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Embroidered sampler

Plain weave sampler with silk embroidery, floral border, floral motifs, and poem. Text: "In Sharon's lovely Rose, Immortal beauties/ shine; Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows;/ Its origin divine./ Pleasure is a Rose, near which there ever grows/ the thorn of evil; It is wisdom's work so carefully/ to cull the Rose, as to avoid the thorn, and let its/ rich perfume exhale to heaven in grateful adoration/ of Him who gave the Rose to blow./ Mary Louise Brown, November 2nd 1829."
Date: November 2, 1829
Creator: Brown, Mary Louisa
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from R. E. Bledsoe, October 2, 1872] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from R. E. Bledsoe, October 2, 1872]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from his nephew, R.E. Bledsoe regarding family matters, western railroads, mining, Indians, and bandits.
Date: October 2, 1872
Creator: Bledsoe, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas (open access)

Estado libre de Coahuila y Tejas

Official Mexican Broadside tabulating the population of Coahuila and Texas for the 1833 census
Date: January 2, 1834
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"One Hundred Third Anniversary Celebration of the Signing of Texas Declaration of Independence" (open access)

"One Hundred Third Anniversary Celebration of the Signing of Texas Declaration of Independence"

Program for celebration at Old Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, March 2, 1939; back side of program says, "Ada Belle Muegge"; printed by Banner-Press, Inc., Brenham, TX
Date: March 2, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Court summons for Alanson Ferguson to appear for Samuel K McIlhaney vs. Alanson Ferguson case
Date: February 2, 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son] (open access)

[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son, "Manufacturers of Iron Planers, Lathes, Drills, Patent Portable Hoists, and Other Machinists' Tools" regarding an order for a portable hoist.
Date: October 2, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jonathan T. Eubank to Jesse Grimes, December 2, 1858] (open access)

[Letter from Jonathan T. Eubank to Jesse Grimes, December 2, 1858]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Jonathan T. Eubank to Jesse Grimes, concerns commerce
Date: December 2, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James Magoffin, May 2, 1837] (open access)

[Letter from James Magoffin, May 2, 1837]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from James Magoffin.
Date: May 2, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Souvenir program (open access)

Souvenir program

Souvenir program for Texas Independence Day at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Park, March, 1939; 16 pages
Date: March 2, 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Proclamation (open access)

Presidential Proclamation

Proclamation issued by Lincoln concerning designation of areas in rebellion and emancipation in those areas.
Date: January 2, 1863
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque to the Brazos River Authority]

Plaque to the Brazos River Authority. "In grateful appreciation for the work done in 1963 to halt the erosion of Washington State Park along the banks of the Brazos River. Presented March 2, 1964 by Mrs. Moody Northen in behalf of the Texas Independence Day Organization."
Date: March 2, 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage License] (open access)

[Marriage License]

Marriage license for Erich Cox and Sarah Scott who married in Washington County, Republic of Texas.;
Date: August 2, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition by Alexander Simon to the District Court for naturalization, 1855] (open access)

[Petition by Alexander Simon to the District Court for naturalization, 1855]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Petition by Simon to the District Court for naturalization.
Date: October 2, 1855
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History