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- [Agreement for sale of Boston, an enslaved man, in Connecticut]
- An agreement for the sale of an enslaved man named Boston in Connecticut between enslaver John Griswold and the estate of deceased enslaver Josiah Filly, executed by David Barber.
- [Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]
- A bill of sale for enslaver John Chaffin’s purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman ("hireling"), from enslaver Stephen Richardson.
- [Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]
- An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.
- [Deed for sale of slave to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris]
- A deed for the sale of a slave ("one mulatto girl") from D.R. and E.B. Walker to E.M. Pease and John W. Harris.
- [Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]
- An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.
- [Bill of sale for purchase Harriet, an enslaved woman]
- A bill of sale for enslaver William McMaster’s purchase of a Harriet, an enslaved woman, from enslaver William B. Smith. E.M. Pease, also an enslaver, was a witness to the transaction.
- [Deed for purchase of slaves]
- A deed for the purchase of slaves ("forty two negroes") and "some stock."
- [Bill of sale for purchase of enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease]
- A bill of sale for the purchase of an enslaved person by enslaver E.M. Pease.
- [Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]
- An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."
- [Petition in case about ownership of slaves]
- Petition in a case ("Calvitt v. Harris") about ownership of slaves including Grace (age 27), her son, George (12), and another child of hers who is not named.
- [Bill of sale for purchase of slave by E.M. Pease]
- A bill of sale for the purchase by E.M. Pease of a slave named Tim or Tom.
- [Note secured by deed of trust on slaves]
- A note secured “by deed of trust on negroes.”
- [Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]
- A circular in which E.M. Pease announces his candidacy for governor.
- [Receipt for transportation of slaves]
- A receipt for the transportation of "the negro girl Emily and child belonging to Hon. E.M. Pease."
- [Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]
- An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of a Maria, an enslaved woman, from enslaver Clinton Terry.
- [Jury findings or proposed jury findings in case about ownership of slaves]
- Jury findings or proposed jury findings in a case ("Smith v. Cloud") about ownership of slaves. Includes typewritten transcription of the document.
- [Receipt for transportation of slaves]
- A receipt for "hauling [E.M. Pease's] negros and goods."
- [Proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana]
- A proclamation from Governor E.M. Pease regarding criminal fugitives from Louisiana.
- [Invitation to inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson]
- An invitation that Governor E.M. Pease received to the inauguration of Clark Mills's equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson.
- [Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]
- An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from enslaver J.M. Prewitt.
- [Tax receipt with list of slaves]
- A tax receipt for Thomas Graham that lists slaves.
- [Funeral receipt]
- A receipt for printing and circulating funeral tickets (possibly for the funeral of Anne Marshall Pease, daughter of E.M. & Lucadia Pease).
- [Funeral receipt]
- A receipt for the "funeral of [E.M. Pease’s] child," Anne Marshall Pease.
- [Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]
- An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.
- [Tax receipts for E.M. Pease]
- Receipts for direct taxes in insurrectionary districts
- [Money advanced by E.M. Pease for Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX]
- "Expenditure of the $ 1000.00 currency advanced by EM Pease for the Freedmen['s Hospital] at Brenham[, TX] in the Fall of 1867."
- [Post-Civil-War loyalty oath signed by Judge J.B.M. McFarland]
- A document in which J.B.M. McFarland, a judge of the first judicial district, swears that he “neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatsoever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States”; a handwritten explanation follows.
- [Receipts regarding Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, TX]
- Two receipts from a druggist regarding the Freedmen’s Hospital in Brenham, Texas.
- [Cancelled Checks to W. S. Porter]
- Cancelled checks written by Maddox Bros. & Anderson all made out to W. S. Porter. Some are endorsed on the back by Porter.
- Calendar page
- Front page of calendar, found in the room in which O. Henry passed away, with June (month of death) showing.
- The Austin Silk Plantation and Manufacturing Company
- This pamphlet describes the processes of silk production and compares it to raising cotton.
- [Invitation to "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody]
- An invitation to a "Will Rogers" Party at Woodlawn for Governor-elect Dan Moody.
- [Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]
- A letter to Carrie Crusemann, one of E.M. and Lucadia Pease's grandchildren, from Charles S. Potts, then dean of the Southern Methodist University school of law, requesting information on the Pease family—at the time, Potts was preparing an entry on E.M. Pease for the "Dictionary of American Biography."
- [6 Cards from "72 Pictured Party Stunts"]
- Six cards taken from a 1930s party game called "72 Pictured Party Stunts." Each card has an illustration and lists an action or activity that is stereotypical or attributed to a particular ethnic group. The backs of the cards are decorated with a geometric design in blue, with a portrait of a woman in the center.
- [Biographical essay on Elisabet Ney]
- A short biographical essay on Elisabet Ney—on the cover is a black-&-white reproduction of a painting of Ney by Fredrich Kaulbach.
- [Cold-War-era order list for gift-food parcels]
- An order list for gift-food parcels during the early days of the Cold War.
- [Essay “Pease School” by Timothy Alvin Brown]
- “Pease School,” an essay by Timothy Alvin Brown, who was the principal of the Austin Independent School District's oldest school, Pease Elementary, from 1892-1933.
- [Invitation to Lucadia Pease from President John Tyler and first lady Julia Tyler]
- An invitation to Lucadia Pease from President John Tyler and first lady Julia Tyler.
- [Invitation to open house at Woodlawn]
- An invitation to an open house at Woodlawn that was a benefit for the Elisabet Ney Museum and a tribute to Elisabet Ney.
- [Poll-tax receipts and certificate of exemption from poll tax for Richard Niles Graham]
- Three poll-tax receipts and a certificate of exemption from a poll tax for Richard Niles Graham.
- [Tax receipts for E.M. Pease]
- Confederate-tax and war-tax receipts.
- Text of record of O. Henry's voice
- Transcribed text of O. Henry’s voice recording and "L’Envoi of Judge Trueman E. O’Quinn."