Elisabet Ney, Sculptor (open access)

Elisabet Ney, Sculptor

Biography about the sculptor, Elisabet Ney.
Date: 1916
Creator: Taylor, Bride Neill
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chapters from life a tale of "our Baylor." (open access)

Chapters from life a tale of "our Baylor."

Stories about nine women who attended the University of Mary-Hardin Baylor.d
Date: 1901
Creator: Cheaney, Winifred A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Farm Ballads (open access)

Farm Ballads

Collection of poems and lyrics to farm ballads.
Date: 1901
Creator: Carleton, Will, 1845-1912
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa. (open access)

Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa.

Book about Santa Anna.
Date: 1849
Creator: Gamboa, Ramón.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas
Date: 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene Campbell
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Register of Marriages in Montgomery County, 1838 - 1840] (open access)

[Handwritten Register of Marriages in Montgomery County, 1838 - 1840]

Handwritten marriage register for Montgomery County in 1838-1840.
Date: 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago (open access)

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago

Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas. (open access)

The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.

Book describing the history and customs of the Karankawa Indians. Index starts on page 101.
Date: 1891
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map showing the geographical location of Fort Worth, Tex. and Rail Roads]

Map accompanying the book, The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado. The map shows railroad lines all over the U.S.
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado (open access)

The capitalist, or, The city of Fort Worth : a parody on the Mikado

City of Fort Worth.; Texas Mikado. Fort Worth facts in footnote area of each page of text of play./ Subtitle on cover: The Texas Mikado./ Folded colored map inserted at front./ Advertising matter on leaves before and after numbered pages.
Date: 1888
Creator: Smith, Ed. J.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, the Lone Star State (open access)

Texas, the Lone Star State

Real estate brochure for sale of lands in Montgomery County.
Date: 1893
Creator: Daugherty, J.S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago (open access)

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago

Handwritten cash ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910. (open access)

The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910.

Book describing the public land system of Texas.
Date: February 1918
Creator: McKitrick, Reuben
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware (open access)

Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware

Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware delivered at the Whig mass meeting held in Wilmington on the 15th of June, 1844.
Date: 1844
Creator: Clayton, John M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The morals of Odd-fellowship : a discourse (open access)

The morals of Odd-fellowship : a discourse

"Delivered before the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at the Annual Communication of that Right Worthy Grand Body, at Ithaca, August, 1853."
Date: 1853
Creator: Bristol, D. W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States. (open access)

A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States.

A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States.
Date: 1837
Creator: Channing, William Ellery
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lands in Texas (open access)

Lands in Texas

Description of lands for sale in Texas, focusing on Lawrence in Kaufman County.
Date: 1878
Creator: Cropsey & Goddard
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lands for Sale in Texas.  Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas (open access)

Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.
Date: June 1, 1888
Creator: Herndon, W.S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others] (open access)

Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others]

Book about military leaders of Mexico, includes biographical sketches of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega.
Date: 1847
Creator: Robinson, Fayette
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Les Mystères du Transcontinental et de la Franco-Texan Land Co. Dévoilés (open access)

Les Mystères du Transcontinental et de la Franco-Texan Land Co. Dévoilés

A book covering the background of the Transcontinental and Franco-Texan Land Company from 1870 to 1876. "Paris, aux Bureaux du Conservateur."
Date: 1876~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6; reprinted from the edition of 1814, Vol. 2 (open access)

History of the expedition of Captains Lewis and Clark, 1804-5-6; reprinted from the edition of 1814, Vol. 2

History of the expedition under the command of Captains Lewis and Clark.
Date: 1814
Creator: Lewis, Meriwether & Clark, William
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ten years in Texas. (open access)

Ten years in Texas.

Book about Baptist life in Texas by the Baptist minister James Bruton Gambrell.
Date: 1910
Creator: Gambrell, J. B.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 2 (open access)

Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 2

By A.S. Ruthven ... Compiled from the original records and documents now in possession of Grand lodge, together with the constitutions ... also ... history of the ... Masonic order in Texas. Pub. by authority of M.W. Wm. Stedman, Grandmaster.
Date: 1857
Creator: Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History