Southwestern University Archival Collections - 32 Matching Results

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[Affidavit]

Description: Affidavit sworn by Michael Reed before Gideon Walker stating that Reed paid Moses Cummings in advance for surveying services that were never fulfilled.
Date: March 7, 1842
Creator: Reed, Michael & Walker, Gideon
Partner: Southwestern University

[Correspondence to Rev. T.H.[?] Rees]

Description: Correspondence from an unknown writer to T.H.[?] Rees concerning his/her arrival in Texas, settlement in lands in Burlisson [Burleson] County close to the Brazos River, and teaching in a local school. The writer speaks of a disappointment from an "Isaiah" and asks Rees to reply with the reasoning as to why Isaiah has hurt the writer.
Date: June 20, 1846
Partner: Southwestern University

[Land survey for Michael Reed]

Description: Land survey for M. [Michael] Reed of 369 acres of land issued to him in Robertson County on February 5, 1838; land surveyed July 3, 1848 and certified by F.A. Thomson. On verso is statement by James Howlet certifying the legality of the survey, dated July 25, 1848.
Date: July 3, 1848
Creator: Thomson, F.A.
Partner: Southwestern University

[Letter from W. D. Miller to Mrs. Sam Houston, October 10, 1844]

Description: Letter written by W. D. Miller and sent to Mrs. Sam Houston, care of William Bledsoe. The letter reports on General Houston's progress toward Indian peace talks and also mentions a Dr. Hill (George Washington Hill?), Houston's health, and contains a lively description of Sam Houston Jr. The letter was sent from Washington on-the-Brazos to Mrs. Houston in Grand Cane, Liberty County, Texas.
Date: October 10, 1844
Creator: Miller, W. D. (Washington D.), 1814-1866
Partner: Southwestern University

[Receipt]

Description: Receipt of payment from Wilson Reed, Treasurer of Brazos County, to the Washington County Treasury Department in the amount of $237.50.
Date: February 24, 1843
Creator: Shern[?], James
Partner: Southwestern University

[Receipt]

Description: Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to John Beal Threft in the amount of thirty-five dollars and eighty-seven and a half cents.
Date: May 28, 1841
Creator: Threft, John Beal
Partner: Southwestern University

[Receipt for taxes]

Description: Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to E.W. William in the amount of fifty-nine dollars and ten cents in state tax and fourteen dollars and seventy-seven and 1/2 cents in county tax.
Date: 1842
Creator: William, E. W.
Partner: Southwestern University

[Receipt of payment]

Description: Receipt of payment from Martha and Michael Reed on the account of William Boyles, signed by William M. Prendergast.
Date: September 17, 1844
Creator: Prendergast, William M.
Partner: Southwestern University
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