New York City [Accompanying Text].

Explanation and supporting information related to map that shows streets, transportation routes, docks, shipping companies, rail companies, public institutions, and points of interest.
Date: [1864..1884]
Creator: Hobbs, C. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Instructions for Ordnance Officers and Acting Ordnance Officers at Headquarters of Departments, Armies, Divisions, Brigades, or Districts. (open access)

Instructions for Ordnance Officers and Acting Ordnance Officers at Headquarters of Departments, Armies, Divisions, Brigades, or Districts.

Circular from the War Department containing "General Orders No. 193" to perfect organizing the services of the Ordnance Department, as connected with Armies in the field and the Military Departments, and at the same time securing for that Department the services of a body efficient officers, trained to its special duties. The document includes 10 orders sent by Secretary of War E. D. Townsend as well as the specific orders of George D. Ramsay to complete the orders of Townsend. Two forms are printed at the end of the circular: Form No. 31 (b), Monthly Report of Ordnance and Acting Ordnance Officers on duty; and Form No. 31 (c), Quarterly Report of Officers responsible for Ordnance Property.
Date: May 23, 1864
Creator: Ramsay, George D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
John Dickinson, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant. (open access)

John Dickinson, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant.

Direct mail advertisement from John Dickinson soliciting consignments of cotton, addressed to William Reed.
Date: July 1860
Creator: Dickinson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to the Hon. Wm. C. Rives of Virginia, on slavery and the Union (open access)

Letter to the Hon. Wm. C. Rives of Virginia, on slavery and the Union

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Date: 1860
Creator: Appleton, Nathan, 1779-1861. & Rives, William C. (William Cabell), 1793-1868.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Hon. George W. Summers, on federal relations in the Virginia convention, delivered March 11, 1861. (open access)

Speech of Hon. George W. Summers, on federal relations in the Virginia convention, delivered March 11, 1861.

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Date: 1861
Creator: Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of John C. Rutherfoord, of Goochland : in the House of Delegates of Virginia, 21 February, 1860, in favor of the proposed conference of southern states. (open access)

Speech of John C. Rutherfoord, of Goochland : in the House of Delegates of Virginia, 21 February, 1860, in favor of the proposed conference of southern states.

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Date: February 21, 1860
Creator: Rutherfoord, John C. (John Coles), 1825-1866.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The state of the country : an article republished from the Southern Presbyterian review (open access)

The state of the country : an article republished from the Southern Presbyterian review

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Date: 1861
Creator: Thornwell, James Henley, 1812-1862
System: The Portal to Texas History