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[Tightrope walker John Devier on Congress Avenue]

Photograph of a crowd gathered to watch a tight rope walker. Caption reads, "Scene on Congress Avenue in 1867, showing exhibition by a tight-rope walker (Devier) across the Avenue from the historic old Avenue Hotel at Eighth and Congress, on East side. The carriage at the left, entering the Avenue, is that of Gov. E. M. Pease (Gov. from 1853-57 and 1867-69)."

Date: 1867

Creator: Jordan-Ellison

Item Type: Photograph

[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.

Date: September 24, 1867

Item Type: Text

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The first 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.

Date: October 29, 1867

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The second 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.

Date: October 31, 1867

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[St. David's Episcopal Church]

Photograph of the exterior of St. David's Episcopal church. There are many people standing outside of the church.

Date: December 19, 1867

Item Type: Photograph

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease, who discusses a massacre/race riot in which African Americans were killed.

Date: July 24, 1868

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The fourth 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.

Date: August 14, 1868

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E. M. Pease]

A letter to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease, who discusses Reconstruction.

Date: 1868-09-18/1868-09-27

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion from around 1869. Taken from a stereoscope view.

Date: 1869

Item Type: Photograph

[View of Austin, TX]

Photograph of a view of Austin, TX taken from the top of a government building.

Date: 1869

Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Item Type: Photograph

Barton Creek Bridge

Photograph of Barton Creek Bridge looking east.

Date: 1870/1890

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.263572 -97.773174

[Carriages at Barton Creek]

Photograph of two horse drawn carriages with several men and women. Barton Creek Bridge is in background.

Date: 1870/1890

Item Type: Photograph

[Front exterior of Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of Texas Governor's Mansion front and south elevation, unpainted brick, with fence and grounds. The upper balcony is not connected to the columns. Built by Abner Cook in 1855 and continuously occupied since 1856. The occupant here in 1870 is Governor Edmund J. Davis. The mansion was declared a Texas historical landmark in 1962 and a National historic landmark in 1970.

Date: 1870

Item Type: Photograph

[Governor's Mansion]

Photograph of the Texas Governor's mansion from around 1870.

Date: 1870

Item Type: Photograph

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The fifth 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.

Date: July 30, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease, August 23, 1870]

The sixth 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.

Date: August 23, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[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.

Date: September 5, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[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.

Date: September 14, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[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.

Date: September 19, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The tenth 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.

Date: October 13, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

The eleventh 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.

Date: November 11, 1870

Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall

Item Type: Letter

[View of Austin, 1871]

Photograph of Austin in 1871.

Date: 1871

Creator: Hillyer, H. B.

Item Type: Photograph

[Train on Waller Creek Bridge]

Photograph of the front view of a steam train paused on the Waller Creek bridge in Austin. Buildings can be seen on both the right and left hand side of the bridge. There are passengers visible on the platform to the left of the train. On the back of the photograph there is a note that reads "With a little steam left this forerunner of a soon-to-be speeding civilization has stopped on the little Waller Creek bridge in Austin to let the passengers from Houston and other points out a the Depot Ho… more

Date: December 25, 1871

Item Type: Photograph

Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873.

The 1872-1873 Austin city directory, "Containing an Interesting History of Austin, the Name and Residence of its Citizens, and Local Information of General Interest." (From the title page.)

Date: 1872

Creator: Gray, S. A & Moore, W. D.

Item Type: Book

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[Tightrope walker John Devier on Congress Avenue]

[Post-Civil-War loyalty oath signed by Judge J.B.M. McFarland]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[St. David's Episcopal Church]

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E.M. Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence to Lucadia Pease from E. M. Pease]

[Governor's Mansion]

[View of Austin, TX]

Barton Creek Bridge

[Carriages at Barton Creek]

[Front exterior of Governor's Mansion]

[Governor's Mansion]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease, August 23, 1870]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[Correspondence from E.M. Pease to Lucadia Pease]

[View of Austin, 1871]

[Train on Waller Creek Bridge]

Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873.