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Embroidered sampler

Description: Plain weave sampler with silk embroidery, floral border, floral motifs, and poem. Text: "In Sharon's lovely Rose, Immortal beauties/ shine; Its sweet refreshing fragrance shows;/ Its origin divine./ Pleasure is a Rose, near which there ever grows/ the thorn of evil; It is wisdom's work so carefully/ to cull the Rose, as to avoid the thorn, and let its/ rich perfume exhale to heaven in grateful adoration/ of Him who gave the Rose to blow./ Mary Louise Brown, November 2nd 1829."
Date: November 2, 1829
Creator: Brown, Mary Louisa
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Saloon Token]

Description: One of a collection of 244 miscellaneous "Texas Trade Tokens." This coin is silver-colored and says, "Good for 2 1/2 at the Bar" on one side; on the other it has the text: "Bull Bros. Saloon, San Antonio, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: Bull, Charles
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Distances & number of men.

Description: Sketch of military posts along the California coast between Sacramento and La Paz with inset detailing distances between each post and number of men at each one
Date: June 19, 1847
Creator: California. Adjutant's Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Common Errors in Cotton Production

Description: Pamphlet published by the U.S.D.A. about problems that cotton-growers may encounter and ways to avoid or fix them. Contents (from page 1): Mistakes that interfere with progress -- Causes of deterioration -- General measures of improvement: - Changing the method of buying cotton - Organizing 1-variety communities -- Some causes of inferior cotton: - Planting poor seed, Planting on price conjectures - Changing the seed - Planting too many varieties - Failure to test varieties - Misleading claims… more
Date: January 1932
Creator: Cook, O. F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Journal of Heredity, Volume 30, Number 7, July 1939

Description: Issue of the Journal of Heredity, published by the American Genetic Association, "An incorporated organization devoted to promoting a knowledge of the laws of heredity and their application to the improvement of plants, animals, and human racial stocks" (from inside front cover). The journal contains articles about animal and botanical genetic studies and manipulations as well as human behavior related to genetics.
Date: July 1939
Creator: Cook, Robert C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Lands in Texas.

Description: Tract about the land market in Texas including a real estate brochure for sale of lands near Lawrence, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cropsey & Goddard
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Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Official Centennial Map of Texas

Description: Historical map of Texas distributed for its Centennial celebration in 1936 with illustrated landmarks and trails on the map, as well as illustrations around the outside of the map depicting portraits of historical figures and images of sites and events.
Date: unknown
Creator: Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

"Houston, Texas"

Description: 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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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