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42
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42
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38
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34
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
25
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22
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Texas Digital Newspaper Program
345
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240
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[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]
An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.
Date:
January 1, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union. Volume 1.
Volume one of a two-volume set gives a historical overview of slavery and the abolition movement in the U.S., records events leading to secession, and details political and military action early in the Civil War. Chapter XII (pp. 147-177) discusses the annexation of Texas to the United States. Analytical index begins on p. 633.
Date:
1864
Creator:
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1543: Neiman, Martin (Deceased)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Neiman, Martin (died November 16, 1886) and D.A. Williams (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1864/1895-03-09
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of G. L. MacMurphy]
Diary of G. L. MacMurphy of Galveston, Texas, describing events of the Civil War from his perspective as a soldier. Parts of the diary were written in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a list in the back of the diary has the names of soldiers and whether they had died or deserted.
Date:
1864/1865
Creator:
MacMurphy, G. L.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Henry J. Durgin]
Diary of Henry J. Durgin, Chief Bugler of the 1st N. H. Cavalry from Franklin, Louisiana, a leather-bound book with small paragraphs written under a typed heading for each day of 1864. Durgin served in the Civil War at Camp Ford.
Date:
1864
Creator:
Durgin, Henry J.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1864]
Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills from 1984.
Date:
1864-01-01/1864-12-31
Creator:
Howard Atkinson Ills, J. D.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Johnson's new map of the state of Texas.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Texas geography, cities, and counties. Insets: "Plan of Sabine Lake," "Plan of the northern part of Texas," and "Plan of Galveston Bay." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,250,000].
Date:
[1864,1865]
Creator:
Johnson and Ward
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Johnson's new map of the state of Texas]
Hand drawn color-shaded map showing counties, cities, rivers, creeks, railroads, roads, and topographical features of Texas as of 1859. Insets of Plan of the northern part of Texas, Plan of Galveston Bay and Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date:
[1864..1865]
Creator:
Johnson and Ward
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Henry Maxwell]
Journal of Henry Maxwell containing daily activities and accounts. A newspaper clipping with a poem is included.
Date:
January 1864
Creator:
Maxwell, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Henry Maxwell]
Journal of Robert Strain Maxwell containing daily activities and accounts.
Date:
January 1864
Creator:
Maxwell, Henry
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent to Mr. and Mrs. Sargent, 1864]
Letter from Vanburen W. Sargent, to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sargent informing them that his leg is doing better; giving his parents a health update.
Date:
1864
Creator:
Sargent, Vanburen W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Milton Parks from Dollie Smith, 1864]
This letter was sent by Dollie Smith to Milton Parks. Dollie Smith was Milton Parks's sister and was married to James E. Smith.
Date:
1864
Creator:
Parks, Milton
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Lampasas County
Blueline format of Lampasas County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants, and roads. No scale information is given.
Date:
1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Union Baptist Association, 1864
Minutes of the annual meeting of the Union Baptist Association in Texas include accounts of proceedings at the session, committee reports, statistics regarding Baptist churches in Texas, and other relevant notes and commentaries.
Date:
1864
Creator:
Union Baptist Association (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The north coast of the Gulf of Mexico : from St. Marks to Galveston [Sheet 1]
Map shows cities, towns, military posts, islands and coastal formations along the Gulf of Mexico from the mouth of the Mississippi River to Appalachee Bay. Includes notes. Inset: "Bar & Entrance of Mobile Bay, surveyed under the direction of Major J. Kearney; Topogl. Engr." Depths shown by soundings and gradient tints. Scale not given.
Date:
1864
Creator:
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Partial Letter Regarding Business Issues]
A partial letter, labeled page "2" which is missing previous and later text. It discusses the price of cotton, a lease for a rental house, and other business.
Date:
1864~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of John P. Willis]
Photograph of John P. Willis, made in Denton, Texas. He wears a suit, and stands with one hand holding a candle holder on a table. There is a painted background behind him, and a small fake dog has been placed slightly behind him.
Date:
[1864..1874]
Creator:
Weatherington, G. R.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of the Schutz Boys]
Photograph of two children identified as the "Schutz Boys" posing for a portrait in a wicker chair. The child on the left has dark hair and wears a dark coat with matching short pants. He sits on the arm of the wicker chair. The child on the right has slightly lighter hair and wears a light-colored dress over dark stockings and shoes. He stands on the seat of the wicker chair. A note on the back of the photo reads: "Very rare photo by Henry Bultmeyer (1864 Germany- 1921 Dallas)."
Date:
[1864..1921]
Creator:
Bultmeyer, Henry
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portrait of William Baxter Blewett
Photograph of a bust-length portrait of William Baxter Blewett. Text on the top of the image says "Uncle Baxter Blewett, died a solder in Civil War (Confederate)."
Date:
1864~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Railroad near Llano]
Photograph of a crowd of people and horse-drawn carriages gathered around an A&N Locomotive No. 1 train on a railroad in a forest. A note on back reads "Mr. Will Todman from England, Time Keeper for Quarries at Llano, Texas. Quarrying granite for consturction of the State Capitol at Austin. 50,000 tones narrow gauge R.R. A. & N.W. Near Llano -- before R.R. was finished to an Austin Band was was hired to play -- Group Moore F. [illegible], (Major Ramsdell)." The Austin and Northwestern Railroad was used to transport all the granite that built the state capitol in Austin.
Date:
[1864..1881]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
St. Marks to Galveston [Sheet 2].
Map shows cities, towns, military posts, islands, railroads, and coastal formations from Matagorda Bay to Timbalier Bay on the Louisiana coast; ferries and settlements along the Sabine River. Includes notes. Inset: "Continuation of the Coast, on a reduced scale." Depths shown by soundings and gradient tints. Scale not given.
Date:
1864
Creator:
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1864
The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date:
January 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1865
The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date:
1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1864
Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History