An 1834 bilingual decree issued in the state of Texas y Coahuila, outlining laws for the appointment of constables, sheriffs, judges, and juries and delimiting the powers of each. The document also describes proper trial procedures, various appeals processes, and miscellaneous matters such as the dress of judges.
This letter to Lizzie Johnson features an embossed envelope, discusses several recent marriages, and urges Johnson to visit: "Lizzie come and we'll go around fall in love, flirt and I'll talk for you and you do the same for me and we'll get married before any body knows it but ourselves."
This letter to Lizzie Johnson references the onset of the Civil War (1861-65). The writer expresses surprise that "so dark a cloud would bespread the political horizon of our beloved country. Several companies from near here have left for war."
This excerpt of pages 30-37 of <em>The Ladies' Letter Writer</em> (187-?) provides template for letters of acceptance and rejection of marriage proposals.
This excerpt of pages 22-23 of <em>The Ladies' Letter Writer</em> (187-?) provides a template for a letter of invitation "from a Lady recently married" to a female acquaintance.
The complete title of this 19th-century etiquette handbook is<em> The Ladies' Model Letter-Writer: A Complete Guide to Correspondence on All Subject, With Household Forms</em>. Published during the 1870s by F. Warne and Co. in London, the book includes a comprehensive selection of sample letters for all occasions.
Pages 10 and 11 were joined in top left-hand corner by a straight pin; these are both Lehmberg's French and German classes - he used two pages to list all his students alphabetically. This is a typed page with a watermark 'Requisition Bond'. At the top of the page is 'SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY' and below that is 'Monthly Report Students' Army Training Corps' and then 'Reported by' with 'F. C. A. Lehmberg' written in and then 'Term: Fall...Month of: October'. The page is divided into three columns, the first is 'Last name...Other names,' the next is 'Course and Number,' and the third is 'Numerical Grade'. The names are listed alphabetically, continuing from the previous page. The first is French 1, the next three are French 68, then seven for French 1, five for French 68, three for French one. Then there are 14 names for French 1 starting alphabetically again and one for German 7. The grades range from 70 to 95 with one 'sick'. On the back of the grade report, 'Instructions' for the report are typed at the top.
Georgetown, TX
Pages 10 and 11 were joined in top left-hand corner by a straight pin; these are both Lehmberg's French and German classes - he used two pages to list all his students alphabetically. This is a typed page with a watermark 'Requisition Bond'. At the top of the page is 'SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY' and below that is 'Monthly Report Students' Army Training Corps' and then 'Reported by' with 'F. C. A. Lehmberg' written in and then 'Term: Fall...Month of: Oct'. The page is divided into three columns, the first is 'Last name...Other names,' the next is 'Course and Number,' and the third is 'Numerical Grade'. The names are listed alphabetically. The first 9 are for French 1, than one for German 7, then 11 for French 1, one for German 7, 3 for French 1, one for French 68, four for French 1, and one for French 68. Some names are crossed out and the grades range from 70 to 95. On the back of the grade report, 'Instructions' for the report are typed at the top.
Georgetown, TX
Network visualization of the Michael Reed Papers in which the nodes represent slaveowners and the edges represent enslaved people who are bought, sold, lent, or traded.
