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.

Tax receipt for Aaron Parks for the year 1872, for the amount of one dollar and fifty-five cents. The property taxed was valued at two hundred and thirty three dollars. The document was signed by J.C. Hightower, sheriff of Hood County in 1872.

Weekly newspaper from Clarksville, 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.

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

Document concerning a lawsuit and petition involving John H. Randle and H. Lazenbery. The document was created by P.F. Williams, attorney for the petition. The document was dated October 26, 1872

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Stevenson, Geo. W. (died March 6, 1874) and E.P. Bryan (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Carr, Wm. (died January 26, 1872) and Henry Carr (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Basye, T.T. & Annie (Minors) and Thomas Walker (Executor or Guardian)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Wilkinson, J.B. (Minor) and Z.J. Cross (Executor or Guardian)

Letter from B. D. Dashiell to Hon. J. D. Giddings. Most of the trustees do not want to do anything further in the Browning suit and would just let the suit determine the case. If the institution is lost, then the trustees will have the opportunity to "begin afresh."

Letter from P. E. Carnes to Mr. Giddings. Carnes explains that he is returning a deed to Giddings because he has failed to make any progress in making arrangements for the property. There is a homestead with considerable land for cultivation, but it cannot be sold until its heirs come of age. Carnes is concerned at the possibility that F. A. Mood may leave Soule University. He knows of people who would leave the college along with Mood, and he feels that this would be very detrimental to the school. In the postscript, Carnes requests the order of a kitchen implement.

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 an improvement in road-scrapers which "consists in hanging the scoop to the carriage in such a manner that it may always be made to scrape in horizontal planes whether the carriage run on a level surface or on a hill side; and also in certain devices for holding the scoop suspended above the ground while moving from place to place." (Lines 9-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for cotton bale ties, involving a lateral arm. Includes illustrations.

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