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[Letter to Laura Baylor from her cousin, May 12, 1877]
Unsigned letter to Laura Baylor, niece of Judge R.E.B. Baylor, from her cousin in Gainestsown, AL regarding genealogy of Armistead family; last page or more missing
Date:
May 12, 1877
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Charles Sims, August 12, 1838]
Letter with orders from Sam Houston to Charles Sims instructing him to proceed to various Indian tribes to assure them that they will have peace. The text reads: Nacogdoches, Texas 12th Aug, 1838 to Charles Sims, Sir, You will proceed to the various Tribes of Indians, and assure them them [sic], that no harm is in=tended towards them, but that the Treaty shall be [...] with them, and that they shall have their homes and their lands, and Peace will be kept with them; Tell them my words shall not perish= Let them remain at peace! It is said that whitemen [sic] intend to march against the Indians this is false! no such thing has even been thought of. Bad men may say so, but good men will not! Good men will [...]. Your Salary will be at the rate of five dollas a day. I am [...] Sam Houston.
Date:
August 12, 1838
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Rent receipt Samual Pike ____? from Thomas. W. Krebbs, 1889]
Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Rent receipt-- written on inside of an envelope-- to Samual Pike ______? from Thomas. W. Krebbs of Ardmore, Indian Territory
Date:
October 12, 1889
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land Grant to J.C. Clark
Grant for 160 acres in Walker County on the Trinity River signed by Governor R.B. Hubbard
Date:
September 12, 1878
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Excerpt from Harper's Weekly Magazine]
Excerpt from an issue of Harper's Weekly Magazine that includes part of a text titled, "The Last of the Buffalo" and several plates of illustrations.
Date:
July 12, 1890
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from Cain W. Simon to Alex Simon regarding his discharge, 1898]
Papers of Alexander Simon. Telegraph from Cain W. Simon, Savannah, GA, to Simon regarding his discharge and a trial
Date:
December 12, 1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Automobile Register Receipt, 1915]
Papers of Alexander Simon. Automobile Register Receipt.
Date:
October 12, 1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping about Alamo participants, April 12, 1860]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. News article concerns death of Grimes' son Calvin Grimes at Alamo, along with Jonathan Lindley, and Tapley Holland
Date:
April 12, 1860
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth]
Papers of William C. Preston, Lillian and Anna Ehinger. Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth signed at St. Louis, Missouri
Date:
October 12, 1898
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History