Conference publication; Educational convention of Texas, in Houston, 1846; Rev. Chauncey Richardson, President of Rutersville College.

Affidavit sworn by Michael Reed before Gideon Walker stating that Reed paid Moses Cummings in advance for surveying services that were never fulfilled.

Article of agreement between John Droddy (also spelled as Drowdy) and John R. Cummings for a partnership to locate land.

Bill of payment for Mrs. [Martha] Michael Reed to pay William Boyles for purchased goods.

Bill of sale for a boy around 14 years old named Edmond, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by John and Emily Galloway.

Copy of a letter from Galveston, discussing Thomas Falconer's affairs and reassuring the recipient that Falconer's silence in response to six letters is because he has been captured with the Santa Fe Expedition. It also discusses the terms of a sum of money Falconer drew and a term set by Messrs. Meyer & Co. (written as "& Sons" earlier in document) and gives a brief summary of how he joined the expedition. There are notes on cities and dates on the back page.

Correspondence between E.M Millican and Michael Reed. Mentions J.S.[?] Gilbreath and Reed's son, Jefferson Reed.

Correspondence from an unknown writer to T.H.[?] Rees concerning his/her arrival in Texas, settlement in lands in Burlisson [Burleson] County close to the Brazos River, and teaching in a local school. The writer speaks of a disappointment from an "Isaiah" and asks Rees to reply with the reasoning as to why Isaiah has hurt the writer.

Bill of sale for a man around eighteen years old named Nelson, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by David Dawson, signed October 1, 1841.

Immigration contract between the Adelsverein and Johann Christoph Schumann, dated October 6, 1845.

Affidavit sworn by Michael Reed before G.H. Cox that Augustus H. Cook is indebted to Reed in the amount of seven dollars.

Interrogatory for the case of James D. Mathews v. Michael Reed, mentioning A.W. Cooke and William McKnight.

Land survey for M. [Michael] Reed of 369 acres of land issued to him in Robertson County on February 5, 1838; land surveyed July 3, 1848 and certified by F.A. Thomson. On verso is statement by James Howlet certifying the legality of the survey, dated July 25, 1848.

Ledger of miscellaneous debts owed by John Reed to his brother William Reed.

Letter from C. E. Detmold in New York to Edward Trelawny at Putney Hill near London. It discusses his fears for Thomas Falconer's safety as he has heard that the "Texian" Santa Fe Expedition had been captured by Mexican forces and touches on British Whig finance politics. Detmold is Christian Edward Detmold (see Wikipedia article) and Trelawny is John Edward Trelawny the English biographer, novelist, adventurer and friend of the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.

Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. A typed transcript of this letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.

Letter from Thomas Falconer to John David Falconer, dated Dec. 5, 1841, but the December is probably a mistake for January since Falconer was captive in Mexico in December 1941. The letter chronicles Falconer's trip by steamboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Louisville, KY, to New Orleans, LA. There is a small sketch of the steamer, the William French. The letter gives details of the price of passage; accommodations and food; how the steamer is different from "ours"; the stokers (slaves) who "make a most infernal singing"; fellow passengers; Americans for whom "the making of money is their chief pursuit from the time they can talk until they die"; and various towns and cities along the way. From New Orleans, Falconer went to Texas where he was caught up in the Texan Santa Fe Expedition. This letter has a modern handwritten transcription available via the Portal to Texas History.

Letter written by W. D. Miller and sent to Mrs. Sam Houston, care of William Bledsoe. The letter reports on General Houston's progress toward Indian peace talks and also mentions a Dr. Hill (George Washington Hill?), Houston's health, and contains a lively description of Sam Houston Jr. The letter was sent from Washington on-the-Brazos to Mrs. Houston in Grand Cane, Liberty County, Texas.

Letter from unknown author from Washington [D.C.] to Falconer thanking him for a letter and an article from the Washington Review. The author hopes that the "vexatious" war with Mexico will be cut short and references the border dispute between Oregon and Canada that was settled by the 1846 Oregon Treaty. The letter is incomplete.

Receipt of payment for Michael Reid [sic] to S.M. McKay in the amount of thirty dollars.

Note from Hillsman King to Washington Middleton, requesting a "good and gentle cow" for Joshua Seale.

Note from Michael Reed to D.L. William requesting to pay E.W. William in the amount of eighteen dollars and twenty-seven cents.

Promissory note for Michael Reed to pay B.C.[?] Allen in the amount of twenty four dollars on demand.

Receipt of payment for ten dollars from Michael Reed for the Washington County Court, signed by George W. Horton.