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[Col. Nicholas Copeland letter to Martin Bridgman, April 25, 1835]

Description: 1835 letter of Col. Nicholas Copeland to his son-in-law Martin Bridgman of Arkansas, enticing him to move to Texas. The letter discusses the price of land and cattle, as well as the profitability of crops such as cotton and corn. Copeland adds a note for Harry Currin, a free African-American, stating that Texas is a safe place to settle. His land grant (settlement & fortification) described in the letter was 25 miles west of the Trinity River just before crossing the Navasota River. This le… more
Date: April 25, 1835
Creator: Copeland, Nicholas
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Other

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1847]

Description: Ledger containing financial records for the Galveston City Company, including bills receivable, expenses, personal accounts, and cash, from April 20, 1838 to March 8, 1848 (p. 398). An alphabetical index of account-holders' names is included toward the front.
Date: 1838-04/1848-03
Creator: Galveston City Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Stewart Title Company

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1876]

Description: Ledger containing accounts related to the Galveston City Company including personal accounts by name, business cash accounts, promissory notes, bills receivable, profit and loss calculations, and other transactions related to the company.
Date: 1838-04/1876-01
Creator: Galveston City Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Stewart Title Company

[Galveston City Company Records: 1838-1854]

Description: Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with minutes for a meeting of the board of directors on July 11, 1854.
Date: 1838-04/1854-07
Creator: Galveston City Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Stewart Title Company

[Galveston City Company Records: 1838-1857]

Description: Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with minutes for a meeting of the board of directors on October 22, 1857.
Date: 1838-04/1857-10
Creator: Galveston City Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Stewart Title Company

[Letter from I. G. Vore to J. W. Denver, April 29, 1884]

Description: Letter from I. G. Vore to General J. W. Denver in Washington D.C. In matter of relations between Absentee Shawnee and Potawatomi Indians, their removal to Kansas on thirty-square mile tract in Indian Territory, and the Potawatomi to purchase 160 acres for each head of family and Shawnee to have theirs as a gift.
Date: April 29, 1884
Creator: Vore, I. G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Historical Geology Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle

Description: This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Uvalde Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Date: April 1900
Creator: United States. Dept. of the Interior.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Recruitment Card]

Description: Recruitment card belonging to Edgar Brown Sutherlin. It reads: "U. S. Naval Recruiting Station, 1421 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ill. No. 241. Name: Sutherlin, E. B. Rate: Landsman for Training. Date: APR 3 - 1902." Sutherlin signed the back of the card.
Date: April 3, 1902
Creator: Naval Regional Contracting Center (U.S.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

[Presidential Stop in Grand View, Texas]

Description: Copy photo of the President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt's presidential stop in Grand View, Texas on April 8, 1905. The train made a stop at the Grand View, Texas MKT depot. Roosevelt is visible on the train platform. Many people came to meet the train.
Date: April 8, 1905
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Johnson County Historical Commission

Message of Governor T.M. Campbell to the first called session of the thirtieth legislature of Texas: together with the proclamation of the Governor convening the legislature in extra-ordinary session.

Description: This document is a message to the legislature of Texas from Governor T.M. Campbell. The purpose of the message was to get the legislature prepared to discuss laws concerning: simplification of court proceedings in the state of Texas, making telephone companies transmit other telephone companies messages, fair and lawful taxing of its citizens, increase business fees of both domestic and foreign businesses, and any other matters relating to the Constitution of Texas.
Date: April 17, 1907
Creator: Campbell, Thomas Mitchell
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries
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