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GRANT. To: Jeremiah WORSHAM, August 1, 1845. From: Sam HOUSTON, President, Republic of Texas. Granting land in Montgomery County. No. 164, Vol. 2, 1st Class, Signed SAM HOUSTON, also, T. W. WARD, Commissioner. 2pp. 15 x 12 1/2
GRANT. To: Samuel FRENCH , 16 April 1821. From: James MONROE, President of the United States of America. Land in the territory of Arkansas. Signed, JAMES MONROE, also Josiah Meigs, Commissioner. 1pp. 10 1/2 X 9
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License for Henderson YOAKUM to practice law in Republic of Texas, dated December 2, 1845. Signed by M. P. NORTON, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District and witnessed by L. E. DOWNES, Clerk of District Court. 1p. 15 x 12 1/2
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'Map of Texas and the Countries Adjacent.' 1844. U.S. War Department. W.H. Emory. (2 copies).(1 copy encapsulated, copies are different sizes)
Thirty documents represents original papers signed by a number of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300"[among the earliest Anglo settlers]. They were assembled by a rare books dealer for James L. Britton, III, who donated them to SHSU.
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An original document from the era of Spanish conquest. Spanish America, manuscript document, Santiago, 1546. 6 PP. 8 1/2 X 12, * TEXT IN SPANISH.
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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Mexico. Ministerio de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiasticos. Sesion Secular. Circular.El Supremo Poder Ejecutivo me ha dirigido el decreto siguente. 1 p. 8 1/2 x 12. Unidentified, TEXT IN SPANISH.
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Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
GUERRERO, VICENTE. Broadside, Mexico, September 15, 1829. In a landmark decree, unknown to Streeter, Mexico abolishes slavery and becomes the first Western Hemisphere state to do so. 1...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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MIER Y TERAN, MANUEL DE, Mexican Commandant General of the Eastern Provincias Internas, Guia del Pueblo, Matamoros, August 1, 1830, the present work, "the botanical descriptions were...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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VICTORIA, GUADALUPE, President of the Republic of Mexico, Broadside, Mexico City, January 2, 1828. A warning by the Mexican President against those in the Northern Provinces who...
Tornel, Jose Maria y Mendivil; Mexico; Politics; Texas
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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TORNEL, JOSE MARIA y MENDIVIL, Mexican Minister of War during the Texas Revolution. Broadside, Mexico City, July 23, 1836. The decreto announces that families of the Mexican forces captured...
Santa Anna, ANtonio Lopez de; Mexico; Presidents; Generals
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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(SANTA ANNA, ANTONIO LOPEZ DE), President of Mexico and commanding General of the Army. Semanario Politico del Govierno de Nuevo Leon,Vol. 1, No. 7, December 31, 1835. Political "news"...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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As Political Chief of Bexar, Ramon Musquiz was the most powerful Mexican official in Texas and as such made periodic reports to the Mexican Governor on activities in the colony. For a...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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VIESCA, AUGUSTIN, Governor of the State of Coahuila and Texas. Broadside (signed in print), Monclova, April 25, 1835. Executive authority to BENJAMIN MILAM to clear the Colorado River,...
Viesca, Augustin; Mexico; Politics; land grants; Indians of North America; Native peoples of North America; Native peoples of the Americas;
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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VIESCA, AUGUSTINE, Broadside, Monclova, April 18, 1834. It was under the present decreto, intended to reward soldiers for the protection of citizens from hostile indians, that S. M....
