Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.

Map of Archer County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The center of Archer County is marked. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).

Cadastral map of Somervell County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:66,667 (2000 varas per inch).

Patent for improvements on machines to distribute poison for cotton worms in the field. It consists of vibrating,sifting boxes combined with a suspension bar which is secured to the front of a horse saddle so the rider can shake the boxes to distribute poison powder to two rows of crops at a time.

Patent for "Improvements in Combined Plow and Cultivator" (lines 4-5), including illustrations.

Patent for "the construction and arrangement of a refrigerator for the purpose of cooling and maintaining a low and dry temperature, for preserving fresh meats and vegetables, and for cooling rooms for any purpose." (Lines 10-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Patent for a rattoon-cutting machine which is created to "rapidly pull up and cut into short lengths the stubbles and roots of sugar cane (styled "rattoon") which are left upon the ground after the crop has been gathered" (lines 5-9), includes illustrations.

Patent for a new, improved gang-plow for preparing and cultivating land for planting. Illustrations included.

Patent for an improved train car-coupling, including illustrations.

Daily newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Hallettsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Richmond, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

A deposit warrant for Levi Perrryman, Sheriff of Montague County, Texas. The warrant is dated March 17, 1875.

This document is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. The letter is dated March 1, 1875 and is not addressed to a specific person. The letter details personal information and it includes: the weather in Moore's location; the type of woman that would suit him in life; his lineage, traits and personal views; his current line of work in agriculture; his feelings about getting to know this person he is writing to in the letter; the health of his family; and news of friends. Moore closes the letter by noting that the recipient of the letter should address their letter to his home in Melissa.

This document is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is a letter to Moore from a woman named Helen Duncan. She details her love of writing letters to Moore. The conversation then moves to the topic of marriage and she mentions that she fears she will never find someone. She restates her promise to Moore, which was to find Moore a widow to marry, and notes that it would be a difficult task to find a woman to fit Moore's specifications of what he would want in a wife. She asks Moore if an old maid would do, if she wouldn't be able to match him with a widow. Moore promised to send a photograph to her to pass on to the Kansas widow. The topic of matchmaking moves on to Helen Duncan's home life. She states that she is happy at home and declares that she must have the "happiest home that ever was." She mentions that she shares her home with her family: six sisters, three brothers, and her parents. Helen notes that she has a strong relationship with her father and hardly does anything or write anything without telling him first. She states that her reasoning …