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Confederate Tax Receipt dated August 1, 1900. (open access)

Confederate Tax Receipt dated August 1, 1900.

Confederate Tax Receipt dated August 1, 1900.
Date: August 1, 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West] (open access)

[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West]

A certified marriage record of Lorenzo de (Lawrence) Zavala and Emily (Emilia) West. Took place November 12, 1831 at R. C. Church of Transfiguration by the Rev. Felix Varela. New York. Copied from the Parish Register on October 11, 1900.
Date: October 11, 1900
Creator: Transfiguration Church (New York, N.Y.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833] (open access)

[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]

Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Mineral Wells Public Schools Certificate of Promotion (open access)

A Mineral Wells Public Schools Certificate of Promotion

A certificate of Promotion from Mineral Wells Public Schools, certifying that Floy Stone has completed the 8th grade in May 1903 is shown here. It is signed by B. C. Osborn.
Date: May 8, 1903
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[John B. Denton Funeral Notice] (open access)

[John B. Denton Funeral Notice]

Funeral notice for John B. Denton, who was killed by Indians on May 22, 1841. The interment was held at the Denton Courthouse on November 21, 1901. According to an article in the Denton Record-Chronicle, "the custom was to place such notices in all public places to invite people to the funeral. This notice was given to the Denton Public Library by Mrs. R.M. Mitchell and was included in one of three scrapbooks that she made for the library."
Date: November 21, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Ariel Club program for Miss Wright] (open access)

[Ariel Club program for Miss Wright]

Miss Wright's Ariel Club program is dated May 14, 1909. The program contains a list of readings, and musical pieces to be performed at the event including Chopin, Staunton, etcetera.
Date: 1909-05-14~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
In Loving Rememberance of Mrs. Jessamine Blount (open access)

In Loving Rememberance of Mrs. Jessamine Blount

A short poem commemorates the life of Jessamine Blount who died on June 28, 1900 at the age of 49. Dr. J. P. Blount, first president of a Denton bank, survived his wife.
Date: 1900-06-28~
Creator: Blount Family
System: The Portal to Texas History
Woman's Shakespeare Club Programme (open access)

Woman's Shakespeare Club Programme

The program for the Woman's Shakespeare Club meeting on December 27, 1900 contains words of welcome from Mrs. W. A. Ponder, vocal solos, readings, papers, and instrumentals.
Date: 1900-12-27~
Creator: Woman's Shakespeare Club
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit for Garnishment after Judgement] (open access)

[Affidavit for Garnishment after Judgement]

Affidavit includes blanks for the prosecutor and defendant of the trial, the date of the trial, and the stipulations of the judgment.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fifteenth Annual Commencement of the Denton High School (open access)

Fifteenth Annual Commencement of the Denton High School

Program for the Fifteenth Annual Commencement of the Denton High School at Wright's Opera House on Friday, May 18, 1900 contains an order of services, and a list of the Board of Trustees.
Date: 1900-05-18~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report Card: Annie Parks, 1899-1900] (open access)

[Report Card: Annie Parks, 1899-1900]

Report card documenting Annie Parks classes and grades during the session of 1899-1900. The report card contains a list of school board members, as well as the signatures of Annie's guardian and her teacher, Hattie Donnell.
Date: 1900~
Creator: Denton Public Schools
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Elementary Spelling Book, Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book. (open access)

The Elementary Spelling Book, Being an Improvement on the American Spelling Book.

Front cover of The Elementary Spelling Book; blue with red binding.
Date: 1908~
Creator: Webster, Noah
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas

Front cover of a book discussing action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bond for $100 (open access)

Bond for $100

Printed bond signed by Mayor T.B. Wheeler and Recorder Fred Sterzing
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Public Sale of Valuable Town Lots in La Grange!" (open access)

"Public Sale of Valuable Town Lots in La Grange!"

Broadside advertising town lots from the estate of J.T. Patton for sale near the LaGrange Hotel.
Date: 1900~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History" (open access)

"Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History"

Reports of the State Librarian and of the Classifier and Tranlator of Manuscripts, part II only
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thirty-First Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History: For the Year Ending August 31, 1906.  Part II. (open access)

Thirty-First Annual Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics, and History: For the Year Ending August 31, 1906. Part II.

Front cover of a report on agriculture and insurance statistics.
Date: 1906
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
"A Tribute of Respect To The Dead Chieftain, Wm. McKinley" (open access)

"A Tribute of Respect To The Dead Chieftain, Wm. McKinley"

Program for a tribute to McKinley held at Fireman's Park Theatre, Brenham, Texas, September 19, 1901
Date: September 19, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902 (open access)

Tarrant County Clerk's Daily Report for Oct. 3 and Oct. 4, 1902

Daily Report of the Tarrant County Clerk's office on October 3-4, 1902. Included are lists of deeds granted, deeds of trust, chattel cottages, and proceedings in the district and justice courts. "Claude Butler, proprietor" is printed at the top of the document. On the reverse side are handwritten minutes from Beth-El Congregation's third organizing meeting.
Date: October 4, 1902
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902] (open access)

[Minutes, third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, October 5, 1902]

Minutes from the third meeting of Beth-El Congregation, Oct. 5, 1902, handwritten in pencil on the back of a courthouse circular. The reverse side of the minutes is a Courthouse Circular, dated Oct. 3, 1902.
Date: October 5, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isidore, congregation secretary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation] (open access)

[Organizing Meeting of Beth-El Congregation]

Minutes from the organizing meeting of the Beth-El Congregation in Fort Worth on September 21, 1902.
Date: September 21, 1902
Creator: Carb, Isadore, congregation secretary
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate] (open access)

[Certificate]

Union of American Hebrew Congregations certificate of membership for Beth-El Congregation of Fort Worth. The certificate is orange in color and has a star-burst design radiating out from a scroll in the center. There is Hebrew text at the top beneath which is the quotation: "Come, let us take counsel together. --Nch. 6:7." The text on the scroll states: The Union of American Hebrew Congregations Established 1873 Hereby certifies that Beth-El Congregation Fort Worth, Texas on March 22, 1907 (Nisan 7, 5667) became a duly affiliated member, entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership and to full participation in its plans and activities for the PERPETUATION AND PROGRESS OF JUDAISM IN AMERICA. Samuel S Hollender Chairman, Executive Board Maurice N. Eisendrath President Presented on November 5, 1955.
Date: March 22, 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation (open access)

Confirmation Bible of Rose Levenson, Beth-El Congregation

Confirmation Bible, Beth-El Congregation. Presented to Rose Levenson for Confirmation on Shevuoth, May 26, 1909 at Fort Worth, Texas by Rabbi George Zepin. Title page and inscription of the bible states that this volume contains "the Twenty-Four Books of the Holy Scriptures, carefully translated according to the Massoretic text, after the best Jewish authority by Isaac Lesser."
Date: May 26, 1909
Creator: Rabbi George Zepin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El (open access)

Program from Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El

Program from the Confirmation Service of Congregation Beth-El in Fort Worth, Texas on June 9, 1905. It contains the names of the confirmation students, and the order of the program.
Date: June 1905
Creator: Congregation Beth-El
System: The Portal to Texas History