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- [World's Columbian Exposition Calendar]
- Calendar covering from April 1893 to March 1894, illustrated with views of buildings at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, with information on the New York Life Insurance Company. Bound in publisher's illustrated wrappers.
- The M K and T : Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway.
- Map showing location of railway through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Adjoining states also shown. Counties, cities, towns and rivers included. Back of map has text describing the state of Texas and its counties including cultural, industrial, agricultural and geographical highlights. Schedule of train service is included.
- History of Texas, from 1685 to 1892. Volume 1.
- Volume one of a two-volume set, covers Texas history from colonial times to Texas's fight for independence from Mexico.
- [Receipt for taxes paid, January 14, 1890]
- Receipt for taxes paid by P. M. Price on January 14, 1892.
- [Receipt for taxes paid, December 20, 1892]
- Tax receipt for Levi Perryman collected by the City of Montague, Montague County, Texas in 1892.
- [Receipt for taxes paid, December 20, 1892]
- Receipt for taxes paid to Montague County by P. M. Price on December 20, 1892. The total amount paid was $470.00.
- [Republican Ticket]
- Republican ticket for Texas election of 1892.
- [Minutes, Pleas of Guilty, County Court, Cooke County, 1892-1899]
- Ledger from Cooke County, Texas, containing the guilty pleas of suspects, their crimes, and the resulting punishment.
- [Receipt for taxes, December 13, 1892]
- Receipt for state, school, and county taxes collected from C. B. Moore in McKinney Texas.
- [Receipt from A. J. Krause Grocers]
- Receipt from A. J. Krause, Staple and Fancy Groceries of McKinney, Texas that was filled out for C. B. Moore for the purchase of Alfalfa Clover in 1892.
- [Obituary for Aunt Virgie Walsh]
- Obituary for Aunt Virgie Walsh who died leaving only her brother, James Walsh. She was born in Halifax County, Virginia in 1807 and died at the age of 85. There is also an obituary for Belle Lawson of Scottsville, Kentucky who died after surgeons tried to remove a tumor.
- [Letter from Birdie McGee to Linnet Moore, January 17, 1892]
- Letter from Birdie McGee to her cousin, Linnet Moore, talking about the sleet and snow that broke the trees. Her mother did laundry and hung then on the line and they are frozen there still. Her brother Will was going to singing school being taught by Mr. Moncreaf at the school. She got a new blue hat for Christmas. Grandpa has 8 little lambs. She writes to Hattie Love all the time. She went and stayed with Clemmie Albright for several days and went with Alice and Mr. Frank and had a nice time. On the back she wrote her alphabet with a little something about each letter.
- [My Epitaph by Charles B. Moore, February 4, 1892]
- Epitaph written by Charles B. Moore with the perspective of oblivion.
- [Letter from Dinkie and Birdie McGee to Linnet, Charles, and Mary Dodd, July 2, 1892]
- Letter from Dinkie McGee talking about her flowers and garden. She also discusses neighbors, dresses they are making, and a new top buggy. There is also a letter from Birdie McGee to Linnet talking about getting her hat newly trimmed and her mother redoing her embroidered dress. She also mentions a new lounging chair they just purchased for $20.00. Also includes envelope from letter. Stamped on the back is Melissa, Texas July 5, 1893.
- [Letter from Travis Winham to Charles B. Moore, November 12, 1892]
- Letter talks about his job as a typesetter, the death of his brother, Lyke Winham, and his life insurance policy. He discusses the Republican party and its recent nominating convention, including the McKinley Bill. In addition, he discusses religion and the coming of a new Christ that is greatly needed. Also includes the original envelope.
- [Letter from Alice Griffin, Matilda Dodd and Birdie McGee to Linnet Moore, November 18, 1892]
- Letter from Birdie McGee to Linnet Moore in which she says that her teacher's mother is ill and that they have called off school until Monday. She also spent time dressing up a pumpkin and making a doll. A class photograph was taken at her school. Matilda Dodd wrote to Linnet that Birdie's teacher was sick; that it had been very rainy; and that they are waiting to sow the wheat. Alice Griffin wrote about her family's new buggy; the cold weather; and about her improving health.
- [Letter from Birdie McGee to Linnet Moore, December 8, 1892]
- Letter to Linnet Moore in which the writer, Birdie McGee, states that everyone is well. Her school is out because the teacher's mother is so ill that school was dismissed entirely. She has since heard that the mother died. She has started a quilt. She thinks Clemmie Albright looks better in a corset and wants one too.
- [Letter from A. E. Wallace to H. S. Moore, December 10, 1892 ]
- Letter from Abe Wallace to Henry Moore in which Abe asks to borrow $100.00 at 10% interest.
- [Letter from O. A. Carr, December 19, 1892 ]
- Copy of a letter from o. A. Carr in which he gives his views on religion, literature, and Horace Greeley.
- [Letter from Susan H. Nixon to Charles B. Moore, December 24, 1892]
- Letter a letter from Susan H. Nixon, an "old admirer" of Charles B. Moore in which she thanks him for keeping "track of me all these years." She informs him that she likes his epitaph. She is pleased to know that he is married and has a daughter named Linnet.
- [Personal Notebook]
- A notebook containing loose-leaf pages with handwritten text that includes a discussions of American politics and the value of gold and silver as a standard for currency, duties on imported goods, and religion. It also includes at least partial letters to friends from Charles Moore, copies of letters from friends, and some practice in shorthand. There is a cover with an illustration of a fisherman steering a boat on the front, and it says "Pilot."
- [Clipping: Lord Tennyson Dead]
- Newspaper clipping about the death of Lord Alfred Tennyson including biographical information and an account of his death on October 6, 1892 in London. The reverse contains a partial "Farm and Garden" section with reprints from agricultural publications on how to build a sliding farm gate and mud sled, as well as information about feeding horses, pruning trees, docking horses' tails, and the start of a segment on growing mushrooms in caves.
- [Commencement Program for North Texas Normal College, 1892]
- Commencement program for the 1892 class of Junior Scientifics of the North Texas Normal College. The program includes the order of service.
- Scholarship coupons for the Texas Normal College Teachers Training Institute
- Image of scholarship coupons for various courses offered at Texas Normal College Teachers Training Institute. The coupons are printed on a re-purposed diploma. The coupons are good for one regular course in various departments: Teacher's Training, Music, Commercial, and Collegiate. The coupons were sold to J. W. Medlin and signed by College President J. C. Chilton on September 6, 1892.
- [Page 4 of Byrd Williams Sr. album, 1886-1902]
- Scrapbook page featuring a portrait of Charles Williams.