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[Receipt from Daly, Miller, & Co. for Cattle Purchase]

Description: Receipt for A. D. Kennard's purchase of 16 cattle and some hay. A handwritten note at the bottom of the receipt appears to say "We have steady market. Prospects fair. Cable not quite heavy enough."
Date: May 7, 1884
Creator: Daly, Miller, & Co.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition: Certificate of Award]

Description: Certificate of award from The Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition awarded to T. V. Munson on May 30, 1885 for "Best Exhibit of Grape Vines, including types of native and foreign species, with hybrids and crosses growing in pots."
Date: May 30, 1885
Creator: Breawl, I. A.
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Note Regarding Property Boundaries]

Description: Handwritten note by Joseph Nussbaum of Mexia, Texas describing the boundaries of a property and providing the names of owners of surrounding properties.
Date: May 19, 1884
Creator: Nussbaum, Joseph
Partner: Rosenberg Library

[Certificate of Award: Best Exhibition of Grape Vines, 1885]

Description: Certificate awarding a "first degree of merit" to T. V. Munson for "Best Exhibit of Grape Vines" at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition. The text is surrounded by a decorative border and by illustrations of Native Americans with a shield and a bald eagle (center, top) and of a group of Greek women (center, bottom).
Date: May 30, 1885
Partner: Dallas Historical Society

[H. Kempner, Fine, Horseback Speed Ticket]

Description: Transcription and two copies of court record no. 116, The Mayor, Aldermen and Harris Kempner, in which Kempner was charged with the offense of "running through the streets of Houston on horseback at a rate quicker than 5 miles an hour." Kempner was brought into court and, after evidence was presented, ordered to pay a fine of $5.00 plus the cost of the court for this offense.
Date: May 1888
Creator: Ander, William
Partner: Rosenberg Library
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