[Stock in Washington County Railroad] (open access)

[Stock in Washington County Railroad]

Stock in Washington County Railroad purchased by Y.S. Veazey. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
Date: September 1, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: Everett, Richard
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103 (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102 (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes] (open access)

[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. "To Emily Grimes Deed of Gift for Negro Girl Lucy."
Date: September 21, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Phrenological journal (open access)

Phrenological journal

Front cover of the American Phrenological Journal. Vol.XII, Sept. #9.
Date: September 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, September 30, 1858] (open access)

[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, September 30, 1858]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers, Letter to John [?] from his uncle V. Metcalfe emphasizing the importance of his education and chastising him for carelessness in a previous letter
Date: September 30, 1858
Creator: Metcalfe, V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother, April 20, 1854] (open access)

[Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother, April 20, 1854]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother; addressed to John W. Metcalfe on outside of letter
Date: April 20, 1854
Creator: Metcalfe, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, December 17, 1850] (open access)

[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, December 17, 1850]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to John [?] from his uncle V. Metcalfe commenting on the improvement in his handwriting and composition
Date: December 17, 1850
Creator: Metcalfe, V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton, January 26, 1853] (open access)

[Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton, January 26, 1853]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton regarding claims by Baylor for bounty land, a horse killed in battle, and forage and rations during the Mexican War
Date: January 26, 1853
Creator: Clayton, P.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipan-Warrior

Hand-colored stone lithograph of a West Lipan Apache warrior sitting astride a horse and carrying a rifle; from Emory's United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Washington, 1857
Date: 1857
Creator: Schott, A.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of William H. Seward. on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills" (open access)

"Speech of William H. Seward. on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"

Speech delivered to the U. S. Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854; portrait of Seward included
Date: February 17, 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Broadside issued by the Texas State Attorney General

Concerning the Peters Colony and the Interpretation of Land Laws; issued by Ebenezer Allen from the Attorney General's Office
Date: June 3, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Deed for 149 1/5 acres from Gibson Kuykendall to Barzillai Kuykendall, Jr. for $150. Land situated on West Yegua on San Antonio Road.
Date: 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Washington County legal documents

Notice of sale of Samuel P. Brown property, deceased; 465 1/6 acres, slave woman and child.
Date: February 1, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Recommendation Alexander Simon's membership in the Royal Arch Masons] (open access)

[Recommendation Alexander Simon's membership in the Royal Arch Masons]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Recommendation by the Columbus Chapter No. 46 of Texas for Simon's membership in the Royal Arch Masons; impressed stamp
Date: May 27, 1856
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Bill of sale from William G. Fisher to A. Payne for 350 acres.
Date: 1850~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Bond between John G. W. Pierson of Montgomery County and James K. T. Walton and Lewis G. Dupree of Washington county with William Tom for $2,000 for three negro slaves.
Date: 1850~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jonathan T. Eubank to Jesse Grimes, December 2, 1858] (open access)

[Letter from Jonathan T. Eubank to Jesse Grimes, December 2, 1858]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Jonathan T. Eubank to Jesse Grimes, concerns commerce
Date: December 2, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, February 28, 1857] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, February 28, 1857]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, concerns political situation of Texas, and division of state.
Date: February 28, 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maria B. Smith to her sister, Rosanna Grimes] (open access)

[Letter from Maria B. Smith to her sister, Rosanna Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Maria B. Smith to her sister, Rosanna Grimes, concerns affairs in Alabama and immigration
Date: October 25, 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C. B. Stewart, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, to Jesse Grimes, August 22, 1850] (open access)

[Letter from C. B. Stewart, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, to Jesse Grimes, August 22, 1850]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from C. B. Stewart, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, to Jesse Grimes, expressing anti-war sentiment
Date: August 22, 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
"D. Joaquin de Arrendondo Miono Pelegrin" (open access)

"D. Joaquin de Arrendondo Miono Pelegrin"

Handbill signed in Monterrey, Mexico concerning the importance of the Constitution
Date: 1850~/1900~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Ashmun, of Massachusetts.  Upon the President's Message Upon the Texas Boundary and the Bill for its Settlement" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Ashmun, of Massachusetts. Upon the President's Message Upon the Texas Boundary and the Bill for its Settlement"

Speech delivered to the House of Representatives on August 14, 1850
Date: August 14, 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History