Letter to Mary Jones, 13 July 1879 (open access)

Letter to Mary Jones, 13 July 1879

Letter from Cromwell Anson Jones, son of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Date: July 13, 1879
Creator: Jones, C. Anson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Northern Texas]

A color coded map of Texas from 1873; the map is color coded by county.
Date: 1873
Creator: Gray, Ormando Willis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway.

Includes train schedule and advertisements.
Date: 1877~
Creator: Rand McNally and Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Legal Directory For 1876-77 (open access)

Texas Legal Directory For 1876-77

This Texas directory contains lists of: officers of the U.S. Government, officers of the Texas Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Departments, county officers, state lawyers, Texas counties, banks, post offices, and revised rules of the Supreme Court.
Date: 1877
Creator: Bentley, Henry Lewis
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Gray's atlas map of Texas.

1 map : hand col. ; 32 x 36 cm.
Date: 1874
Creator: Gray, Ormando Willis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Asher & Adams' Texas.

Does not show western Texas beyond 7 miles west of San Antonio. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. "55-56."
Date: 1871
Creator: Asher
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Texas, Indian Territory, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas] / bearbeitet v. H. Habenicht.

Excludes Texas south of the 29th parallel. "Petermann: Vereinigte Staaten von Nord-Amerika in 6 Blättern, Bl. 5." "Stieler's Hand Atlas, no. 85." Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Date: 1872
Creator: Petermann, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of José Antonio Navarro, written by an Old Texan. (open access)

Biography of José Antonio Navarro, written by an Old Texan.

Biography of Texas statesman José Antonio Navarro.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the State of Texas showing the line and lands of the Texas and Pacific Railway.

Map of the State of Texas showing the line and lands of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in 1873. Inset map shows the railroad and its connections across the United States. Also on map are "Table of distances" and "Population of Texas in Counties, Census of 1879".
Date: 1873
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1873 August 27. (open access)

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1873 August 27.

Original Land Grant for 272 1/3 acres in Harrison county. Grant for two hundred seventy two and one-third acres of land in Harrison county to J. P. McDaniel. Signed by Edmund Jackson Davis and Jacob Kuechler.
Date: August 27, 1873
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1876 July 18.

Land Grant for 320 acres in Montague County.
Date: July 18, 1876
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Texas and Indian Territory]

Hand drawn color map showing Texas counties, cities, towns, roads, railroads, rivers, creeks, quarries, mills and topographical features in 1879. Towns and geographical features of the Indian Territory also included.
Date: 1879
Creator: N. D. Thompson Publishing Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Richardson's new map of the state of Texas, prepared for the Texas almanac, 1873]

Hand drawn color-shaded map showing counties, cities, rivers, creeks, railroads, roads, and topographical features of Texas as of 1872. Insets of Plan of Matagorda Bay, Plan of Galveston Bay, Plan of the northern part or panhandle of Texas, Plan of the great west, and Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date: 1872
Creator: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cram's railroad & township map of Texas.

Hand drawn color map showing railroads, counties, cities and towns of Texas in 1879.
Date: 1879
Creator: Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Denton County, Texas

Map of Denton County, Texas and the surrounding area. Individual properties are marked and labeled with land owners. There are various handwritten notes and additional property lines drawn on the map. Scale ca. 1:133,333
Date: 1879
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bill of Sale for Cattle, February 1873] (open access)

[Bill of Sale for Cattle, February 1873]

Bill of sale of cattle from Mark L. Kennard to A.D. Kennard.
Date: February 6, 1873
Creator: Kennard, Mark L. & Kennard, A. D.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen H. Darden to Montague County, April 9, 1875] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen H. Darden to Montague County, April 9, 1875]

Transcript of a letter Stephen Heard Darden, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas to Presiding Justice of Montague County about debts drawn on Levi Perryman, Sheriff, for assessing taxes. The justices will have to decide amongst themselves how the funds will be divided.
Date: April 9, 1875
Creator: Darden, Stephen Heard
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen H. Darden to Levi Perryman, August 14, 1875] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen H. Darden to Levi Perryman, August 14, 1875]

Transcript of a letter from Stephen H. Darden to Levi Perryman asking him to send in vouchers so he can be reimbursed for conveyance of convicts. Note added to bottom says not to lose the letter. The signature is illegible.
Date: August 4, 1875
Creator: Darden, Stephen Heard
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from Thomas Willis, to Levi Perryman, September 26, 1879] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas Willis, to Levi Perryman, September 26, 1879]

Transcript of a letter from Thomas Willis, Justice of the Peace for Cooke County, precinct 4 asking for the money collected for execution from Honorable P. Williams, D. H. Edwards to W.T. Roberts, attorney at law.
Date: September 26, 1879
Creator: Willis, Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from L. Dills to  Levi Perryman, January 21, 1879] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from L. Dills to Levi Perryman, January 21, 1879]

Transcript of a letter from Dills at Hare & Head Attorneys and Counselors at Law to Levi Perryman asking for $40.00 to be sent in the matter of Didrick vs. Hamilton by either P.O. order or registered letter.
Date: January 21, 1879
Creator: Dills
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Letter from M. D. Herbert to Levi Perryman, February 12, 1879] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from M. D. Herbert to Levi Perryman, February 12, 1879]

Transcript of a letter from M.D. Herbert, District Clerk of Montague County, to Levi Perryman stating that as far as he was concerned he should receipt Mr. John C. Downey for the same.
Date: February 12, 1879
Creator: Herbert, M. D.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Postcard from J. A. Peebles to A. D. Kennard, December 28, 1877]

Letter from J.A. Peebles to A.D. Kennard about a post office order and trade for one hundred and sixty acres at $41.00 per acre.
Date: December 28, 1877
Creator: Peebles, J. A.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from John C. Cooper, March 15, 1873] (open access)

[Letter from John C. Cooper, March 15, 1873]

Letter on Office of Agricultural Insurance Company letterhead from Uncle John C. Cooper to nephew Hamilton K. Redway stating that he will be sending $5.00 as a small token. He wishes it to be placed in a bank to earn the best interest and be given to Hamilton's little son, R.C.K., when he reaches the age of 21. If he doesn't live to 21 , Hamilton is free to do what he thinks best with the money.
Date: March 15, 1873
Creator: Cooper, John C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library