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[General Business Ledger: 1888-1890] (open access)

[General Business Ledger: 1888-1890]

Ledger containing general business and account notes.
Date: 1888-04-22/1890-07-30
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle Sales Ledger] (open access)

[Cattle Sales Ledger]

Ledger containing records of cattle sales for the O'Connor Brothers and Dennis Martin O'Connor. The ledger includes brand, number of cattle, class, to whom sold, owner, price, and whether it was paid.
Date: [1888..1893]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as Baby]

Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as a baby wearing a white gown. Handwritten notes on the back of the photo say "Little Bulah - who died when a baby." and "My little sister. I.C.M."
Date: 1883
Creator: Kirk
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Ida Caldwell]

Portrait of Ida Caldwell at 16 years old, wearing a feathered boa, dark dress, and decorative hat.
Date: 1888~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Business Ledger: 1889-1890] (open access)

[General Business Ledger: 1889-1890]

Ledger containing business and account notes.
Date: 1889-10-22/1890-11-15
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D. M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: 1888-1891] (open access)

[D. M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: 1888-1891]

Ledger containing information for business accounts of Dennis Martin O'Connor.
Date: 1888-11-03/1891-06-15
Creator: O'Connor, Dennis Martin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[General Business Ledger: 1888-1895] (open access)

[General Business Ledger: 1888-1895]

Ledger detailing various business and expense accounts.
Date: 1888-03/1895-05
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land Inventory Ledger] (open access)

[Land Inventory Ledger]

Ledger containing an inventory of land and other miscellaneous business notes.
Date: [1889-06-22..1895-01-07]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Records of Acknowledgement, Victoria County] (open access)

[Records of Acknowledgement, Victoria County]

Ledger containing Statements of Acknowledgment taken by George B. Amery in Victoria County, Texas.
Date: [1887-02-11..1916-06-21]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Lewis Nicholas Caldwell]

Portrait of Lewis Nicholas "Ditty" Caldwell, a young child wearing a large overcoat and leaning on a small desk. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Lewis Nicholas Caldwell, son of J.L. & Mary O'Bannon Smith, drowned June 10, 1885 at 10 years old. This picture taken at 5 years old."
Date: 1880~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Ida Caldwell]

Portrait of Ida Caldwell wearing a dark buttoned dress with a flower brooch.
Date: 1882
Creator: Kirk
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as Baby]

Portrait of Bulah Caldwell as a baby wearing a white dress. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Bulah Caldwell died when a baby - 1883. M.O.B. & J.L. Caldwell."
Date: 1883
Creator: Abbot, D. E.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wright Family Portrait]

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Washington Wright and their children. The family is standing out-of-doors on a patch of grass and Mrs. Wright is seated, holding a baby in her lap; trees are visible in the background. Several members of the group are holding objects including a shotgun, trumpet, books, and doll. Handwritten text on the back of the photograph says: "Mr. & Mrs. Robert Washington Wright (Arcanie Elizabeth Gober) and their children. Left to right: Robert G. Mattie, Inez, Fred, Patrick, Mary, Neal M., Julia (in mother's lap). Made in 1889." and "Robert is the brother of William Crow Wright who is on your site."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bell County Ex Confederate Association Ledger] (open access)

[Bell County Ex Confederate Association Ledger]

A ledger that chronicles Confederate veterans who settled in Bell County, Texas, after the Civil War. The ledger lists members by the state they enlisted in, and often includes notes on where a particular person fought, and may note a date of death.
Date: 1888
Creator: Bell County Ex Confederate Association
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Testimony on the alleged election outrages in Texas (open access)

Testimony on the alleged election outrages in Texas

Testimony regarding election problems in Texas.
Date: 1889
Creator: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Privileges and Elections.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future (open access)

A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future

A book describing economic conditions in Texas in the early 1880s.
Date: 1881
Creator: Roberts, Oran Milo
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A preliminary annotated check list of the Cretaceous invertebrate fossils of Texas accompanied by a short description of the lithology and stratigraphy of the system (open access)

A preliminary annotated check list of the Cretaceous invertebrate fossils of Texas accompanied by a short description of the lithology and stratigraphy of the system

A book "defining the stratigraphic arrangement and composition of the rocks composing the two Cretaceous series of Texas."
Date: 1889
Creator: Hill, Robert Thomas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Children of Robert Fleming Campbell and Nancy Jane David Campbell, Richardson, Texas

Family portrait of three women and a man posing together. An older gentleman and woman are seated in the front and two women are standing behind them. Names are written on back in this order: "Lodemia Ann Campbell Routh, Serepta Ellen Campbell Routh, William LaFayette Campbell, Margaret Emma Campbell Stanley." Also written on back: "children of Robert Fleming Campbell (5/2/1804-11/18/1881) and Nancy Jane David Campbell 8/7/1801-11/29/1841 from Tennessee 1851"
Date: 1880/1900
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

John W. Chick Family, Richardson, Texas

Studio Portrait. 3 children standing, 2 boys, 1 girl. Man & woman seated, 1 young man seated. Written on back: Front Row - left to right: W. H. Chick (Uncle Will); John W. Chick (Grandpa); Frances Angelina Chick (Grandma); C. B. Chick (my father). back row - Robert L. Chick (Uncle Bob); Sarah Elizabeth Chick (Aunt Sallie)(Mrs. C. C. Huffhines)
Date: 1880/1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miss Flora McFlimsy (open access)

Miss Flora McFlimsy

Poetry published by Mrs. E.C. Kent, inspired by her memories of the series on "Miss Flora McFlimsy" published in Harper's Monthly.
Date: 1885
Creator: Kent, E.C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them. (open access)

Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them.

Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date: 1887
Creator: Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas land titles : an essay (preliminary to the Texas review) (open access)

Texas land titles : an essay (preliminary to the Texas review)

An essay about Texas land titles and how to correct errors.
Date: 1885
Creator: Sneed, Sebron Graham, jr.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of Construction of the Temporary State Capitol, at Austin, Texas. (open access)

Report of Construction of the Temporary State Capitol, at Austin, Texas.

This report is a compilation of the legislation and correspondence related to the building of the temporary state capitol in 1882.
Date: 1883
Creator: State of Texas. Capitol Board.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 15 (open access)

The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Vol. 15

Volume XV of the Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of the North Mexican States and Texas.
Date: 1886
Creator: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History