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[Bill for the Hôtel du Parc, October 12, 1843]

Bill for approximately nine days of food and lodging at the Hotel du Parc.

Date: October 1843

Creator: Hôtel du Parc

Item Type: Text

[Bill for wickerwork wares and hats]

Bill for wickerwork wares and hats lined with fur.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

[Blank page]

Blank except for a few figures in ink.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

[Blätter aus dem Buche der Weisheit]

Clipping with sayings about life. On reverse is a partial illustration of a scene in Valparaiso with a description and a guide for foreigners who visit the Andes.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Booklet about medicine and pharmaceuticals]

Excerpt from a booklet about medical and pharmaceutical matters, including lists of pharmaceutical terminology and how to write prescriptions.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Booklet containing cures for various conditions, 1784-1823]

Various efficient cures and remedies for diseases and cattle plagues taken from newspapers.

Date: 1784/1823

Item Type: Text

Booklet of verse containing poems in French and German. Titles include: "Manners, a poem", "The Little Man Who's Piss'd", "I am a woman by nature", "Weep with me oh you nightly still rhymes" (signed by R.L.), "A heart that is suffering torment", "Love note", "Having once young man chosen the friends of your beloved", "What are you missing, oh my heart", and a poem from an unknown woman addressed to Wilhelm.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Pamphlet

[A Candle to Burn All Night]

Clipping containing small factoids, jokes, and anecdotes, including how to make a candle burn longer.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Certain Cure for Corns]

Receipt (prescription) for a cure for corns by Mrs. M. W. Graves.

Date: unknown

Creator: Graves, Mrs. M. W.

Item Type: Text

[Chart showing days of the months, 1832]

Chart showing days of the months and which day of the year they correspond to. Dated 1832. Table of days & numbers, from the 1st January to the 30th June.

Date: 1832

Item Type: Text

Charter, Rules and By-Laws of the San Antonio Board of Trade

Pamphlet detailing the Charter, Rules and By-Laws of the San Antonio Board of Trade. Included are the Articles of Incorporation and names of board officers.

Date: 1872

Creator: San Antonio Board of Trade

Item Type: Pamphlet

[Citronen als Diätetisches Heilmittel]

Clipping detailing the medicinal use of lemons as previously published in The Lancet. Includes recipes for lemonade and similar substances. Advertisements on reverse.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping from Courrier D'Alsace, Cinquiéme année, No. 118]

Clipping from a newsletter dated October 1, 1846 that includes a letter from Huth & Co stating that Texas has good soil, the climate is healthy and all are thriving and states that Pfanner must have been motivated by something other than truth to say such bad things about Texas in his previously published letter. The writer goes on to explain the process of distributing land and refrains from explaining why Pfanner's last letter was written from Mexico and not Texas. Sign by Huth & Co. on Septe… more

Date: October 1, 1846

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping in German with a poem about beer and account of a hunting trip]

Clipping with a poem about drinking beer. Reverse side is an account of a hunting trip.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping regarding Adolphus and Angelina's engagement]

Clipping regarding Adolphus and Angelina's engagement.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Clipping

[Clipping with article by Hr. Castro, February 24, 1846]

Parts of a newspaper, possibly published in Mannheim by Fr. Moritz H‚hner. Announcements dated between February 25 and March 2, 1846. Article by Hr. Castro signed on February 24, 1846 in Antwerp.

Date: 1846

Item Type: Clipping

[Concerning the colonization of Texas, August 21, 1846]

Newspaper clipping regarding the colonization of Texas.

Date: August 21, 1846

Item Type: Clipping

[Confidential document addressed to Ferdinand Louis Huth from Henri Castro, October 25, 1843]

Confidential document addressed to [Ferdinand] Louis Huth from H[enr]i Castro informing Huth what he should do if the representatives in Galveston and San Antonio are not there to meet him. Signed Hi. Castro on October 25, 1843 from Antwerp.

Date: October 25, 1843

Creator: Castro, Henri

Item Type: Text

[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844]

Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell regarding passage to Texas. Signed by all parties on March 22, 1844 in Neufreystaedt.

Date: March 22, 1844

Item Type: Legal Document

[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844, negative copy]

Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell regarding passage to Texas. Signed by all parties on March 22, 1844 in Neufreystaedt. Negative copy.

Date: March 22, 1844

Item Type: Legal Document

[Contract between Huth and Castro, November 20, 1844]

Document putting forth the contract between Huth and Castro detailing what is expected of Huth and what Castro will give him in return for services rendered. Signed Hr. Castro and Louis Huth in Castroville on November 20, 1844.

Date: November 20, 1844

Item Type: Legal Document

[Contract between Huth and Castro, November 20, 1844]

Date: November 20, 1844

Item Type: Legal Document

The Cosmopolitan Hand-book of Rules and Tables

Educational book about business and agriculture. Includes tables for conversions of various weights and measures, population and census data, information for making purchases and sales in agriculture, and business advice, along with an extensive section of advertisements.

Date: 1884

Creator: Coryell, E. E.

Item Type: Book

Courrier D'Alsace. Cinquiéme année, No. 103, August 27, 1846

Newsletter dated August 27, 1846 with a letter from Vicar Pfanner. The newsletter has requested the truth about the settlement in Texas. He states that it is a beautiful country, but hot and dry and while some crops do well, people fare poorly because of fevers. He claims that the population of Texas is drawn from the dregs of humanity. He recommends that people not consider settling in Texas. The letter and other articles are translated into German.

Date: August 27, 1846

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

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[Bill for the Hôtel du Parc, October 12, 1843]

[Bill for wickerwork wares and hats]

[Blank page]

[Blätter aus dem Buche der Weisheit]

[Booklet about medicine and pharmaceuticals]

[Booklet containing cures for various conditions, 1784-1823]

[Booklet of Verse]

[A Candle to Burn All Night]

[Certain Cure for Corns]

[Chart showing days of the months, 1832]

Charter, Rules and By-Laws of the San Antonio Board of Trade

[Citronen als Diätetisches Heilmittel]

[Clipping from Courrier D'Alsace, Cinquiéme année, No. 118]

[Clipping in German with a poem about beer and account of a hunting trip]

[Clipping regarding Adolphus and Angelina's engagement]

[Clipping with article by Hr. Castro, February 24, 1846]

[Concerning the colonization of Texas, August 21, 1846]

[Confidential document addressed to Ferdinand Louis Huth from Henri Castro, October 25, 1843]

[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844]

[Contract between Henri Castro and Anthony Gsell, March 22, 1844, negative copy]

[Contract between Huth and Castro, November 20, 1844]

[Contract between Huth and Castro, November 20, 1844]

The Cosmopolitan Hand-book of Rules and Tables

Courrier D'Alsace. Cinquiéme année, No. 103, August 27, 1846