Collection
Serial/Series Title
States
Decade
Month
[A Useful Table/Measurements]
Clipping with a useful table "to aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation" and an article with formulas for measurement conversions related to agriculture. Advertisements on verso.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Medical Advice]
Excerpt with medical advice on treatment of sun-stroke, recovery of the drowned, of persons struck by lightning and remedy for pulmonary consumption (incomplete). On the first page is a list of countries with corresponding numbers.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Habeas Corpus]
Article in a clipping explaining habeas corpus. Reverse side lists advertisements for various items, including building sites and garden plants, in a newspaper clipping.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two advertisements]
Clipping advertising an etching reproduction of a painting by Jean Francois Millet, "The Angelus", pg. 72. Etching is offered as free gift to weekly subscribers of The St. Louis Republic. Watch advertisements on verso, pg. 71. Watches are offered by The Brodix Publishing Co., Washington, D.C., to subscribers and club organizers of "The Home Magazine".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Recueil de Chansons Nationales]
Lyric sheet for "The Flag of Austerlitz and Arcole" to the tune of "La Sentinelle" and "La Parisienne," the national march, by Casimir DeLavigne.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poem
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Candle to Burn All Night]
Clipping containing small factoids, jokes, and anecdotes, including how to make a candle burn longer.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Torn page, in German]
Torn document with advertisements on one side and text regarding the name of a river and the history of Austin Colony.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Curing Cancer with Red-Clover Tea]
Clipping regarding the use of red-clover tea to cure cancer. Advertisements on the reverse side for Wm. W. Gamble, Bookseller and Stationer, and Gamble's News Depot, San Antonio, Texas.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping regarding Adolphus and Angelina's engagement]
Clipping regarding Adolphus and Angelina's engagement.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping in German with a poem about beer and account of a hunting trip]
Clipping with a poem about drinking beer. Reverse side is an account of a hunting trip.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Citronen als Diätetisches Heilmittel]
Clipping detailing the medicinal use of lemons as previously published in The Lancet. Includes recipes for lemonade and similar substances. Advertisements on reverse.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wie die Alten fungen, So zwitschern die Jungen]
Clipping with a poem about aging. On reverse is an account of a strange series of events in church.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Blätter aus dem Buche der Weisheit]
Clipping with sayings about life. On reverse is a partial illustration of a scene in Valparaiso with a description and a guide for foreigners who visit the Andes.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Strassburg nach der Uebergabe]
Clipping with a poem regarding Strasbourg's annexation to the German Empire. Dated October 1, 1870.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[L. Huth & Son]
Clipping recommending L. Huth & Son as merchants.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Allerlei]
Clipping containing small items of news including the following: 100 women from France are going to Mexico for silk growing, a French merchant locked up a thief with a vicious dog who killed him, and Ben Thompson has no shortage of refreshments and melons but welcomes visitors in jail. Reverse is a fragment of a clipping regarding trains.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Be Careful What You Say.]
Clipping with a poem advising against speaking ill of others written by Sergeant Major Joseph A Hess. Fragment of a drawing and article on the reverse side.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Sergeant Major Joseph A Hess
Object Type:
Poem
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Huth shield]
Copy of an image of the Huth shield with "Huth" underneath.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Passport for Louis Huth, May 17, 1866, copy 2]
Passport for Louis Huth including physical description. Signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward on May 17, 1866 in Washington [D. C.].
Date:
May 17, 1866
Creator:
Seward, William H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Passport for Louis Huth, May 17, 1866, negative copy]
Negative image of a passport for Louis Huth including physical description. Signed by Secretary of State William H. Seward on May 17, 1866 in Washington [D. C.].
Date:
May 17, 1866
Creator:
Seward, William H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for milk crackers]
Advertisement for milk crackers from Dozier, Weyl & Co. in St. Louis. Page has a color drawing of a cow.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Dozier, Weyl & Co.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Document signed by Louis Huth January 3, 1847]
Document signed by Louis Huth and dated January 3, 1847 in Castroville.
Date:
January 3, 1847
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Property tax receipt no. 200, Medina County, March 17, 1864]
Tax receipt for lots in Quihi and Castroville. Also lists original land grants and their values.
Date:
March 17, 1864
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Bill for the Hôtel du Parc, October 12, 1843]
Bill for approximately nine days of food and lodging at the Hotel du Parc.
Date:
October 1843
Creator:
Hôtel du Parc
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History