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Property taxes paid to the state and county by Mary Jones, 1858

Receipt documenting property tax paid by Mary Jones for the year 1858. Includes list of property.

Date: 1858

Item Type: Text

Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections

Preliminary chart of San Luis Pass, Texas

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes texts "Sailing directions," and "Tidal remarks." "Sketch 1, no. 4." "No. 40."

Date: 1853

Creator: United States Coast Survey

Item Type: Map

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Preliminary chart of entrance to Brazos River, Texas / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A. Bache ; triangulation by J.S. Williams ; topography by J.M. Wampler ; hydrography by the parties under the command of E.J. De Haven & J.K. Duer.

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes text on sailing directions and tides.

Date: 1858

Creator: United States Coast Survey

Item Type: Map

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Della and Therese Wilson in a carriage in front of home in Brazoria, TX]

Photo postcard. Della and Therese Wilson in carriage in front of home in Brazoria, TX. Two dark horses are hitched to a buggy with two women passengers. A white, wooden story and a half house with white picket fence is in the background.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Peach Point School in Brazoria County, Texas]

Photograph (copy) of Peach Point School in Brazoria County, Texas. Group of students standing/sitting in front of an open doorway of an unpainted wooden building with a sign above doorway that reads: PEACH POINT SCHOOL NO. 1. GULF PRAIRIE DIST. 20. Trees in background to left of photo. White areas in top, right of photo. Scanned image and dimensions are of copy.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Postcard of Oyster Creek]

Postcard of Oyster Creek, with thick foliage growing along bank seen in center of photo. Smoke stacks of mill visible in right background.

Date: 1909

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to his son, May 28, 1836]

Lorenzo de Zavala to his son, reporting that, at personal sacrifice, he has agreed to escort Santa Anna to Veracruz, as a service to Texas. Also discussed land and money transactions with Colonel Lamar and other family matters and finances. Velasco, Texas, May 28, 1836.

Date: May 28, 1836

Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, June 5, 1836]

Letter from Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna to Francisco Pizarro Martinez, from Velasco, Texas.

Date: June 5, 1836

Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries

[Cowboy Willie Thomas Participating in Bull Riding Competition at a Rodeo]

Photograph (copy) of an African-American cowboy, Willie Thomas, participating in bull riding competition at a rodeo. The photographer's signature is at the bottom: "Jim Crainer". The "J" in his first name has a hat drawn at the top and a face in the middle. There is a smile face drawn below the name "Jim." Willie Thomas is wearing boots, dark pants with dark colored fringed chaps, white pinstripe shirt, and white cowboy hat. There is a wooden gate in left background with two cowboys sitting on … more

Date: unknown

Creator: Crainer, Jim

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Church in Angleton]

The interior at Christmas at a church in Angleton, TX. From the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph