Bill of sale from A Smith (open access)

Bill of sale from A Smith

Bill of sale for a girl around 3 years old named Laura, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by Arthur Smith and signed January 23. 1832.
Date: January 23, 1832
Creator: Smith, Arthur
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Michael Reed Certificate of Company [?] 1834 (open access)

Michael Reed Certificate of Company [?] 1834

Certificate of Michael Reed's application to the Nashville Colony in Texas, written by T.A. Graves on behalf of S.C. Robertson.
Date: January 14, 1835
Creator: Graves, T.A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Sarah Welch's bond] (open access)

[Sarah Welch's bond]

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Sarah Welch with witnesses William Whitely and Thomas Williams, in the amount of ten thousand dollars for a league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 15, 1835
Creator: Welch, Sarah
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Vanwinkle Power of Attorney (open access)

John Vanwinkle Power of Attorney

Power of attorney granted to Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel by John Vanwinkle.
Date: January 16, 1835
Creator: Vanwinkle, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business contract and power of attorney] (open access)

[Business contract and power of attorney]

Article of agreement between Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel to enter into business together, signed by witnesses Sam T. Allen and Sam Smith. On page [3], additional contract by Z.N. Morrell granting power of attorney to Michael Reed. Both dated January 9, 1836.
Date: January 9, 1836
Creator: Reed, Michael & Morrell, Z.N.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
McDaniel's Bond for Land (open access)

McDaniel's Bond for Land

Agreement to pay Michael Reed issued by Jeremiah McDaniel with witness John B. Harvey, in the amount of $2500 for one fourth league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 11, 1836
Creator: McDaniel, Jeremiah
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lorenzo Allen's Bond (open access)

Lorenzo Allen's Bond

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Lorenzo D. Allen with witness Hardy Huntt[?] in the amount of ten thousand dollars for a league of land in the Nashville colony.
Date: January 12, 1836
Creator: Allen, Lorenzo D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joseph Welch's Bond (open access)

Joseph Welch's Bond

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Joseph Welch with witnesses Thomas Williams and William Whitely[?], in the amount of ten thousand dollars for a league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 14, 1836
Creator: Welch, Joseph
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Vanwinkle Bond (open access)

John Vanwinkle Bond

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by John Vanwinkle with witnesses James Cook and John W. Holman in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for one league of land in the Nashville colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Vanwinkle, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thomason Bond (open access)

Thomason Bond

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel issued by Eli Thomason with witnesses John West and Joseph [?] in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for 1 league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Thomason, Eli
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Wesley Selman's Bond] (open access)

[Wesley Selman's Bond]

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by Wesley Selman with witneses John West and Eli M. Thomason in the amount of ten thousand dollars for one league of land in the Nashville Colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Selman, Wesley
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
A.H. Cook Account (open access)

A.H. Cook Account

Affidavit sworn by Michael Reed before G.H. Cox that Augustus H. Cook is indebted to Reed in the amount of seven dollars.
Date: January 1, 1841
Creator: Reed, Michael
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842]

Letter from C. E. Detmold in New York to Edward Trelawny at Putney Hill near London. It discusses his fears for Thomas Falconer's safety as he has heard that the "Texian" Santa Fe Expedition had been captured by Mexican forces and touches on British Whig finance politics. Detmold is Christian Edward Detmold (see Wikipedia article) and Trelawny is John Edward Trelawny the English biographer, novelist, adventurer and friend of the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.
Date: January 8, 1842
Creator: Detmold, C. E. (Christian Edward), 1810-1887
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin]

Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. A typed transcript of this letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.
Date: January 12, 1842
Creator: Falconer, Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Typed transcript of letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin] (open access)

[Typed transcript of letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin]

Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. The original handwritten letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.
Date: January 12, 1842
Creator: Falconer, Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt] (open access)

[Receipt]

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to E.W. Williams by E.H. Mitchell.
Date: January 1843
Creator: Williams, E.W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt] (open access)

[Receipt]

Receipt of payment for ten dollars from Michael Reed for the Washington County Court, signed by George W. Horton.
Date: January 21, 1843
Creator: Horton, George H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
United States of America, State of Texas (open access)

United States of America, State of Texas

Contract dictating the withdrawal of $200 for Wilhelmine Meyer from the German Emigration and Rail-Road Company.
Date: January 2, 1847
Creator: German Emigration and Rail-Road Company
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of payment from Michael Reed] (open access)

[Receipt of payment from Michael Reed]

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed in the amount of $1.66 for state and county tax for Williamson County in the year 1849. Signed by W.C. Da[unknown] on behalf of Williamson County.
Date: January 7, 1850
Creator: Williamson County
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Article of agreement between Archibald Thompson and Michael Reed for the services of a slave named Sary] (open access)

[Article of agreement between Archibald Thompson and Michael Reed for the services of a slave named Sary]

Article of agreement between Archibald Thompson and Michael Reed in which Thompson lends to Reed the services of an enslaved woman named Sary in exchange for a sum of one hundred dollars.
Date: January 20, 1853
Creator: Reed, Michael & Thompson, Archibald
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fahrpreise von Baltimore, in einwandererzugen (open access)

Fahrpreise von Baltimore, in einwandererzugen

List of ticket prices from Baltimore, Maryland on immigration trains.
Date: January 1856
Creator: Wellinghoff, H. F.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sale for Daniel (open access)

Sale for Daniel

Bill of sale for a man around 35 years old named Daniel, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by B. Pool and signed January 2, 1856.
Date: January 2, 1856
Creator: Pool, B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Michael Reed bill of payment to N. Austin] (open access)

[Michael Reed bill of payment to N. Austin]

Bill of payment for Michael Reed for goods and services purchased from N. Austin.
Date: January 25, 1858
Creator: Austin, N.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for goods purchased by Michael Reed from Jalonick and Smith] (open access)

[Bill for goods purchased by Michael Reed from Jalonick and Smith]

Bill for goods purchased by Michael Reed from Jalonick and Smith, dealers in foreign and domestic dry goods and general merchandise.
Date: January 1, 1859
Creator: Jalonick and Smith
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History