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(j) Letter dated July 6, 1842, Department of State; Washington [Texas] 3pp. 6 x 8 From: Anson JONES , Secretary of State for Texas To: : Isaac VAN ZANDT, Charge D'Affaires, Texas to the United States Re: Jones tells Van Zandt to put...
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(c) Letter dated October 22, 1842, Washington, D. C. 1p. 8x 9 From: Joseph MAPLES, Acting Secretary of State for Texas To: Isaac VAN ZANDT, Charge D'Affaires, Texas to the United States Re: Cover note for a communication from George W....
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March 1 [1871] Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Emma Shaw relating family news, children in school, Mr. Thornton building a house fifty miles away. She is glad that the "Franco and Prussian war" ended before her cousin...
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LICENSE TO PRACTICE LAW (State of Alabama). To: Jonathon MAXEY, June 14, 1823, Supreme Court. From: Jesse BEENE, Clerk of the Supreme Court and four witnesses'signatures. 1p. 8 1/2 x 5
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[CIVIL WAR] LIST OF QUARTERMASTER'S STORES, etc. delivered by Capt. J.S. Hall, 114th NY, U.S. Army to Lt. Adrian Foote, Quartermaster U.S. Army at Brashear City where passengers could transfer to steamboats to Galveston, it was later...
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LOYALTY OATH. To: W. T. ROBINSON, Merchant of Walker County, at Galveston, Texas, July 12, 1865. From: H. (?) BEARD, Captain and Provost Marshal. This post-Civil War document attests that the signatory "will support, protect, and...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
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MIDDLETON, JOHN W., DS, Washington County, December 30, 1845. An inventory of the property belonging to the estate of Nathan P. Browning, dec'd. A male slave is...
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Order from Col. YOAKUM at Camp Molloy, dated July 9, 1838, announcing a resumption of march to Fort Cass, for the purpose of paying off and discharging the troops. 1p. 8x 9 3/4
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...
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PRE-EMPTION CERTIFICATE. To: Nehemiah PAGE, November 28, 1860. From: Sam HOUSTON, Governor of the State of Texas. No. 378. Signed, SAM HOUSTON, Governor, also Francis M. WHITE, Commissioner. 2pp. 13 x 10 3/4
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(h) Private letter dated July 6, 1843, Galveston, 3pp. 7 1/2 x 9 From: Charles ELLIOTT (1801-1875) British knight, admiral, and Charge D'Affaires in Texas, Aug. 6, 1842-1845. (Reassigned there from China after having precipitated the...
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SAM HOUSTON, Treasury Warrant No. 494 for $95.62, pay to the order of William Dikeman, for protection of the frontier, Captain Herron's company. February 3rd, 1860, signed by Sam Houston. Also signed by C. H. Randolph. 2pp. 3 1/2 x 8
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SAM HOUSTON, Treasury Warrant No. 603 for $654.97, pay to the order of Peter TUMLINSON, attorney for 11 men, Protection of the frontier. Also signed by CH. RANDOLPH and Clement R. JOHNS. February 3rd, 1860, signed by Sam Houston. 2pp....
Judges; Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe; Franklin, Benjamin Cromwell; Williamson, Robert McAlpin [Three Legged Willie]; Mills, John T.; Branch, Edward Thomas
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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
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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...
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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...
