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.
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
SHH VI:4
CARTWRIGHT, R.G., DS, San Augustine, April 26, 1842. Inventory of slaves in the state of William P. King and receipt for "one negro fellow named Dudly aged about 45 years."...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
SHH VI:12
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...
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...
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
SHH VII:27
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....