Box 79
Container
Contains 10 Collections and/or Records:
Album #1: 43 items of Texas Civil War currency from 25 cents to $5. Also includes one railroad ticket from Shreveport, LA to Vicksburg, Miss., 12 Feb 1872.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #2: 43 items of Texas Civil War era currency from 25 cents to $5.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #3: 29 items of Texas and Confederate currency, 1838 to 1862, 25 cents to $100, and T & R R T, $40.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #3: 33 items of Texas and Confederate currency, 1838 to 1862, 25 cents to $100. Also one certificate each for Galveston and Brazos Navigation Co. ($100) and T & R R T ($40).
File — Box: 79, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #4: 55 items of Civil War currency, southern states, but not Confederate or Texas currency, 10 cents to $20.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #5: 31 items of Texas Treasury Warrants, Civil War period, $3 to $100. Includes C.S.A. $1500 bond, Houston, 22 June 1864.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #6: 55 items of Texas Treasury Warrants, Civil War period, $1 to $20. Includes C.S.A. exchange certificate $1200 "old issue", 17 November 1864.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #7: 58 items of Texas Treasury Warrants, Civil War period, $1 to $100. Includes C.S.A. exchange certificate $80 "old issue", 31 March 1865.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #8: 37 items, "shinplasters", Texas and Louisiana, Civil War period, 25 cents to $10.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969
Album #9: 30 items, "shinplasters", Texas, mainly Houston, Civil War period, 12.5 cents to $5. Also includes CSA blank exchange certificate; Amnesty oath, J.D. Andrews, Houston, TX, 13 July 1865; Republic of Texas naturalization certificate for J.D. Andrews, 1 May 1837.
File — Box: 79, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents note
From the Series:
This material was collected by Andrew Forest Muir and dates mainly from the Republic of Texas Era and the U.S. Civil War era, reflecting everyday life through local (county, city, state, Confederate) currency, correspondence, receipts, military orders, and more.
Dates:
ca. 1916-1969