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[Petition in the Court of Claims, William C. Wright]

Petition filed in the court of claims: William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Tribes of Indians. The subject of the petition is a theft of horses from William C. Wright by members of a Native American tribe. He filed a claim, but it was not fulfilled. A handwritten note on the back of the last page describes a testimony given as part of the case.

Date: July 1, 1891

Item Type: Legal Document

[Photograph of Twins with Ponies]

Photograph of twin children, both wearing white suits and hats, one standing next to a pony with a dog nearby, and the other sitting on a pony.

Date: 1899~

Creator: Williams Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.

Date: 1898

Item Type: Legal Document

[First Grade Class of Stonewall Jackson School]

Photograph of the first graders of the Stonewall Jackson School. The teacher, standing in the back, is Miss Maggie McNeil (Mrs. C. C. Yancey), and the students are: (left to right) first row: Fred Collins, Sidney Lacy, Lloyd Garrison, Lucille Redmond, Jennie Mae McNeill, Josie Fulmer, Mary Fox, Odessa Peters (or Peterson), and Ethel Masters; middle row: Olive Collins, Finley Hare, Robert Wheeler, Bruce Wheeler, Richard Ashby, Carl Cunningham, Will Grube, Jack Skiles, Frank Wheeler, Joe Pratt, a… more

Date: 1899

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright]

Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright, wearing a white dinner gown trimmed with possibly chenille or lace. The sleeves of the dress have small puffs at the shoulders. She is standing with her left hand on her hip, wearing fingerless mitts.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Jones Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Henry B. Selby]

Portrait of Henry B. Selby with a white beard and wearing a suit and Albert watch chain.

Date: 1890~

Creator: Kirkness Studio

Item Type: Photograph

[Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater]

Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater with a thick beard and wearing a suit and tie. Richard was a farmer living in Garden Valley, Texas, at the time this photograph was taken. He and his wife, Margaret Almeda Harpole, had twelve children.

Date: [1890..1900]

Item Type: Photograph

[Scrapbook Page: Chain Gang]

Scrapbook page with a photograph of several men standing in a loose semi-circle, with two hounds in the foreground. Horses hitched to wagons are visible in the background. A handwritten note below the image says "About 60 yrs ago, people who were picked up and put in jail worked their fines out by working on the roads. They were chained together while they worked. And bloodhounds were carried along. (This picture brot. [sic] by the "Rose Twins" Bertie & Myrtle, 1960)." We think that this mi… more

Date: [1890,1900]

Item Type: Text

North Ward Class of 1899]

Photograph of the North Ward School building in Denton, Texas, with the entire student body standing in front of the school. The photograph was taken in 1899.

Date: 1899~

Item Type: Photograph

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[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

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[Portrait of Mary Myrtle Wright]

[Portrait of Henry B. Selby]

[Portrait of Richard Wesley Prater]

[Scrapbook Page: Chain Gang]

North Ward Class of 1899]