Protractor

Three-arm brass protractor (a) with extensions for each arm, and mahogany case (b) with brass fittings; marked “English ca. 1880” on tag, and “TRADE MARK LONDON”
Date: 1880~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Game Animals

Front and back covers of a book titled "Game Animals" from the "Bird and Animal Series."
Date: 1886
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Goody Two Shoes

Front and back covers of a book titled "Goody Two-Shoes."
Date: 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ali-Baba or the Forty Thieves

Front and back covers of a book titled "Ali Baba or the Forty Thieves." from the "Wonder-Story Series."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Robin's Christmas Eve

Front and back covers of a book titled "The Robin's Christmas Eve." from the "Snowflake Series."
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Puss in Boots

Front and back covers of a book titled "Puss in Boots." from the "Little Folks Series."
Date: 1888
Creator: André, R.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed for land in Grimes County (open access)

Deed for land in Grimes County

Deed for land in Grimes County, Ira M. Camp selling to Charles L. Miller
Date: December 3, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Along the Rio Grande. (open access)

Along the Rio Grande.

This article from a Harper's Weekly supplement discusses features around the Rio Grande River in the United States and Mexico.
Date: February 23, 1889
Creator: Hinton, Richard J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son] (open access)

[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son, "Manufacturers of Iron Planers, Lathes, Drills, Patent Portable Hoists, and Other Machinists' Tools" regarding an order for a portable hoist.
Date: October 2, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land grant (open access)

Land grant

Land grant for 640 acres in Lamar County to William Brackein from the State of Texas, Austin; signed by Gov. George T. Wood at Austin
Date: 1883
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Emma of Turon City, KS] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Emma of Turon City, KS]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Emma of Turon City, KS regarding family, friends, weather.
Date: March 23, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T.H. of Turon City, KS ] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T.H. of Turon City, KS ]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T.H. of Turon City, KS regarding family and friends.
Date: March 24, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Ownership issued to Johnson Moorhead] (open access)

[Certificate of Ownership issued to Johnson Moorhead]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Certificate of Ownership issued to Johnson Moorhead for lot in Oklahoma City.
Date: June 3, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister Mary and Allen (AM) Sallee regarding family, friends, weather.
Date: January 22, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from H.T. Hathaway of Turon City, KS regarding death of Moorhead's mother.
Date: June 18, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Rent receipt Samual Pike ____? from Thomas. W. Krebbs, 1889] (open access)

[Rent receipt Samual Pike ____? from Thomas. W. Krebbs, 1889]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Rent receipt-- written on inside of an envelope-- to Samual Pike ______? from Thomas. W. Krebbs of Ardmore, Indian Territory
Date: October 12, 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead of Lamar, CO with stamps in Saline, MO; Springfield, CO; and Lamar, CO.
Date: January 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead of Oklahoma City] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead of Oklahoma City]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Envelope addressed to Johnson Moorhead of Oklahoma City, Indian Territory with stamps from Turon, KS; and Oklahoma City, Indian Territory.
Date: 1889
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Photo of Survivors of Battle of San Jacinto

Photograph of the Survivors of the Battle of San Jacinto, at a meeting of the Texas Veterans' Association at Galveston c. 1880. Center row, third from left: Valentine Ignatius Burch of Tyler County, Texas. Center row, second from left: Valentine Burch. Front row, second from right: George Petty of Washington County. Center row, far right: John W. McHorse.
Date: 1880
Creator: Naschke
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway] (open access)

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway]

Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from his sister, Sarah Hathaway
Date: November 9, 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resources, Soil, And Climate of Texas (open access)

Resources, Soil, And Climate of Texas

Front and back covers of a pamphlet containing an analysis of the resources of Texas by county.
Date: 1882
Creator: Spaight, A. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System (open access)

A Preliminary Annotated Check List of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fossils of Texas, Accompanied by a Short Description of the Lithology and Stratigraphy of the System

Front cover of a paper put out by the Texas Geological Survey.
Date: 1889
Creator: Texas Geological and Mineralogical Survey
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Battle of Chancellorsville"

Lithograph of the Battle of Chancellorsville, which took place in Virginia on May 2-4, 1863.
Date: 1889
Creator: Kurz & Allison
Object Type: Image
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handbill announcing Garfield's death (open access)

Handbill announcing Garfield's death

Copy of the "Last Bulletin" announcing the death of President James Garfield, Sept. 19, 1881, 11:30 p.m., Elberon, N.J.
Date: September 19, 1881
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History