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[Legal Document for the Sale of Two Slaves]

Description: Legal document certifying that James L. Dickson received two negro boys from his mother's estate, though they are "in possession of his Brother David C. Dickson." According to the document David owes James a total of $148 for the slaves "due from David on final settlement."
Date: August 7, 1841
Creator: Massie, J. C.
Partner: Two Rivers Historical Foundation

[Land Sale Record from James H. Mathews to Barry Gillespie]

Description: Official filed record of Sheriff James H. Matthews auctioning off and selling land from the suit of Owen O'Brien vs. Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to the highest bidder, Barry Gillespie.
Date: July 6, 1847
Creator: Matthews, James H.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

United States of America, State of Texas

Description: Contract dictating the withdrawal of $200 for Wilhelmine Meyer from the German Emigration and Rail-Road Company.
Date: January 2, 1847
Creator: German Emigration and Rail-Road Company
Partner: Southwestern University

Vertrag

Description: Contract for an advance from the Adelsverein to Friedrich Schafer, dated October 2, 1845. I states that the Adelsverein paid Schafer 81 Gulden, and outlines Schafer's responsibilities to the Adelsverein in return.
Date: October 2, 1845
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Partner: Southwestern University

Einwanderungs Vertrag

Description: Immigration contract between the Adelsverein and Johann Christoph Schumann, dated October 6, 1845.
Date: October 6, 1845
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Partner: Southwestern University

[Transcript of copy of agreement entered into between Guy M. Bryan and Hempstead and Johnson Esq., June 6, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for an agreement entered into between Guy M. Bryan, Samuel Hempstead and Robert W. Johnson concerning the division of James Bryan's New Madrid claims amongst his heirs. This a copy of a copy of a transcript of the agreement. This copy is faded and difficult to read. (See relation field for the original copy of the transcript of the document.)
Date: June 6, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Affidavit regarding seizure of enslaved people]

Description: An affidavit—related to a legal dispute between enslavers William R. Smith and John W. Cloud ("Smith v. Cloud")—by Sheriff William McMaster regarding his seizure of Grace, an enslaved woman, and her three children.
Date: January 2, 1844
Creator: McMaster, William
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Land Grant Deed

Description: Land grant made out to Marshall B. McKeever.
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Texas
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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