Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Returns of the Joshua Chapter, No. 43 to the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Texas listing the membership as of January, 1872, the changes in membership over the prior year, and the dues paid by the Joshua Chapter.

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his wife, Junia Roberts Osterhout. He was a district judge that was traveling to perform court. He wrote of temperance meetings that were being held in what he considered lawless parts of the country. Pledges were being signed to abstain from alcohol and he told his wife that future temperance meetings were being planned.

Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his mother, Sarah Osterhout. He wrote to tell his mother that he would be unable to visit this year and spoke of how his family had been. The letter finishes with news regarding the frontier. John wrote that Indians raided nearby areas and took horses.

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising. This was the first African American newspaper printed in Texas.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Thomas, D.L. & M.E. (Minors) and L.M. Martin (Executor or Guardian). This case contained 410 pages of documents. Mr. L.M.Martin, the guardian of the two minor children, was a fantastic record keeper. His records note the establishments that were located in downtown Dallas in the mid 1880's when downtown Dallas was a thriving, busy, and bustling center in the middle of the black-land prairie.

Letter from E. D. Pitts to Col. J. D. Giddings. Pitts asks Giddings to send him $30.83 and explains that he wants to remit his life insurance premium payment. He will repay Giddings by next Saturday. Also, Pitts and his wife will visit Brenham next Saturday, and on Sunday Pitts will preach. He informs Giddings that Louise and Annie are doing well at Chappell Hill Female College and suggests that Annie take up music lessons.

Weekly German-language newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Weekly German-language newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.

Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.

Patent for manufacturing a syrup by mixing brown sugar, water, and Mustang grapes.

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.