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[Announcement of funeral for R.J. Calder] (open access)

[Announcement of funeral for R.J. Calder]

Announcement of funeral for R .J. Calder. It reads: "Funeral Notice. The friends and acquaintances of R. J. Calder, Are respecfully (sic) invited to attend his funeral from his residence, to=morrow Aug. 29th, at Nine o'clock, a.m. Interment at the Cemetery Richmond, August 28th, 1885."
Date: August 28, 1885
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order] (open access)

[Card dated 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order]

Card dated November 9, 1885 acknowledging receipt of an order. Sent to an address in Laredo, Texas from H. O'Neill & Company in New York City.
Date: November 9, 1885
Creator: H. O'Neill & Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Dance card for the Fourth of July ball held in the Opera House, 1883] (open access)

[Dance card for the Fourth of July ball held in the Opera House, 1883]

This dance card for the Fourth of July Ball held at the Opera House in Denton in 1883 includes an order of dance, lists of committee members, and other information regarding the ball. The building would later be known as the Graham Opera House; it was located on the west side of the square. The music was by Professor Lawrence's band. The dance card belonged to Mrs. Will Williams.
Date: July 4, 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Grand State Farmers Alliance delegates certificate (open access)

Texas Grand State Farmers Alliance delegates certificate

This delegates certificate includes the minutes of a meeting held on July 12th, 1886 in which the officers and representatives were selected. The certificate lists all of the representatives chosen.
Date: July 12, 1886
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed (open access)

I.O.O.F. Cemetery Deed

The deed contains C. C. Bell's purchase of the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, located in Denton, Texas, for the sum of twenty dollars on June 13th, 1887. The deed was drafted and signed in the Denton Lodge, No. 82, of the I.O.O.F.
Date: 1887-06-13?
Creator: Long, D.R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!! (open access)

Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!!

An 1882 advertisement for Fain, Peery, and Shelton claims the very latest style from New York and other eastern markets. Dress goods, buntings, lawns, alpaccas, cashmeres, carpets, etc. are sold at this department store on the east side of the square.
Date: March 11, 1882
Creator: Fain, Perry, & Shelton
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton School (open access)

The Denton School

Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston was a teacher and later, mayor of Denton.
Date: 1884-03-11~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Varied Entertainment Given By Miss Bass' School] (open access)

[Varied Entertainment Given By Miss Bass' School]

Announcement for varied entertainment provided by the teachers and pupils of Miss Bass' School under the direction of Madame Richard at the Opera House on November 9, 1883.
Date: 1883-11-09?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for land in Grimes County (open access)

Deed for land in Grimes County

Deed for land in Grimes County, Ira M. Camp selling to Charles L. Miller
Date: December 3, 1881
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas (open access)

History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas

Front cover of a history about politics in the Republic of Texas.
Date: 1883
Creator: Middleton, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handbill announcing Garfield's death (open access)

Handbill announcing Garfield's death

Copy of the "Last Bulletin" announcing the death of President James Garfield, Sept. 19, 1881, 11:30 p.m., Elberon, N.J.
Date: September 19, 1881
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System (open access)

A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System

Front cover of a paper put out by the Texas Geological Survey.
Date: 1889
Creator: Texas Geological and Mineralogical Survey
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram to Alexander Simon from Sol Heidingsfelder of Houston] (open access)

[Telegram to Alexander Simon from Sol Heidingsfelder of Houston]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Telegram to Simon from Sol Heidingsfelder of Houston; "Break the news gently to mother of Babys death funeral tomorrow answer if coming."
Date: May 21, 1884
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt to Simon from C.B. Breedlove, 1886] (open access)

[Receipt to Simon from C.B. Breedlove, 1886]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Receipt to Simon from C.B. Breedlove from the office of D.W. Bloombargh & Co., for $200.
Date: March 11, 1886
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1886] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1886]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1886
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1887] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1887]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888] (open access)

[Report card of Clara Simon, 1888]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Report card of Simon's daughter, Clara.
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sworn statement (open access)

Sworn statement

Notarized document stating that account of Mississippi Mills against S. Rubenstein of Navasota is true
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead of Lamar, CO with stamps in Saline, MO; Springfield, CO; and Lamar, CO.
Date: January 1889
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land grant (open access)

Land grant

Land grant for 640 acres in Lamar County to William Brackein from the State of Texas, Austin; signed by Gov. George T. Wood at Austin
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lien for purchase of land by L.H. Stuckey to George Burkhart, March 15, 1881] (open access)

[Lien for purchase of land by L.H. Stuckey to George Burkhart, March 15, 1881]

Note with Vendor's Lien for purchase of 140 10/11 acres from George Burkhart by L.H. Stuckey, for land located in the Charles D. Ball survey in Montague County.
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: Stuckey, L.H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888] (open access)

[Letter from H. Howard to J.F. Higgason, March 30 1888]

Letter from J.F. Higgason to H. Howard. The letter is dated March 30, 1888.
Date: March 30, 1888
Creator: Higgason, J.F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed from Edward H. Fleming to Hartsford Howard, April 12 1882] (open access)

[Deed from Edward H. Fleming to Hartsford Howard, April 12 1882]

Deed from Edward H. Fleming to Hartsford Howard. The witness was clerk, James Hines.
Date: April 12, 1882
Creator: Fleming, Edward H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888] (open access)

[Written land agreement between H. Howard, A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, October 11 1888]

This document is an agreement by Hartsford Howard, party of the first part, and A.J. Rigsby and J.M. Northworth, parties of the second part, on a portion of land. The land was part of the Washington-Howard Survey in Hood County. The agreement was for the cultivation of cotton, corn, wheat, oats and millet. The document was witnessed by J.C. Donathan.
Date: October 11, 1888
Creator: Donathon F.C.
System: The Portal to Texas History