[Letter from K.K. Legett to J.R. Curl - January 23, 1905] (open access)

[Letter from K.K. Legett to J.R. Curl - January 23, 1905]

Letter written to J.R. Curl, the Texas Secretary of State, from K.K. Legett, concerning his appointment as a member of the board of directors of A&M College.
Date: January 23, 1905
Creator: Legett, Kirvin Kade, 1857-1926
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1906] (open access)

[Receipt for Montgomery County Taxes, 1906]

Receipt for property taxes paid to Montgomery County by Hattie Sayles for the year 1906. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property in Montgomery County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 23, 1907
Creator: Montgomery, B. E.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to African Methodist Episcopal Church, January 23, 1909] (open access)

[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to African Methodist Episcopal Church, January 23, 1909]

Letter from Sayles & Sayles to African Methodist Episcopal Church informing them of their debt to the Ballinger & Abilene Railway Company as seen on a delivered affidavit.
Date: January 23, 1909
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Abilene City Poll Taxes, 1911] (open access)

[Receipt for Abilene City Poll Taxes, 1911]

Receipt for a poll tax paid to the City of Abilene by Henry Sayles, Sr. for the year 1911. The receipt includes Sayles' age, occupation, race, and the number of years he'd lived in Abilene, Texas.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Balch, A. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1911] (open access)

[Receipt for Abilene City Taxes, 1911]

Receipt for taxes paid to the City of Abilene by Henry Sayles, Sr. for the year 1911. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 23, 1912
Creator: Balch, A. H. & Rowland, P. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from F. A. DeVerts, January 23, 1919] (open access)

[Correspondence from F. A. DeVerts, January 23, 1919]

Indorsement correspondence from F. A. DeVerts to the commanding officer, S. A. T. C. Unit, Simmons College, discussing paperwork and a prior indorsement.
Date: January 23, 1919
Creator: DeVerts, F. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from F. A. DeVerts, January 23, 1919] (open access)

[Correspondence from F. A. DeVerts, January 23, 1919]

Indorsement correspondence from F. A. DeVerts to the commanding officer, S. A. T. C. Unit at Simmons College discussing required paperwork for payments.
Date: January 23, 1919
Creator: DeVerts, F. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from L. R. Hare to Fort Sam Houston Depot Quartermaster, January 23, 1919] (open access)

[Memo from L. R. Hare to Fort Sam Houston Depot Quartermaster, January 23, 1919]

Memorandum from Lt. Col. L. R. Hare to the depot quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston regarding a shipment of ordnance property and an issue with it due to missing forms.
Date: January 23, 1919
Creator: Hare, L. R.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1926 (open access)

The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1926

Weekly student newspaper from Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1926
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from J. S. to Fred R. Ellis, January 23, 1929] (open access)

[Letter from J. S. to Fred R. Ellis, January 23, 1929]

Letter from J. S. to Fred R. Ellis discussing the testimony of J. L. Thompson in the case, Jake L. Hamon vs. U. S. Torpedo Co. There is an illegible handwritten note at the bottom of the letter.
Date: January 23, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Sayles to G. C. Spillers, January 23, 1929] (open access)

[Letter from John Sayles to G. C. Spillers, January 23, 1929]

Letter from John Sayles to G. C. Spillers discussing the Hamon et al vs. U. S. Torpedo Company case. Sayles thanks Spillers for a transcript of testimony and oral depositions.
Date: January 23, 1929
Creator: Sayles, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart, January 23, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart, January 23, 1931]

Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart discussing filing a map of the Cienega Ditch with the surveyor, J. L. Wells, and asking Sugart or Charles Chinoweth to sign as a witness that the ditch existed before 1895. The word, "Coppy", is handwritten in pencil at the top of the letter.
Date: January 23, 1931
Creator: Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells, January 23, 1931] (open access)

[Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells, January 23, 1931]

Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells discussing receiving a map of the Cienega Ditch and sending payment for it, signing of legal forms related to the surveying of the ditch, and discussing the existing legal ambiguity of the current ownership of the property. A postscript note at the end of the letter reads, "Am working with Bill Sugart to get Charles Chinoweth or someone else and go up to Lordsburg and sign the papers." The word, "Coppy", is written in pencil at the top of the letter.
Date: January 23, 1931
Creator: Parramore, Dock Dilworth
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1932 (open access)

The Simmons Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1932

Weekly student newspaper from Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Major Richard E. Froiseth to T. N. Carswell - January 23, 1941] (open access)

[Letter from Major Richard E. Froiseth to T. N. Carswell - January 23, 1941]

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Post Commander, Parramore Post No. 57, Abilene, Texas, from Richard E. Froiseth, Major, QMC, Constructing Quartermaster, War Department, Camp Barkeley, Abilene, Texas, dated January 23, 1941. Cover letter by Froiseth advising of an enclosed copy of a letter from Taylor-Byrne-Briggs relative to the employment of ex-service men. Typewritten on War Department letterhead.
Date: January 23, 1941
Creator: Froiseth, Richard E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. W. Davidson to Honorable W. J. Bryan, January 23, 1943] (open access)

[Letter from T. W. Davidson to Honorable W. J. Bryan, January 23, 1943]

Letter from T. W. Davidson to Honorable W. J. Bryan acknowledging receipt of the newspaper clipping that Mr. Bryan sent about the old A & M College.
Date: January 23, 1943
Creator: Davidson, T. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Bill Tippen to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Bill Tippen to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1953]

Letter from Bill Tippen to Truett Latimer discussing support of the District Attorneys' Salary Raise Bill.
Date: January 23, 1953
Creator: Tippen, Bill
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from D. C. Greer and E. J. Amey to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from D. C. Greer and E. J. Amey to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1953]

Letter from D. C. Greer and E. J. Amey to Truett Latimer discussing how the licence plate to be issued soon to Latimer has been sent to the County Tax Assessor-Collector.
Date: January 23, 1953
Creator: Greer, D. C. & Amey, E. J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Syd Trotter to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1953] (open access)

[Letter from Syd Trotter to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1953]

Letter from Syd Trotter to Truett Latimer as an invitation to a Sunday School class.
Date: January 23, 1953
Creator: Trotter, Syd
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1954 (open access)

The Brand (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 16, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 23, 1954

Weekly student newspaper from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas that includes local, state and campus news along with advertising.
Date: January 23, 1954
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Waggoner Carr to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1956] (open access)

[Letter from Waggoner Carr to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1956]

Letter from Waggoner Carr to Truett Latimer discussing future plans due to the current circumstances and withdrawals from the Speaker's race.
Date: January 23, 1956
Creator: Carr, Waggoner
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Abilene Council for Retarded Children to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Abilene Council for Retarded Children to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1957]

Letter signed by twenty-nine mebers of the Abilene Council for Retarded Children to Texas State Representative Truett Latimer discussing legislation to increase aid for intellectually disabled children in Texas.
Date: January 23, 1957
Creator: Abilene Council for Retarded Children
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Arch Lewis to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from Arch Lewis to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1957]

Letter from Arch Lewis to Truett Latimer discussing support for the passage of Texas House Bill #25.
Date: January 23, 1957
Creator: Arch Lews M System Food Stores
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from B. H. Peacock to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1957] (open access)

[Letter from B. H. Peacock to Truett Latimer, January 23, 1957]

Letter from B. H. Peacock to Truett Latimer discussing the Legislative Budget Board's decision to increase the Abilene State Hospital Budget by $20 million instead of the $41 million they requested. Peacock writes that the funds are necessary to care for the thousands of mentally ill patients in the state and that the funds could be raised through liquor and tobacco taxes. He recounts his own experience receiving treatment for a nervous breakdown at the U.S. Public Health Services Hospital in Fort Worth, as well as his time as an Engineer Officer overseeing care and maintenance of Veterans hospital facilities, when he encountered many mentally ill patients. He asks Latimer to reconsider funding the full amount the hospital requested and offers to answer any further questions.
Date: January 23, 1957
Creator: Peacock, B. H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History