Browse Items (241 total)

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  Denkschrift [Memorandum]

  Memorandum concerning the status of the Society and the conditions in Texas and the promise of future German emigration there.
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  [Hoch Family Home]

  Photograph of the Hoch Family Home, originally constructed by Valentine Hoch.
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  [Valentine Hoch]

  Photograph possibly of Valentine Hoch.
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  [Martha Schwab Cunningham and Baby]

  Photograph of Martha Schwab Cunningham and her Baby.
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  [Theodore William Hoch and Molly Schwab and their children]

  Photograph of Theodore William Hoch and Molly Schwab and their children
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  [Map of Texas]

  Map of Texas, date unknown.
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  Vertrag [Contract of advance]

  A contract between Friedrich Schafer(?) and the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas for an advance of 81 Gulden.
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  Texas, New Mexico, and Indian Territory

  Map of Texas, New Mexico and Indian Territory (modern day Oklahoma).
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  [Record of payment from Michael Reed for the imprisonment of a runaway slave named Edmond]

  Receipt of payment from Michael Reed for jail and legal fees totaling $24.35, charged for the imprisonment of Edmond, a slave to Reed who had run away, and the release of Edmond back to Reed.
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  Michael Reed Bill of Sale for Selvy

  Bill of sale for a woman around 23 years old named Selvy, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by his son Wilson Reed and signed October 26, 1835.