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- [Scrap of paper with Jesse Grimes signature]
- Papers of Jesse Grimes. Piece torn along fold of larger document, seal attached.
- Map of Texas, containing the latest grants & discoveries
- Hand-colored map of the Republic of Texas showing grants, towns, rivers, and roads.
- Buttonhole cutter
- Hand-made t-shaped steel buttonhole cutter with curved bars at top; file marks are still evident
- [Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]
- Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County and signed by Governor Sam Houston. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- [Stock in Washington County Railroad]
- Stock in Washington County Railroad purchased by Y.S. Veazey. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- [Small glass object with the word, "Easter"]
- Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection, Supplement. Small glass object with the word, " Easter" written on it and pink painted flowers decorating it.
- [Reddish brown veneer box]
- Lois Jean Cooper-Mayer Collection, Supplement. Reddish brown veneer box; inside bottom lined with dark blue paper; inside top lined with purple/white figured paper; enclosing mirror 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover
- Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103
- Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102
- Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
- Sewing frame
- Box containing a wooden sewing frame. The lid of the box has a color picture of three girls, two are seated, in a room with draperies. They wear long dresses and are sewing.
- Courtship
- Pair of framed pictures, hand-colored over print of man and woman; clothing parts of skirt and trousers are cut out and there are pin-head like studs on clothing; back of frame is marked, "Courtship" & "Matrimony"
- Meader farm
- Group of 3 photographs: a) gathering sap, Cabot, VT. b) Meader farm, Marshfield, VT., c) sugar house at Cabot, VT.
- Sugar house
- Group of 3 photographs: a) gathering sap, Cabot, VT. b) Meader farm, Marshfield, VT., c) sugar house at Cabot, VT.
- Gathering sap
- Group of 3 photographs: a) gathering sap, Cabot, VT. b) Meader farm, Marshfield, VT., c) sugar house at Cabot, VT.
- Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers
- Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers, turned post decoration 1 on each side of front. Maker's Marks: "Best Six Cord"/Spool Cotton for Hand and Machine/Sewing/J&P Coats/White/ Assorted Colors/Black. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
- 18 cut nails
- 18 cut nails. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- Jug, brown Albany slip and Bristol glaze.
- Jug, brown Albany slip and Bristol glaze. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
- Engraving plate
- Modern wooden engraving block with metal plate of Sam Houston's signature
- Title of Land to John Adkinson
- Original grant signed by Anson Jones with seal of General Land Office (detached)
- Quoins
- Cast iron quoins; 10 pieces (a - j), marked, "Challenge Co. Hempel" or "Challenge," or "D.A. Enge," or "Favorite," or "Morgan & ? Mfg. Co."
- Printing type
- Several hundred pieces of 19th century lead printing type, including spacers, from Brenham Banner Press office
- Rug hooks
- Two wooden rug hooks with metal hardware
- Candles
- Three 2" blue and white numerical candles, "1," "5," "0" used in the Texas Independence Day Sesquicentennial (150 years) celebration at Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park; some icing remains (blue)
- Ladies slippers
- Ladies leather slippers with satin and linen
- Telescope
- Cylindrical brass box (a) houses sextant (b) and doubles as screw on base. Two part telescope (c) can be attached to sextant by screw (d); engraved: "Troughton & Simms, London"
- Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp
- Statement prepared by Elijah Stapp--a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence--is a testimony to the claims of S. Hatch for damages and expenses incurred during the Texas revolution.
- [Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]
- Sarah Zimmerman, descendant of Edward Birch (Burch) granting power of attorney to her agent. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.
- [Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, March 1860]
- Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, regarding the sale of some 30 negroes from their uncle's estate. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- [Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey, 1860]
- Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey regarding the estate of his uncle, Edward Burch. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- [Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]
- Papers of Jesse Grimes. "To Emily Grimes Deed of Gift for Negro Girl Lucy."
- "Ground plan of 'Fort Defiance,' La Bahia Mission, March 2, 1836 by Lieut. Joseph M. Chadwick"
- One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows blockhouses, magazine, watering place, workshop, coach house, outhouses, and Madam Garcia's house.
- "Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto"
- "Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto and map of the positions of the Texan and of the Mexican Armies, at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, at half past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, April 21, 1836."
- "Refugio Mission"
- One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows "Ground plan of the original buildings, with walls enclosing the cemetery"
- "The Alamo"
- Map of the Alamo showing the "Ground plan compiled from drawings by Capt. B. Green Jameson, Texan Army, January, 1826,Col. Ignacio de Labastida, Mexican Army, March, 1836, Capt. Ruben M. Potter, United States Army, 1841."
- Combat near the "Mission Concepcion"
- Map of the Combat at Mission Concepcion.
- Southern Literary Messenger. Volume 10, Number 05, May, 1844.
- Front cover of the Southern Literary Messenger (Vol. 10, No. 5) which includes the table of contents (prose articles and original poetry).
- Pigment holder
- Glass pigment holder with 7 hand-blown corked glass bottles containing powdered pigment; hand-turned wooden stand to hold bottles (a), has a lid with a finial (b); bottles are about 6 cm. high x 1.8 cm. diam.
- [Engraving of San Antonio, Texas]
- Steel engraving print of the town of San Antonio from Meyer's Universum.
- Galveston in Texas
- Steel engraving print of Galveston, Texas showing a group of men sitting, or working on a wooden dock. A sunken ship is visible in the water on the right side of the image, and on the left, the dock curves and leads toward the town. A number of buildings are pictured along the dock.
- Neu Braunfels in Texas
- Steel engraving print of New Braunfels, Texas, from Meyer's Universum
- Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent
- Hand-colored lithograph of Texas with statistics and references in lower left
- [Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878)]
- (a) Photograph of Y. Sheppard Veazey (1827-1878) of Gay Hill, TX ca. 1860; (b) frame. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2
- Wine glass
- Clear fluted wine glass with knopped stem and polished pontil, early Pittsburgh region
- Flask
- One-half pint glass flask with cornucopia and fruit design embossed on one side, basket of fruit on other; pontil mark on base; mold-blown by Stoddard and Keene; finished with lipping tool
- Dinner plate
- Floral design in bottom of plate, painted in enamel, edge is banded with some freehand embellishment. Maker's Marks: "ENO... and Sons", "BURSLEM", and stamped motif. "Ancestor" of "Gaudy Dutch" design.
- [Medicine brochure]
- Booklet about Coltsfoote expectorant, "Come from the Fields and the Forests"; $1.00 a bottle, small booklet with 1 staple to hold it together; printed by T.A. Slocum Co.
- A Short Scriptural Catechism, intended for the use of the Methodist Societies
- The front and back covers of a Methodist catechism. The back cover (page 60) appears to be part of an index to the rest of the book.
- Saltcellar
- Fluted and scalloped master salt with ground base; star impressed on bottom
- Bottle
- Cased gin bottle with applied lip, mold blown, tapered down to bottom, rounded shoulders