Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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YERGER, SAMUEL, ADS, Galveston, June 16, 1847. Petition for the recovery of slaves "named George and John who... were fraudulently and clandestinely removed...from...
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William S. PETERS, Cincinnati, May 24, 1847, second letter to Robert OWEN, Esquire, London, England, describing the advantages of PETERS COLONY. 4pp. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2
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....
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,...
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...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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VERAMENDI, JUAN MARTIN de. Lista que Manifiesta el prestamo y Donativo Voluntario que en reales y efectos han hecho los Pueblos del Estado para el Establecimiento de la Fabrica de...
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(e) Copy of a "Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation", between the Republic of Texas and the United States of America. Concluded and signed by James Reily , Charge D'Affaires of the Republic of Texas and Daniel Webster, Secretary...
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...
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, April 14, 1836. Of this historic document Streeter writes "this decree was passed...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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TOM, JOSEPH, ADS, Austin Colony, August 11, 1843. Promissory note to W. Pinchard pledging "two gentle cows and calves or twenty dollars" for the hire of his negro...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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THOMPSON, JESSE, DS, Fort Bend County, January 16, 1843. Petition for the sale of personal property of Jesse Thompson, dec'd, "except negroes" and appending a list of the negroes...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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THOMAS, J.D., DS, San Augustine, March 29, 1847. Account of Negro Hire of Negroes belonging to the Estate of Robert G. Anderson, deceased. Labour of a negro male was valued at...
Tornel, Jose Maria y Mendivil; Generals; Mexico; Texas
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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THE TORNEL PAPERS. A collection of documents from the archive of General Jose Maria Tornel, Mexican Minister of War during the Texas Revolution, TEXT IN SPANISH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF...
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TEXIAN LOAN SCRIP, No. 225, for 640 acres of land, signed by SAM HOUSTON, President of the Republic of Texas, City of Houston, June 20, 1838, issued to Thomas D. CARNEAL, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also signed by Henry SMITH, Secretary of the...
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TEXIAN LOAN, Certificate #120, $320, received of Robert TRIPLETT, City of New Orleans, January 11, 1836, signed by S.F. AUSTIN, B.T. ARCHER, William H. WHARTON. One way Texas financed the war for independence was by accepting loans from...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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TAYLOR, R.M. November 28, 1842. Sale of a woman named Ester to Joseph Gladney [Photocopy from V.F. "Walker County"] 1p. 8 x 10
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Susan Wheeler DECATUR,widow of Commodore Stephen Decatur,GeorgeTown [now part of the District of Columbia], January 16th, 1828, letter addressed to Tristran Burgess, born 1770, a member of Congress and later Chief Justice of Rhode...
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SUMMONS,WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS. To: H. D. MCCRARY to answer petition of M. B. LAMAR filed against MCCRARY, Robt. STEVENSON & Asa HOXEY-June 7,1843. 2pp. 7 1/2 x 71/2
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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STEVENSON, ROBERT, ADS (Washington County), September 18, 1838. Promissory note for $267.50 for "the hire of two negroes by the names of Beck and James" (the said negroes to...
