Contains excerpts from the 1870-1871 edition of Murray's City Directory. Included is a history of Houston, information about the first Houston city fair, and a street directory.
Letter from J. Pinckney Henderson to Thomas Bagby, asking Bagby to cancel Henderson's subscription to the newspaper the Wesleyan Banner and pay off any remaining money owed to the paper.
"These three volumes tell the story of a courtship that began between two people who had never seen each other, and lasted for fifty-six years. Most people know this couple as Rev. William and Mrs. Audrey Hoffman Lawson. Audrey wrote to William on...
