Austin History Center, Austin Public Library - 17 Matching Results
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- [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."
- [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.”
- [Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Sam Houston]
- An “autograph” letter from Sam Houston to E.M. Pease. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
- [Receipt for transportation of slaves]
- A receipt for the transportation of "the negro girl Emily and child belonging to Hon. E.M. Pease."
- [Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from Henry A. Wise, governor of Virginia]
- A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from Henry A. Wise, governor of Virginia, regarding the protection of the “honor and interests” of slaveholding states. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.
- [Funeral receipt]
- A receipt for the "funeral of [E.M. Pease’s] child," Anne Marshall Pease.
- [Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Andrew Johnson]
- A draft of a letter to President Andrew Johnson from E.M. Pease, who discusses issues related to the Civil War.
- [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.
- [Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E. M. Pease]
- A letter to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease, who discusses Reconstruction.
- [Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]
- The seventh in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
- [Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]
- The eighth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
- [Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]
- The ninth in a series of eleven letters to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease—in them he discusses, among other things, yellow-fever and typhoid epidemics.
- [Correspondence to Beriah Graham from Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis]
- A letter to Beriah Graham from Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis, who asks Graham to attend a conference regarding "the Indians on our frontier."
- [Correspondence to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease]
- A letter to Julia Maria Pease from Dave Pease, a former slave.
- [Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from Richard Berkeley Bell]
- A short letter to Richard Niles Graham from tennis player Richard Berkeley Bell.
- [Correspondence to Richard Niles Graham from A.E. Wood]
- A letter to Richard Niles Graham from politician A.E. Wood, who thanks Graham for a campaign donation to his recent run for the state senate.