Resource Type

[Essay “Pease School” by Timothy Alvin Brown] (open access)

[Essay “Pease School” by Timothy Alvin Brown]

“Pease School,” an essay by Timothy Alvin Brown, who was the principal of the Austin Independent School District's oldest school, Pease Elementary, from 1892-1933.
Date: unknown
Creator: Brown, Timothy Alvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipts regarding Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX] (open access)

[Receipts regarding Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX]

Two receipts from a druggist regarding the Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, Texas.
Date: 1867-10-30/1867-11-15
Creator: Chadwick, Eddins & Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney] (open access)

[Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]

A short biographical essay on Elisabet Ney—on the cover is a black-&-white reproduction of a painting of Ney by Fredrich Kaulbach.
Date: unknown
Creator: Fredrich Kaulbach
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Invitation to "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody] (open access)

[Invitation to "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody]

An invitation to a "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody.
Date: November 2, 1926
Creator: Graham, Richard Niles & Graham, Anita
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.
Date: 1837-04-18/1837-04-20
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor] (open access)

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

A circular in which E.M. Pease announces his candidacy for governor.
Date: May 26, 1851
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jury findings or proposed jury findings in case about ownership of slaves] (open access)

[Jury findings or proposed jury findings in case about ownership of slaves]

Jury findings or proposed jury findings in a case ("Smith v. Cloud") about ownership of slaves. Includes typewritten transcription of the document.
Date: 1854
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Money advanced by E.M. Pease for Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX] (open access)

[Money advanced by E.M. Pease for Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX]

"Expenditure of the $ 1000.00 currency advanced by EM Pease for the Freedmen['s Hospital] at Brenham[, TX] in the Fall of 1867."
Date: Autumn 1867
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for transportation of slaves] (open access)

[Receipt for transportation of slaves]

A receipt for "hauling [E.M. Pease's] negros and goods."
Date: 1854-uu-16
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall & Conan, J. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana] (open access)

[Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana]

A proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana.
Date: April 6, 1855
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall & Holland, Bird
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts] (open access)

[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]

A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."
Date: March 31, 1931
Creator: Potts, Charles S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.
Date: August 3, 1841
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of a Maria, an enslaved woman, from enslaver Clinton Terry.
Date: December 10, 1853
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from enslaver J.M. Prewitt.
Date: May 5, 1856
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy] (open access)

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."
Date: September 29, 1847
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People] (open access)

[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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman] (open access)

[Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver William McMaster’s purchase of a Harriet, an enslaved woman, from enslaver William B. Smith. E.M. Pease, also an enslaver, was a witness to the transaction.
Date: January 2, 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.
Date: August 10, 1847
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease] (open access)

[Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]

A bill of sale for the purchase by E.M. Pease of a slave named Tim or Tom.
Date: September 1, 1849
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman] (open access)

[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]

A bill of sale for enslaver John Chaffin’s purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman ("hireling"), from enslaver Stephen Richardson.
Date: March 4, 1835
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels] (open access)

[Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels]

An order list for gift-food parcels during the early days of the Cold War.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed for purchase of slaves] (open access)

[Deed for purchase of slaves]

A deed for the purchase of slaves ("forty two negroes") and "some stock."
Date: March 30, 1846
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral receipt] (open access)

[Funeral receipt]

A receipt for printing and circulating funeral tickets (possibly for the funeral of Anne Marshall Pease, daughter of E.M. & Lucadia Pease).
Date: August 1862
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Funeral receipt] (open access)

[Funeral receipt]

A receipt for the "funeral of [E.M. Pease’s] child," Anne Marshall Pease.
Date: September 19, 1862
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History