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[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.

Date: March 4, 1835

Item Type: Text

[Deed for purchase of slaves]

A deed for the purchase of slaves ("forty two negroes") and "some stock."

Date: March 30, 1846

Item Type: Text

[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]

A letter/petition to Governor E. M. Pease from people in Mountain Valley, who complain about attacks from Native Americans. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.

Date: March 7, 1856

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]

A letter/petition to Governor E.M. Pease from citizens of La Grange on behalf of Dr. John S. Lewellen, a local citizen who had been convicted and fined for betting on an election. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.

Date: March 30, 1856

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker]

A letter to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker regarding possession of a slave. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter.

Date: March 12, 1857

Creator: Corker, J. A.

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]

A draft of a letter from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes.

Date: March 9, 1877

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Photograph of a crowd of people gathered for the cornerstone dedication during the construction of the state Capitol. Some onlookers can be seen sitting and standing on top of the derricks used for the construction.

Date: March 2, 1885

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.274276 -97.740445

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Family group portrait in Riverside Park in San Antonio on Easter. A couple of the men hold drinks (beer?) and one boy holds a gun. There is a horse-drawn carriage and trees in the background.

Date: March 29, 1891

Creator: Jacobson

Item Type: Photograph

Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor

Two men and a little girl at the bar. A rooster is standing on the stool next to the girl. Fulton's was located at 1608 Lavaca St.

Date: March 20, 1897

Item Type: Photograph

The Passing of Black Eagle

A short story set in Texas.

Date: March 1902

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to F.M. Maddox]

Handwritten letter from O. Henry asking F.M. Maddox to loan him $75 to relocate to New York City from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Date: March 18, 1902

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Letter

A Night in New Arabia

Short story set in New York

Date: March 1908

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

The Higher Pragmatism

Short story about a newspaper reporter and a vagrant.

Date: March 1909

Creator: Henry, O., 1862-1910

Item Type: Prose fiction

[Automobile in Austin]

Photograph of an automobile parked at the curb in front of a house in Austin. The vehicle has a woman in the driver's seat, and two children in the back.

Date: March 1913

Item Type: Photograph

[Shiner, Texas]

Photograph of a two-story building in Shiner, Texas. Two people are looking out of the windows at the camera.

Date: March 1913

Item Type: Photograph

Pecos High Bridge

Photograph of an elevated railroad leading up to a distant bridge. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Pecos High Bridge - 320 ft."

Date: March 28, 1914

Item Type: Photograph

[Pecos River Seen from the Pecos High Bridge]

Photograph of the Pecos River from above. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Pecos River from the [Pecos] High Bridge - S.R."

Date: March 28, 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 29.758541 -101.357609

[General Carranza in Juarez, Mexico]

Photograph of a crowd of men, with some on horseback. A note on the back of the photograph describes the situation as, "Gen. Carranza entering Juarez, Mex. at the head of his troops 3-29-14. Gen. C. lifting his hat, notice the cheering crowds of Mexicans."

Date: March 29, 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Juarez Race Track

Photograph of a horse race in Juarez, Mexico. The horses are passing the crowd at the moment of the photograph. Five names of horses are listed in a handwritten note on the back of the photograph.

Date: March 29, 1914

Item Type: Photograph

Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings

This publication documents the investigation of Governor Ferguson conducted by the Investigation Committee including transcripts of interviews, relevant documents, and the findings of the Committee. Index starts on page 531.

Date: March 1917

Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Investigation Committee.

Item Type: Book

[Two Fourth Grade Class Group Portraits]

Photograph of two classes of fourth grade students posing for a portrait.They are both organized into three rows.

Date: March 1917

Item Type: Photograph

Steam shovel in Barton Springs

View of construction of the pool at Barton Springs. A steam shovel and construction equipment.

Date: March 26, 1926

Creator: Jordan Company

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.263937 -97.770589

[Winfred Gustafson and Winning Box Kite]

Photograph of Winfred Gustafson and his winning kite (for largest box kite) at the first kite flying contest.

Date: March 1929

Creator: Jordan Company

Item Type: Photograph

[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."

Date: March 31, 1931

Creator: Potts, Charles S.

Item Type: Text

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[Bill of sale for purchase of Susan, an enslaved woman]

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[Correspondence to Governor E.M. Pease from J.A. Corker]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to President Rutherford B. Hayes]

[Capitol Cornerstone Dedication]

Ostersonntag in Riverside Park

Fulton's Ice Cream Parlor

The Passing of Black Eagle

[Handwritten letter from O. Henry to F.M. Maddox]

A Night in New Arabia

The Higher Pragmatism

[Automobile in Austin]

[Shiner, Texas]

Pecos High Bridge

[Pecos River Seen from the Pecos High Bridge]

[General Carranza in Juarez, Mexico]

Juarez Race Track

Proceedings of Investigation Committee, House of Representatives Thirty-Fifth Legislature: Charges Against Governor James E. Ferguson Together with Findings of Committee and Action of House with Prefatory Statement and Index to Proceedings

[Two Fourth Grade Class Group Portraits]

Steam shovel in Barton Springs

[Winfred Gustafson and Winning Box Kite]

[Correspondence to Carrie Crusemann from Charles S. Potts]