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11 February 1847
Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company
Stock transfer certificates of the Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company
Partially printed documents assigning share to NY Attorney Stephen Whitney
GLC02756.05
29 April 1847
GLC02756.06
18 July 1848
Moore, John, 1826-1907
To Richard
Excerpts: 18 July 1848: "I am still quite well notwithstanding I have for two or three weeks undergone much fatigue and have been broken of my regular sleeping hours. The health of the country does not seem to improve in the least. Cholera is still...
GLC04192.01
16 June 1851
To Mary
Excerpt: 16 June 1851: "Soon after my arrival I visited the Crystal Palace. This is a miniature world, where you may see people of every nation; and their advancement in the arts may be learned from the specimens of workmanship which they are here...
GLC04192.02
08 August 1851
GLC04192.03
15 April 1852
GLC04192.04
2 August 1852
Excerpt: 2 August 1852: "The county was generally beautiful; many parts of it exceedingly so - naturally fertile but many parts poorly cultivated and every part filled with wretchedness, starvation and beggary - owing in part to an unjust and...
GLC04192.05
16 May 1851 - 27 July 1851
Diary of John Moore
Excerpt: Diary entries 12 June 1852: "The Tower has been so often described that it is unnecessary to enter into any description of it. There is no place in the world, perhaps where one can see so many specimens of all the varieties of arms that...
GLC04192.06
14 July 1810
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
My Dear and Beloved Son
To Benjamin Lincoln Lear
GLC07827.01
23 October 1811
To Benjamin Lincoln Lear Small tear where seal was opened
GLC07827.02
5 June 1812
Lear, Benjamin Linclon, fl. 1812
My Dear Uncle
To Samuel Storer Esqiure
GLC07827.03
22 October 1812
My Dear and Honored Grandmother
To Mary Lear
GLC07827.04
26 October 1812
To John L. Storer Esqiure
GLC07827.05
02 July 1812
By His Excellency
A Certificate of good health for travel from Gibraltar to Algiers
GLC07827.06
11 April 1758
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
to Captain John North
GLC07901.01
15 April 1758
to Brigadier Monckton
GLC07901.02
23 January 1760
to Col. John Thomas
GLC07901.03
31 March 1750
Coldon, fl. 1750
to Ja Hamilton
GLC07901.04
29 September 1762
Monckton, Robert, fl. 1762
to John Tabor
GLC07901.05
17 February 1944
Weiner, Sylvia, 1912-2008
to Morris "Moe" Weiner
V-Mail. Sylvia rushed after dinner to N.Y. Union Headquarters, only to find that she had gone on the wrong night. So she dashed over to the movies with Ben and Mad [sister and her boyfriend]. Says another week has slipped away; but February 22nd...
GLC09414.0165
21 February 1944
Sylvia is happy that Moe shared his furlough in London with her in his letters, and is happy because the next day is a holiday-glad George Washington was born for many reasons. Is listening to Music to Read By [WQXR] and hears "The Merry Widow Waltz...
GLC09414.0170
1961
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963
The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
GLC09528
1942
War Manpower Commission
Americans All
US government printing office O-476311. Features men working on a tank surrounded by surnames of European origins. also features a quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt "... it is the duty of employers and labor organizers to provide for the full...
GLC09530
1829
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
Translation of the laws, orders, and contracts,on Colonization
Stephen F. Austin. Translation of the Laws, orders, and contracts on colonization... in Texas.... San Felipe de Austin, Texas: Printed by Godwin B. Cotten, November 1829. 71 p. (Translated with S. M. Williams, p.26.) [With 3 newsclippings pasted...
GLC02753.01
1831
Address to the Reader of the Documents
Address to the reader of the documents relating to the Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company.... New-York: Printed by G. F. Hopkins & Son, January 1, 1831. 38, 69 p. (Annotated.)
GLC02753.02
9 February 1944
V-Mail: No time or place noted. Sylvia says she doesn't like the V-mails and hopes that's not unpatriotic of her. She prefers writing on paper at home because there are less distractions and it feels more "real." Notes the "lousy' weather, and...
GLC09414.0154
Sylvia comments on fact that the letter is in pencil, has nothing else to write with at her mother's. Wanted to get to bed early, but her parents had to go to see Aunt Fanny who is very ill and she had to stay at her parents' and watch (her nephew)...
GLC09414.0155
10 February 1944
V-Mail: Written at work. Sylvia saw a film at work and then they were let go at 1:00 PM because there was no heat. She and a co-worker, Ruth, went to the Brooklyn Paramount and saw Preston Sturges' "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek." She will be going...
GLC09414.0156
Sylvia went to the Draft Board, interviewed a schizophrenic type who is "anxious, pessimistic and self deprecating." She hopes she can get her "B" gasoline ration status back because of her connection with the Draft Board. Reports that most people...
GLC09414.0157
11 February 1944
V-Mail: Sylvia plans to shovel her driveway. Her supervisor at work just has found out that her husband's pre-induction notice is waiting at home for him. Tells him she is ready for whatever comes and is going to Rose Haber's tomorrow and will be...
GLC09414.0158
Sylvia has heard that London is being bombed and is afraid for him. Says Fascism is rearing its ugly head [in the United States]. Both Houses passed the Anti-Subsidy Bill and Roosevelt's veto is expected. She also went to Prospect Park [Brooklyn] to...
GLC09414.0159
12 February 1944
Sylvia got up and had french toast, and never shoveled the walk.; a kid did it. The car is marooned and she won't be able to get it out. She is meeting friends at the Chesapeake restaurant at Madison and 34th Street [Manhattan] for dinner. Discusses...
GLC09414.0160
13 February 1944
Sylvia reports that her parents have gone out and she is watching [her nephew] David. After dinner last night, went to the theater, got out at 11:15PM and tried to get a cab in the freezing weather. Later they went to her friend Rose's house. Rose's...
GLC09414.0161
14 February 1944
Sylvia is sad that it is Valentine's Day and Moe is not with her; but has received his flowers and poem. She was going to go over to the Selective Service Board after work, but it was raining too hard. Her Dad is very ill, but getting away to Florida...
GLC09414.0162
15 February 1944
Sylvia says that while she is convinced that Moe has confidence in her judgment in regard to the use of the car; she has always felt that the car and its use must be subject to his okay. Says she still might be able to get a "B" gasoline ration...
GLC09414.0163
February 16, 1944
Sylvia Reports on family. She went to the Selective Service Board. Talked about the draftees they have seen and the hard job that the Board has had and the toll it's taken on their health. Had a series of "screwballs" in Intake at work. One 82 year...
GLC09414.0164
18 February 1944
V-Mail. Sylvia claims it was a lovely day and a little warmer. Still has no mail from Moe. Reports on friends he asked about in one of his last letters. Had to interview someone at work, between the malcontents who are all that is left at work...
GLC09414.0166
Sylvia stopped at Bess' house on her way home from Moe's Mom's. Draws pictures of how she went to work and served breakfast at the canteen for Allied War Relief. Shows her working in Intake. Then goes to his mother's for dinner, stops at Bess M's...
GLC09414.0167
19 February 1944
Sylvia is concerned that Moe is kept informed of current issues and hopes he is receiving the subscription to PM that she sent to him. Talks about what is going on in Congress. Was supposed to go out today [Saturday] and hand out leaflets to the...
GLC09414.0168
20 February 1944
Sylvia's guests have just left and she recounts what their routine was whenever they had company. This was a Sunday and she plans all week what she will get done on Sundays and then does nothing. Got up late and re-packed a package for Moe; because...
GLC09414.0169
1860
Various
[Collection of letters to George Driver][Decimalized .01-.34]
A collection of letters and quotations sent to George Driver by his family and friends. Most of the items are bible quotes or poems from his mother Susan and sister Susie. Possibly all sent to Driver during an expedition to Zanzibar that he...
GLC09529
1866
Holland, J.G., 1819-1881
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
With inscription from Marcus A, Feinstein 1899-1971 born Tiflis, Russia "To my daughter on her 21st birthday He is why I came to America your father"
GLC09531
1840-1862
Ward, Thomas W., fl. 1842-1862
[Receipt for Muslin]
Thomson Gregory DS Receipt for Dr. Hull re: Muslin. n.d. 1 p.
GLC02145.80.01
6 July 1840
[Certifying land purchase]
Jas H. Starr DS Certifying land purchase of Edward C. Smithson, 7/6/1840. 2 p.
GLC02145.80.02
29 July 1840
[Receipt for Ward]
Receipt for Ward from Hyslop & Brother 1/29/1841. 1 p. + docket.
GLC02145.80.03
28 August 1845
[Statement of account]
John Ford (Dr.). DS, Statement of account 8/28/1845. 1 p. + docket.
GLC02145.80.04
20 October 1845
[Receipt from T.W. House to T. W. Ward]
Receipt from T.W. House to T. W. Ward. 10/20/1845. 1 p.
GLC02145.80.05
[Receipt for R. Lockart]
Receipt 10/21/1845 for R. Lockart. 1 p.
GLC02145.80.06
21 October 1845
[Receipt for sugar and brandy]
Receipt for sugar and brandy from Rice & Nichols. 10/21/1845. 1 p.
GLC02145.80.07
[DS Receipt]
Wm O. Thomas DS Receipt 10/21/1845. 1 p.
GLC02145.80.08
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