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.
SHH II:A:3:n
September 23, 1861 (Shaw brothers) Letter written by Samuel Shaw to his brother [Harry] from Sandy Creek, Australia. Wages are low and he gets a some work on the reef. He and his brother Edwin are thinking of going to New Zealand to...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:23
Photographed copy of petition of "los habitantes de Texas en convencion" to the "Soberano Congreso General de la Federacion Mexicana," requesting separate statehood for Texas, at that...
SHH II:B:11
P.H. BELL, Washington, May 23, 1856, to Major BOWMAN, requesting that Lieutenant Walter H. STEVENS of the Engineer Corps, recently assigned coast survey duty in California, be allowed to go on with his performance in Texas. 1p. 10 x 7...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:24
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...
Navarro, Jose Antonio; Texas; Mexico; Bexar; legislators
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:34
NAVARRO, JOSE ANTONIO, Texas Mexican legislator and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Document signed, Bexar, October 23, 1837. Deposition taken by Navarro as Justice...
SHH II:B:4
E.M. PEASE, Hartford, May 23, 1834, letter addressed to Major Gideon WELLES, New Haven, CT. Pease regrets that Welles will be unable to accompany him on his trip west. 4pp. 8 x 12
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
DICKERSON, WILLIAM, ADS, San Augustine, March 1866. Petition to the court requesting that a colored girl named Lucinda be bound to the petitioner for a period of eighteen years in exchange...
Tornel, Jose Maria y Mendivil; Mexico; Politics; Texas
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:32
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...
