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[Receipt for Ziza Moore from J. M. Fox, July 21, 1870]

County tax receipt for Ziza Moore from J. M. Fox, Deputy of Collin County, Texas for $7.75.

Date: July 21, 1870

Creator: Fox, J. M.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Receipt for Charles B. Moore from the Boston Investigator, December 24, 1873]

Receipt from J. P. Mendum of the Boston Investigator to Charles B. Moore of McKinney, Texas for $5.00.

Date: December 24, 1873

Creator: Mendum, J. P.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Receipt for Charles B. Moore from the Boston Investigator, September 25, 1874]

Receipt from J. P. Mendum of the Boston Investigator to Charles B. Moore of McKinney, Texas for $3.10.

Date: September 25, 1874

Creator: Mendum, J. P.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[State and County Tax Receipt for Charles B. Moore, October 5, 1875]

State and county tax receipt issued from Collin County Sheriff, G. R. Yautis, to Charles B. Moore for $35.60, "in payment of taxes for the year of 1875" (top of receipt).

Date: October 5, 1875

Creator: Yautis, G. R.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Receipt for Charles B. Moore from Foote and Herndon Retail Druggists, February 17, 1876]

Receipt from Foote & Herndon, Retail Druggists to Charles B. Moore of McKinney, Texas for $1.70. Moore purchased raw sienna, umber, turpentine, and copal varnish.

Date: February 17, 1876

Creator: Foote & Herndon

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Receipt for Charles B. Moore from McKinney, Texas Post Office, January 1, 1876]

Receipt from Jas. W. Thomas, McKinney Texas Post Master, to Charles B. Moore for $2.00.

Date: January 1, 1876

Creator: Thomas, Jas. W.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Payments from Washburn Brown & Grier to C. B. Moore and H. S. Moore]

Payments from Washburn Brown & Grier to C. B. Moore and H. S. Moore for day labor. Watermark on paper: "Erasable; Plover Bond; 25% Cotton Fiber; USA"

Date: 186X

Creator: Moore, Charles B.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A Thank You Letter]

A letter from "The Fourth Graders" to a Mr. Snapp for letting them visit his gin. Watermark on paper: "Erasable; Plover Bond; 25% Cotton Fiber; USA"

Date: 186X

Creator: The Fourth Graders

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Some Things To Try

A list of home remedies for common ailments. Note at tope: "(Newspaper clipping)". Watermark on paper: "Erasable; Plover Bond; 25% Cotton Fiber; USA"

Date: 186X

Creator: Moore, Charles B.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Poem written by Mocking bird Tobe to his mate Florence]

A love poem from a mockingbird to his wife. Watermark on paper: "Erasable; Plover Bond; 25% Cotton Fiber; USA"

Date: 186X

Creator: Moore, Charles B.

Item Type: Poem

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[County Tax Receipt for C. B. Moore from G. R. Yautis, April 20, 1872]

County tax receipt for C. B. Moore from G. R. Yautis, Sheriff and tax collector for Collin County, Texas. The amount of $8.20 was paid for public school taxes in Collin County.

Date: April 20, 1872

Creator: Yautis, G. R.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[County Tax Receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, April 20, 1872]

County tax receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, Sheriff and tax collector for Collin County, Texas. The amount of $5.75 was paid for public school taxes in Collin County.

Date: April 20, 1872

Creator: Yautis, G. R.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[State and County Tax Receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, October 5, 1875]

State and county tax receipt for Ziza Moore from G. R. Yautis, Sheriff of Collin County, Texas, for $26.30.

Date: October 5, 1875

Creator: Yautis, G. R.

Item Type: Text

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Parts of Letters - 2 Items

Parts of letters from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory

Item Type: Letter

Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections

Collage: Flag of Texas Hunters, Two men and a Woman during the Civil War period

[Collage of the Flag of Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards surrounded by portraits of two men, one in Confederate uniform and a woman depicted during the Civil War period. The woman has been identified as Eudora Carolina Perry and the man as Robert Ross Wright] Newspaper clipping information: "The [Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards] flag is the handiwork of a group of young ladies of Marshall and Harrison County and was presented to the Texas Hunters and Marshall Guards on the occasion of th… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from M. L. Durant to Mr. Prewet]

Letter from M. L. Durant to Mr. Prewet discussing the possible purchase of slaves from M. L. Durant.

Date: unknown

Creator: Durant, M. L.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Ambrotype of an unknown woman and child]

Photograph of an ambrotype photograph of an unknown woman and a child in an case. It was in the belongings of Byrd Moore Williams upon moving to Texas from Tennessee, and only has the word "Johnson" on it.

Date: 1850/1870

Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Sr.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

"Standing Committees of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas" (1875)

Standing Committees of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas

Date: 1875

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Harrison Saunders Murdock]

Photograph of Harrison Sanders Murdock. He was born 12 January 1887 and died 17 December 1922. He had 2 wives, the first being Martha Cannady Brimberry Murdock, who died in 1873, and the second being Mary E. Dotson Murdock, who died on 1 April 1943. They are all three buried at the Murdock Cemetery, Houston County Texas, along with many other members of their family. This photograph was found among the papers of the Conaway family that were donated to the Palestine Public Library some years ago. more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Palestine Public Library

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, March 4, 1858]

Transcript of a letter to David W. Fentress from his mother, Maud, discussing the receipt of his letter and his arrival at Prairie Lea; a request for Frank to write a letter informing Maud of his travels; a discussion of sending information and gifts; a brief discussion about marriage and gifts;a dialogue concerning "Episcopacy or Pickett"; news about the weather; the affect of the weather on the planting of crops; a discussion of real estate; a brief mention of Maud's health; a request for inf… more

Date: March 4, 1858

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress - August 4, 1859]

Transcript of a letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David Fentress discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee and it includes: a marriage between Jimmie and Mary Tate which would take place on August 25, 1859, the couple's plans for their honeymoon, and their plans to board with Maude; a discussion of gifts made by Maude for her granddaughter (David's daughter); reports of the weather and its affect on the crops; a discussion about David's delayed visit; a discussion about the health of Eva Po… more

Date: August 4, 1859

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, September 6, 1859]

Transcript of a letter is from Maud C. Fentress to her son David discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee and it includes: sending Kate off to school in Nashville,Maud's feelings about her children growing up, receiving Mary Tate's letter from White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, a dialogue about her stolen chickens,a conversation about Sallie starting school with Miss Hunt as her teacher and information about Jimmie and Willie's schooling, news about the weather,news about 'Aunt Mag' and her trip t… more

Date: September 6, 1859

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to Clara Fentress, August 30, 1862]

Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife, Clara recounting the news of the war; his movements; his assessment of the territory he has crossed and whether it would be good farm land; his and his friends health; what is being eaten; and finally declaring his devoted love for his wife and family.

Date: August 30, 1862

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, July 18, 1863]

Transcript of a letter written by David Fentress to his wife Clara in which he tries to set the record straight on his relationships with other women before their marriage. He was also concerned about the corn crop and the state of the garden. He writes down what he has read about President Lincoln's recently published proclamation that would take freed slaves and allow them to fight in the northern army (possibly the Emancipation Proclamation).

Date: July 18, 1863

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections