[Beulah Sweeny in a short dress and bloomers]

Tintype of Beulah Sweeny (1865-1881) in short dress and bloomers standing next to chair. Her left hand is resting on the back of the wooden chair. The tintype is in an enclosed paper envelope.
Date: 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Kelly's "Diamond Point" right twist barbed wire.]

Kelly's "Diamond Point" right twist barb clamped on line wire, Patented February 11, 1868
Date: February 11, 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, Age 18]

Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, age 18, in a long, print dress. Written in black ink on back of photo: "October 1868 age 18 years Julia A. Gober Wright"
Date: October 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston regarding the gift of a portrait of Baylor to the Alumnae of Baylor Female College. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date: October 15, 1868
Creator: Houston, Mary W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement of Simon's resignation from the Royal Arch Masons, 1868] (open access)

[Announcement of Simon's resignation from the Royal Arch Masons, 1868]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Announcement of Simon's resignation from the Royal Arch Masons.
Date: December 31, 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of D. Wolf vs. John D. Colefield, cause no. 542, 1868 (open access)

Documents pertaining to the case of D. Wolf vs. John D. Colefield, cause no. 542, 1868

Documents relating to a suit over an unpaid debt include the petition of plaintiff D. Wolf and a summons for defendant John D. Colefield to appear before the 9th Judicial District Court.
Date: February 12, 1868
Creator: Holland, B. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of D. F. Pruitt vs. Leumel Miller and W. B. Stewart, cause no. 576, 1868 (open access)

Documents pertaining to the case of D. F. Pruitt vs. Leumel Miller and W. B. Stewart, cause no. 576, 1868

Documents relating to the case of D. F. Pruitt vs. Leumel Miller and W. B. Stewart include the petition to the Ninth Judicial District Court, two citations requiring summons of each the defendants, the interrogatories to be propounded to the witnesses, and the answering plea of the defendants as submitted by their attorneys.
Date: 1868
Creator: Holland, B. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of R. R. Powers vs. H. Map, cause no. 588, 1868 (open access)

Documents pertaining to the case of R. R. Powers vs. H. Map, cause no. 588, 1868

Documents relating to the case of R. R. Powers vs. H. Map include two copies of the original petition to Judge Earl submitted by the 9th Judicial District Court, and filed by the Clerk on January 15, 1868. Also included are a bond of attachment, filed the same day as well as a writ of attachment and two copies of the citation to summon Map to court filed the following day.
Date: 1868
Creator: Holland, B. C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Free Man's Press (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 1, 1868 (open access)

The Free Man's Press (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 1, 1868

Weekly African American newspaper from the Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 1, 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Plow Boy (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 1, 1868 (open access)

The Plow Boy (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 1, 1868

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with poetry and some advertising.
Date: October 1, 1868
Creator: Raymond, N. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Plow Boy (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Sunday, November 1, 1868 (open access)

The Plow Boy (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 1, Ed. 1, Sunday, November 1, 1868

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with poetry and some advertising.
Date: November 1, 1868
Creator: Raymond, N. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Plow Boy (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 1, 1868 (open access)

The Plow Boy (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 2, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 1, 1868

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with poetry and some advertising.
Date: December 1, 1868
Creator: Raymond, N. C.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bee County

Map of Bee County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bexar County

Map of Bexar County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. The location of an abandoned Mormon settlement under Colonel White is shown on map. The road from San Antonio to Friedricksburg, Texas is also shown. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1868
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

McLennan County

Map of McLennan County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1868
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Milam County

Map of Milam County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: June 12, 1868
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Montague County

Map of Montague County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Montague County

Map of Montague County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Falls County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Falls County, Texas. Falls are marked on the Brazos River, as shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 15, 1868
Creator: Martin, Joseph
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston County

Map of Houston County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 1868
Creator: Stremme, C. C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jack County

Map of Jack County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1868
Creator: Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cooke County

Map of Cooke County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: December 1868
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Houston County

Cadastral map of Houston County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. There are notes in different colored inks. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 1868
Creator: Stremme, C. C. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Constitution of the State of West Texas. (open access)

Constitution of the State of West Texas.

This text contains the Constitution of West Texas including details about the creation of government, Bill of Rights, and public services.
Date: 1868
Creator: West Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History