Letter from Sam Houston to an unknown recipient. Houston discusses plans to experiment with concrete while visiting Cedar Point on Galveston Bay. Houston asks his recipient for his thoughts on the cotton trade.
Letter from Sam Houston to Thomas M. Bagby. Houston asks Bagby to send him statements from several accounts of what he owes. Houston also implores Bagby to make the man renting Houston's house pay in advance.
Letter from William Mellen at the Bureau of Conscriptions office of the Confederate States of America, to Captain Richard Greene, Jr., concerning the end of the Civil War, including the reactions of the people in the American South to Abraham...
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Soule, to Lieutenant W.F. Blackman regarding a temporary consolidation of two companies, and the reorganization of Captains, Lieutenants and remaining officers. Lt. Col. Soule asks Lt. Blackmon what should be...
Nominations of Barnard E. Bee as Minister Plenepotentiary and Nathaniel Amory as Secretary of Legation by Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar. Results of the confirmation process on the reverse.
Contract for a 12 month employment of Thomas M. Bagby to act as an agent for James S. Holman, trustee of the estate of A. C. Allen. Mr. Bagby was paid two thousand dollars for his services.
Legal document granting Thomas M. Bagby the right to represent A. C. Allen for deed transfer. The deed transferred two-thirds of nine leagues of land from A.C. Allen to William J. Kyle, the owner of the other third of land.
Deed transferring lot 6 in Block 43 in Houston from Thomas M. League to Thomas M Bagby. Second document transfers the lot from the estate of Edmund Osborn to Thomas M. League on November 27, 1841. Osborn's estate lost the land due to unpaid taxes...
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Terry Hershey's interest in the environment contributed to making her an advocate for the conservation of nature. Her venture into the parks and recreation field, fighting against destroying vegetation,led her to raise...
