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Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp (open access)

Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp

Statement prepared by Elijah Stapp--a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence--is a testimony to the claims of S. Hatch for damages and expenses incurred during the Texas revolution.
Date: November 17, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Embroidered sampler

Plain weave sampler with silk embroidery, floral border, floral motifs, and poem. Text: "In Sharon's lovely Rose, Immortal beauties/ shine; Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows;/ Its origin divine./ Pleasure is a Rose, near which there ever grows/ the thorn of evil; It is wisdom's work so carefully/ to cull the Rose, as to avoid the thorn, and let its/ rich perfume exhale to heaven in grateful adoration/ of Him who gave the Rose to blow./ Mary Louise Brown, November 2nd 1829."
Date: November 2, 1829
Creator: Brown, Mary Louisa
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for town lot in Navasota (open access)

Deed for town lot in Navasota

Deed for town lot in Navasota, Ira M. Camp and wife Eliza selling a lot to Charles L. Miller.
Date: November 7, 1877
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note] (open access)

[Promissory Note]

Promissory note from Seward heirs to O.T. Holt promising a total of $9,626.93 with interest and secured by a deed of trust.
Date: November 15, 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Statement of Power of Attorney] (open access)

[Statement of Power of Attorney]

Legal statement outlining the power of attorney granted by John West of Robertson County regarding a piece of land.
Date: November 21, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of appointment (open access)

Certificate of appointment

Appointment of A.G. Mallory as Inspector of the Texas state penitentiary
Date: November 21, 1872
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Austin with Map] (open access)

[Letter from Austin with Map]

Hand-written instructions concerning land surveys along the coast, signed by S. F. Austin. He mentions Duke, Nelms, and [Rales]. On the reverse, a map of the land survey is sketched with notes about dimensions. In the digital version, the first page is included twice - the second time a hand-written transcription of the letter is pictured beneath the original.
Date: November 1, 1830
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from W.B. Ochiltree to Jesse Grimes, November 27, 1847] (open access)

[Letter from W.B. Ochiltree to Jesse Grimes, November 27, 1847]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from W.B. Ochiltree to Jesse Grimes, concerns nomination of district judge. Mentions Amos Clark and murderer David L. Ray.
Date: November 27, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway
Date: November 9, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Report on reexamination of Brazos River, Tex., from Old Washington to Waco" (open access)

"Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a letter from the Acting Chief of Engineers, Report on reexamination of Brazos River, Tex., from Old Washington to Waco"

Report to the 66th Congress, 1st Session, H.R. Doc. No. 298
Date: November 14, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Organization of the regular Army of the United States, 1847" (open access)

"Organization of the regular Army of the United States, 1847"

Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army
Date: November 30, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"General return of the Army in Mexico, under the command and orders of Major General Z. Taylor" (open access)

"General return of the Army in Mexico, under the command and orders of Major General Z. Taylor"

Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army
Date: November 30, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Position and distribution of the Troops in the Eastern Division, under the command of Brevet Major General Edmund P. Gaines" (open access)

"Position and distribution of the Troops in the Eastern Division, under the command of Brevet Major General Edmund P. Gaines"

Government document issued by the Adjutant General's office recording the various positions held within the Army.
Date: November 30, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seward Papers (open access)

Seward Papers

Court summons to Seward by J.G. James.
Date: November 10, 1875
Creator: Hunt, Thomas M.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Marriage certificate in German (open access)

Marriage certificate in German

German certificate of marriage for Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Zchappel and Louise Elisabeth Zeiss. The certificate is illustrated with various scenes including a ship, a church, and a family sitting in a garden. It is signed by Ida Zeiss, Alma Amsler, Otto L. Schroeder, and Rudolph Johnke.
Date: November 30, 1892
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Voter Registration to Alexander Simon from Chief Justice O.H.T. Garrett, 1865] (open access)

[Voter Registration to Alexander Simon from Chief Justice O.H.T. Garrett, 1865]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Certificate of Registration to Simon from Chief Justice O.H.T. Garrett entitling Simon to vote, having already received his Oath of Amnesty.
Date: November 4, 1865
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History