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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David G. BURNET, Acting Secretary of State, Department of State, Houston, May 29, 1839, letter to the County Surveyor or his Deputy of the County of Bexar, instructing him to locate and survey land for the establishment of an education...
SHH II:B:14
[CIVIL WAR] Jno. H. ROBINSON. Headquarters Bates Regtl, Quintana, Texas, January 25, 1864, letter from to Rev. O.M. ADDISON, Special Orders No. 9 from Head Quarters Trans Mississippi Dept., dated January 13, 1864, accepting your...
SHH II:B:1
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...
SHH II:B:8
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
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September 29th, 1885 (Shaw cousins) Letter written by Edwin Wolstenholme to a cousin letting him know of a planned visit in "Melburn" (Melbourne, Australia) before he goes to England for Christmas. 1p. 5 x 8 Section II B...
SHH II:C:2
[CIVIL WAR ERA BROADSIDE] " NOTICE TO COTTON PLANTERS AND COTTON HOLDERS", that the Assistant Assessor, Wm. R. Stapp, "will at all times be ready at Huntsville, to weigh and assess your cotton, and the Deputy Collector, B.S. Wilson, to...
SHH II:B:5
John FORSYTH, [U.S. Secretary of State 1834-1841], Washington, 21 April1838, letter to of introduction Andrew STEVENSON, Esq., for Francis O.J. SMITH, Esq., member of the House of Representatives of the United States from Maine. 1p. 10...
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January 16th 1870 Letter from Margaret Thornton and F. D. Thornton to her cousins Harry and Emma Shaw describing Christmas in Huntsville and relating how members of her church raised money to pay off the church's debt by the first of...
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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
SHH IX:5
One Set Military Maps of the Texas Revolution to Accompany "Texas Independence." 1835-36. By Col. A.J. Houston (10 maps). F390.H82 (shelved beneath Texas Independence in stacks). a) "Map of the Battle of San Jacinto. Map of the...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
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ALS, Camargo (Mexico), May 26, 1847. Lewis W. HUTCHINS of the North Carolina Regiment of Volunteers, Company B, writes to James TILLY in Dresden, Tennessee. His impressions of...
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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...
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[CIVIL WAR] Head Quarters Bates Regiment, Velasco, Texas, July 7th, 1862, Rev. Oscar M. ADDISON has leave of absence for fourteen days, J.E. Love, Adjutant.1 p. 4 1/2 x 8
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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...
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...
