[Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, dated May 12, 1863] (open access)

[Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson, dated May 12, 1863]

Letter from Dora to Lizzie Johnson. Dora inquires as to why she has not heard from Lizzie, questions Lizzie's loyalties to the Union or the Confederacy since Lizzie lives in Austin. Dora also states that she knows both her and Lizzie's brothers were taken prisoner at the Post [Arkansas Post] earlier in 1863.
Date: May 12, 1863
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B.M. Burke to Lizzie Johnson, dated January 12, 1877] (open access)

[Letter from B.M. Burke to Lizzie Johnson, dated January 12, 1877]

Letter from B.W. Burke to Lizzie Johnson in which Burke discusses Lizzie's invitation for Burke to visit her.
Date: January 12, 1877
Creator: Burke, B. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879 (open access)

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams, dated July 12, 1879

Promissory note between Catherine Johnson and Hezekiah and Lizzie Williams. Catherine Johnson was Lizzie's mother, and this loan of 1000 dollars was to Lizzie and her husband, Hezekiah, for the purchase of of the land of the Johnson Institute, founded by Catherine's husband and Lizzie's father, Thomas Jefferson Johnson.
Date: July 12, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Elizabeth Ellen (Lizzie); Johnson, Hezekiah & Johnson, Catherine
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History