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Star of the Republic Museum Objects
From the Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site, these items (dating from 1700s-1800s) include furniture, clothing, buttons, farm implements, china, trade tokens, arrowheads, cooking utensils, and looms.
"Declaration by President Lincoln that the port of Brownsville, TX shall be opened to Non-military trade",
text,
February 22, 1864;
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth31226/:
accessed May 1, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Star of the Republic Museum.