Letter from Isaac H. Kempner to I. Hoff discussing his plans in Washington and invitng the latter to attend.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the letter Dan wrote to R. Lee Kempner requesting information on his mother's non-taxing gift-able stocks. I. H. Kempner also discusses about his thoughts on the same and the reason why R. Lee Kempner could not respond to it anytime soon.

Letter from I. H. Kempner to Dan Oppenheimer discussing about the letter Dan wrote to R. Lee Kempner requesting information on his mother's non-taxing gift-able stocks. I. H. Kempner also discusses about his thoughts on the same and the reason why R. Lee Kempner could not respond to it anytime soon.

Letter from H. W. Rucker to Thos. L. James discussing a letter from D. W. Kempner concerning price options for items.

Letter from Thos. L. James to D. W. Kempner discussing pricing quotes for requested items.

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes discussing packages, working at the American Red Cross canteen at Logan Field, being called to work in Washington, living arrangements, and expressing her appreciation for her time as a WASP and how it prepared her for work after leaving the service. Written on Hotel Annapolis (Washington) stationary.

Letter from D. W. Kempner to William W. Sealy thanking Sealy for the donation to the Galveston Orphan's Home. Kempner goes on to discuss personal details about his life as well as Mary Jean.

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz discusses his standing in his classes after the latest monthly exams. He also describes his class being called out from the Academy to fight a fire raging in Annapolis. He also mentions an accident aboard a ship that claimed several lives - including two of Nimitz's friends that had already graduated. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz discusses his standing in his classes after the latest monthly exams. He also describes his class being called out from the Academy to fight a fire raging in Annapolis. He also mentions an accident aboard a ship that claimed several lives - including two of Nimitz's friends that had already graduated.

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz comments on academic progress for the month. He also mentions helping an aspiring midshipman and comments on the Academy's baseball team. He discusses his participation on the rowing team and comments on having trouble with his ears again. He mentions a clerk's error in an appropriation bill that deprives the midshipmen of certain moneys, which may cause Nimitz to be unable to come home in the fall. This letter is on US Naval Academy stationery.

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz comments on academic progress for the month. He also mentions helping an aspiring midshipman and comments on the Academy's baseball team. He discusses his participation on the rowing team and comments on having trouble with his ears again. He mentions a clerk's error in an appropriation bill that deprives the midshipmen of certain moneys, which may cause Nimitz to be unable to come home in the fall.

Handwritten letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz indicates he will send more photographs home as well as a "Lucky Bag" in the form of a USNA yearbook. He mentions being ready for the term to end and is looking forward to the summer cruise.

Transcription of letter from Chester Nimitz to his father in Kerrville. Nimitz indicates he will send more photographs home as well as a "Lucky Bag" in the form of a USNA yearbook. He mentions being ready for the term to end and is looking forward to the summer cruise.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry F. Evans to Stephen F. Austin, on April 17, 1836, offering his services in the Texas military.

Copy of transcript for an extract from a letter from A. J. Yates to A. C. Yates, discussing the likelihood of Texas being allowed to join the United States.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Wilson K. Wilson to Samuel M. Williams, in which Wilson proposes that Williams trade his league on the Brazos for four hundred dollars worth of lumber and Wilson's league on Dickinson Bayou. Wilson also requests Williams assistance in preventing his land from being forfeited.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter was away attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. She shares that her father returned home the previous afternoon, and that she's been missing them both very much. Her Aunt Sarah Teackle Bancker will be visiting them in Princess Anne soon, and Elizabeth's father will come get her in about six weeks to bring her home. She talks about a visit from Thomas Wilkinson, the son of Gen. Wilkinson, and says he's very good-looking and dressed like he's in the "meddlesome" navy.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter was away attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter was away attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. In this letter she shares that she has received letters from the newly wedded Upshur's in Richmond, her cousin Abel P. Upshur and Elizabeth Dennis Upshur. She is feeling the loss of their company. The towns folk of Princess Anne are trying to throw Littleton Dennis Teackle off the board of the local bank. She encloses a poem she wrote about the Prussian campaign in Russia of 1812, which she read about in a book by Sir Robert Ker Porter.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister-in-law, Esther "Hetty" Maria Fisher Teackle. She writes about trying to get John Seargeant to marry her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle and hopes that Hetty will be married soon as well. She also talks about going to the Washington Hotel in Princess Anne, which is run by Zadoc Long's family. She also asks Hetty how her sister Ann Upshur Eyre is doing in Philadelphia.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, in response to a letter about Ann's time in Philadelphia. She talks about enjoying imagining the trip and says she sometimes envies her sister. She mentions how her garden is flourishing and asks Ann to bring her hyacinth roots. She also mentions their shared acquaintances John Brown, Samuel Ewing, Benjamin Chew Wilcocks, Valeria Fullerton, Sarah Eyre Lyon, Eleanor "Nelly" Jackson Dennis, and Elizabeth "Betsy" Snead.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She asks her sister to come visit with their cousin John Custis Upshur because her husband is away. She talks about Miss Harwood, Molly Gilmor, William Gilmor, John Taylor, Mary Winder, and George Kendall.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Caleb Upshur.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, in which she speaks of missing him. She says that their enslaved man, Israel is attending to all his wishes. She mentions that the sacrament was administered at church by Mr. Wilmer, and she asks for a delivery of cranberries, molasses, green sweetmeats, preserved ginger and lemons.