[Stock in Washington County Railroad] (open access)

[Stock in Washington County Railroad]

Stock in Washington County Railroad purchased by Y.S. Veazey. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date: September 1, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Court Order (open access)

Court Order

James B. Miller, administrator for the estate of William Barret Travis, ordered to collect $13.55 from James H. Holt by the County Court of Washington County
Date: July 1, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Austin with Map] (open access)

[Letter from Austin with Map]

Hand-written instructions concerning land surveys along the coast, signed by S. F. Austin. He mentions Duke, Nelms, and [Rales]. On the reverse, a map of the land survey is sketched with notes about dimensions. In the digital version, the first page is included twice - the second time a hand-written transcription of the letter is pictured beneath the original.
Date: November 1, 1830
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land] (open access)

[Repayment of Loan to the Provisional Government of Texas with Land]

Document describing the repayment of a loan to the Provisional Governement of Texas in land. Two loans were made to Texas via Branch T. Archer, William H. Wharton, and Stephen F. Austin for $250,000, and is being paid off in land scrip.
Date: April 1, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas (open access)

Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas

Short history of Samuel Maverick's ancestors and family; Maverick was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Date: April 1, 1969
Creator: Maverick, James Slayden
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Washington County legal documents

Notice of sale of Samuel P. Brown property, deceased; 465 1/6 acres, slave woman and child.
Date: February 1, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Membership certificate from Cartmell Lodge of the Odd Fellows in Brenham] (open access)

[Membership certificate from Cartmell Lodge of the Odd Fellows in Brenham]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Membership certificate from Cartmell Lodge of the Odd Fellows in Brenham for Alex Simon granting visitation privileges at any Odd Fellows Lodge for 40 days; impressed stamp; engraved by W.H. Dougal, Georgetown, D.C.
Date: August 1, 1877
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846] (open access)

[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, concerns horse sale and immigration. Mentions F.H. Womack, E.G. Collier, John Dunbar, Albert Grimes, Mrs. Pew, Joseph Black, and Judge Lister.
Date: January 1, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #1] (open access)

[Statement by John Seward, Copy #1]

Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas. This copy has colored text.
Date: August 1, 1865
Creator: Steniger, Charles
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #2] (open access)

[Statement by John Seward, Copy #2]

Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 1, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #3] (open access)

[Statement by John Seward, Copy #3]

Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 1, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement by John Seward, Copy #4] (open access)

[Statement by John Seward, Copy #4]

Copy of a legal statement by John H. Seward in New Orleans regarding his ownership of sixty-seven bales of cotton that were seized by the United States Army in Brownsville, Texas.
Date: August 1, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
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
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History