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[Scrap of paper with Jesse Grimes signature]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Piece torn along fold of larger document, seal attached.

Date: July 13, 1838

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Buttonhole cutter

Hand-made t-shaped steel buttonhole cutter with curved bars at top; file marks are still evident

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]

Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County and signed by Governor Sam Houston. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: May 3, 1860

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Stock in Washington County Railroad]

Stock in Washington County Railroad purchased by Y.S. Veazey. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: September 1, 1858

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper

Date: January 15, 1859

Creator: Everett, Richard

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper

Date: January 15, 1859

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper

Date: January 15, 1859

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Sewing frame

Box containing a wooden sewing frame. The lid of the box has a color picture of three girls, two are seated, in a room with draperies. They wear long dresses and are sewing.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers

Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers, turned post decoration 1 on each side of front. Maker's Marks: "Best Six Cord"/Spool Cotton for Hand and Machine/Sewing/J&P Coats/White/ Assorted Colors/Black. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Title of Land to John Adkinson

Original grant signed by Anson Jones with seal of General Land Office (detached)

Date: July 22, 1845

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Rug hooks

Two wooden rug hooks with metal hardware

Date: unknown

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp

Statement prepared by Elijah Stapp--a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence--is a testimony to the claims of S. Hatch for damages and expenses incurred during the Texas revolution.

Date: November 17, 1838

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]

Sarah Zimmerman, descendant of Edward Birch (Burch) granting power of attorney to her agent. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2.

Date: April 4, 1860

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, March 1860]

Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, regarding the sale of some 30 negroes from their uncle's estate. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: March 1860

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey, 1860]

Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey regarding the estate of his uncle, Edward Burch. Lois Jean Cooper Mayer Collection, Supplement 2

Date: 1860

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. "To Emily Grimes Deed of Gift for Negro Girl Lucy."

Date: September 21, 1852

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Southern Literary Messenger. Volume 10, Number 05, May, 1844.

Front cover of the Southern Literary Messenger (Vol. 10, No. 5) which includes the table of contents (prose articles and original poetry).

Date: unknown

Creator: Minor, B. B.

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Medicine brochure]

Booklet about Coltsfoote expectorant, "Come from the Fields and the Forests"; $1.00 a bottle, small booklet with 1 staple to hold it together; printed by T.A. Slocum Co.

Date: 1898

Creator: T. A. Slocum Co.

Item Type: Book

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

A Short Scriptural Catechism, intended for the use of the Methodist Societies

The front and back covers of a Methodist catechism. The back cover (page 60) appears to be part of an index to the rest of the book.

Date: 1811

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Letter to Sam Houston

Manuscript letter to Sam Houston from William G. Hill which is accompanied by the Goliad Declaration of Independence, an eight page manuscript, probably Sam Houston's copy, dated December 20, 1835

Date: December 20, 1835

Creator: Hill, William G.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Elementary Spelling Book

Spelling book

Date: 1835

Creator: Webster, Noah

Item Type: Text

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Peter Parley's Geography for Children: with nine maps and seventy-five engravings.

Front cover of a children's geography book.

Date: 1830~

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

The Good Samaritan. (New York, N.Y.) No. 9, Ed. 1, June 1837

Monthly newspaper from New York, New York that includes advertising for medical cures and letters.

Date: June 1837

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Major General Winfield Scott, at Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

(a) lithograph of Major General Winfield Scott standing at the port of Vera Cruz; (b) dark brown wood frame with decorative square corner pieces.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Artwork

Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

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[Scrap of paper with Jesse Grimes signature]

Buttonhole cutter

[Statement certifying G.M. Mooring as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, May 3, 1860, and signed by Governor Sam Houston]

[Stock in Washington County Railroad]

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 102

Sewing frame

Thread chest, metal knobs, wooden, 6 drawers

Title of Land to John Adkinson

Rug hooks

Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp

[Sarah Zimmerman granting power of attorney to her agent, April 4, 1860]

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to his sister, Sarah Zimmerman, March 1860]

[Letter from Edward S. Burch to Mr. Veazey, 1860]

[Deed of slave Lucy to Emily Grimes]

Southern Literary Messenger. Volume 10, Number 05, May, 1844.

[Medicine brochure]

A Short Scriptural Catechism, intended for the use of the Methodist Societies

Letter to Sam Houston

The Elementary Spelling Book

Peter Parley's Geography for Children: with nine maps and seventy-five engravings.

The Good Samaritan. (New York, N.Y.) No. 9, Ed. 1, June 1837

Major General Winfield Scott, at Vera Cruz March 25, 1847