This collection contains pieces printed by Samuel Bangs, generally recognized as the first printer in Texas whose work survives. Most of these were assembled by a rare books dealer for James L. Britton, III, who donated them to SHSU.
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:6
ITURBIDE, AUGUSTIN, Emperor of Mexico after independence from Spain. Broadside, Mexico City, October 11, 1821. The first decreto issued by Iturbide as Regent urging the adoption of his "Plan...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:10
Mexico. Ministerio de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiasticos. Sesion Secular. Circular.El Supremo Poder Ejecutivo me ha dirigido el decreto siguente. 1 p. 8 1/2 x 12. Unidentified, TEXT IN SPANISH.
Mexico; Texas; Spanish America; Indians of North America; Native peoples of North America; Native peoples of the Americas;
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:11
ARRILLAGA, FRANCISCO DE. Broadside, Mexico, October 7, 1823. The Decreto recites the deplorable condition to which the Province of Texas had been reduced by Indian...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
DOMINGUEZ, MIGUEL, Broadside, Mexico City, May 16, 1824. Decreto No. 45 created the state of Coahuila and Texas but provided that when Texas attained sufficient population it would be granted separate...
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...
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....
