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[Automobile Register Receipt, 1915] (open access)

[Automobile Register Receipt, 1915]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Automobile Register Receipt.
Date: October 12, 1915
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Claim certificate: Nicholas M. Smith] (open access)

[Claim certificate: Nicholas M. Smith]

Claim from [L.B. Shand] and John M. Swisher to State of Texas for $67.50 for service in Somervell campaign by Nicholas McNutt
Date: October 3, 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commission for Justice of the Peace] (open access)

[Commission for Justice of the Peace]

Commission by A.C. Horton, Governor of Texas, appointing John H. Seward as Justice of the Peace for Washington County.
Date: October 8, 1846
Creator: Horton, Albert C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst] (open access)

[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst for one-third of a league of land in Harris County and about 28 miles northwest of Houston; granted by President Anson Jones
Date: October 10, 1845
Creator: Jones, Anson
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Court record, map of San Antonio River area

Sam S. Smith, clerk, certifies that tract of land along San Antonio River is correctly surveyed, platted and recorded; map included with an area shown as the ‘Town Tract’
Date: October 18, 1852
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Debt Petition by Peter Mercer, October 5, 1837] (open access)

[Debt Petition by Peter Mercer, October 5, 1837]

Petition to court for payment of debts from Peter M. Mercer versus Anderson Buffington, Joseph L. Hood, and William Stark (?).
Date: October 5, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"A Drove of Texas Cattle Crossing a Stream"

Engraved woodcut of cattle crossing a stream printed in Harper's Weekly, October 19, 1867, page 665.
Date: October 19, 1867
Creator: Waud, A. R.
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Houston, Texas"

From "Harper's Weekly." This item includes a sketch of Houston, Texas and the text on the reverse of the clipping.
Date: October 27, 1866
Creator: Davis, Theodore R.
Object Type: Artwork
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 to Jesse Grimes, October 31, 1857] (open access)

[Letter to Jesse Grimes, October 31, 1857]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Jesse Grimes concerning trip to Austin, has Congressional seal in top left corner.
Date: October 31, 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866] (open access)

[Letter to nephew from Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor, October 2, 1866]

Letter to nephew from R.E.B. Baylor regarding coming to Texas, bringing negro employees, condition of negroes in Independence, and family matters. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date: October 1866
Creator: Baylor, R. E. B. (Robert Emmett Bledsoe), 1793-1873
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston, October 15, 1868]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Mary W. Houston regarding the gift of a portrait of Baylor to the Alumnae of Baylor Female College. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers.
Date: October 15, 1868
Creator: Houston, Mary W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from R. E. Bledsoe, October 2, 1872] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from R. E. Bledsoe, October 2, 1872]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from his nephew, R.E. Bledsoe regarding family matters, western railroads, mining, Indians, and bandits.
Date: October 2, 1872
Creator: Bledsoe, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
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
[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth] (open access)

[Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth]

Papers of William C. Preston, Lillian and Anna Ehinger. Marriage certificate of William C. Preston of Houston, Texas, and Anna Ehinger of Fort Worth signed at St. Louis, Missouri
Date: October 12, 1898
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mortgage Bond] (open access)

[Mortgage Bond]

Mortgage bond with Dallas Mortgage Company for $7,200, payable by Seward. The first three payment coupons have been removed.
Date: October 1, 1896
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition by Alexander Simon to the District Court for naturalization, 1855] (open access)

[Petition by Alexander Simon to the District Court for naturalization, 1855]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Petition by Simon to the District Court for naturalization.
Date: October 2, 1855
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory Note from Simon to Mrs. M.L. Scott, 1873] (open access)

[Promissory Note from Simon to Mrs. M.L. Scott, 1873]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Promissory Note from Simon to Mrs. M.L. Scott for $375 to be paid in 12 months at 12% interest.
Date: October 8, 1873
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Appeal of W.B. Wallace and Josiah Crosby against L.B. Fite and John J. Moore (L.B. Fite & Co.) for debts owed.
Date: October 30, 1837
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Writ of Garnishment] (open access)

[Writ of Garnishment]

Writ of garnishment concerning a note for $890.25 executed by D.G. Gregory to Roberts & Co. dated April 1, 1858, and transferred to Wal[?]ron Paige & Co. of New York
Date: October 31, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History