Receiver's Memorandum (open access)

Receiver's Memorandum

These two pages are exerpts from a 141-page Receivers Memorandum dated 1887-1888. Pages appear to show payroll advances to O. Henry, here identified by his given name William S. Porter or W.S. Porter, for the months of June 1887 through December 1887. These pages are written in O. Henry's hand, and show his signature several times.
Date: 1887-06/1888-12
Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Roster of Employees in the General Land Office (open access)

Roster of Employees in the General Land Office

Ledger contains lists of General Land Office employees, their job titles, and monthly earnings. Excerpted here are 98 pages covering January 1887-January 1891, which are the dates O. Henry was employed at the land office. W.S. Porter, later known as the writer O. Henry, is listed as draftsman, compiling draftsman and assistant draftsman, earning $100 per month. Porter's name appears on roughly half of the pages.
Date: 1881/1891
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hill County

Map of Hill County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: October 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cottle County

Cadastral map of Cottle County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. This map is a tracing of a previous copy; some notes have been added in different colored inks. Bodies of water are marked as well as the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. This map has a handwritten note in colored ink written on the left side of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County.

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas [to] 1 Inch).
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1881~
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Nacogdoches County

Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas in the Piney Woods region.
Date: 1881
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Potter County

Cadastral map of Potter County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Notes are made in different colored inks. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 17, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lavaca County

Map of Lavaca County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. The Gonzales, Victoria, Colorado and Jackson District lines are marked on map. The road to Columbus, Texas is also marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: April 1884
Creator: Schmidt, V.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb County

Map of Lipscomb County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1889
Creator: Beaumont, G. N.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Madison County

Map of Madison County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: September 1880
Creator: Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Matagorda County

Map of Matagorda County, Texas, including the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

McMullen County

Map of McMullen County, Texas, including the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 1887
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Medina County

Map of Medina County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: August 1880
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mitchell County

Map of Mitchell County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Mitchell County and the Texas Pacific 16 Mile Reservation are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1880
Creator: Wise, Louis C.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Moore County

Map of Moore County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The road from Tascosa to Dodge, Texas is marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1884
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Moore County

Map of Moore County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 15, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Motley County

Map of Motely County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1881
Creator: Matthews, Sam. P.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History