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Spillholders

Pair of clear pressed glass spillholders with ground off pontil mark; design has strawberry diamonds and a large diamond with punty; some mold roughness; may be a Sandwich pattern
Date: 1840~/1860~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Sweets for the Leisure Hours, or Flowers of Instruction" (open access)

"Sweets for the Leisure Hours, or Flowers of Instruction"

Child's book, "moral, instructive, and entertaining" "for the mind and eyes"
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summons for Isaac Mitchell (open access)

Summons for Isaac Mitchell

Summons for Isaac Mitchell to appear before the District Court judge in Washington County regarding petition of H. Chiairs and Samuel P. Baskins. Handwritten in ink.
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Amerique Septentrionale"

Hand-colored map of North America showing settlements, rivers, and mountains
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lace collar

Black lace fichu sewn into mesh-like material; from Calais, Vermont, dating before 1840.
Date: [..1840]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army] (open access)

[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army]

Listing of soldiers who received bounties from Captain J.B.P. January for enlisting in F Company of the First Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army. January led the company as part of Colonel Edward Burleson's 1839-40 campaign against Comanches in northwestern Texas.
Date: [1840-01-28..]
Creator: January, J. B. P.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock certificate (open access)

Stock certificate

Printed $500 Certificate of Stock in the Consolidated Fund of Texas to Joseph Eldredge, June 15, 1840
Date: 1840~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Genl. Austins map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states"

"Genl. Austins map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states"
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed at the Session of the Fourth Congress.  In one volume. (open access)

Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed at the Session of the Fourth Congress. In one volume.

Front cover, spine, and title page of a volume of laws of the Republic of Texas. One of a two-volume set; this volume contains 4 volumes and is the personal copy of Anson Jones; Jones' signature throughout
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce" (open access)

"Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce"

Proclamation by Pres. Anson Jones containing text of Treaty with Indians.
Date: 1840~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840] (open access)

[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840]

Letter from E. L. Stickney of the Treasury Deptartment to Jesse Grimes, concerning post offices.
Date: April 6, 1840
Creator: Stickney, E. L.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History