Houston, Samuel; Correspondence; Republic of Texas
(i) Fragment of letter, n. d., n. p. 4 pp. 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 From ? To: General Sam HOUSTON, President of Texas (by inference from content) Re: Military confrontation between Captain James COOKE of U. S. Dragoons and Colonel Jacob SNIVELY of Texas....
"Letter from Nancy Houston to Sam Houston, April 6, 1858" Letter to Sam Houston while he is in Washington from his daughter Nannie, who writes about flower bulbs
Houston, Samuel; Republic of Texas; correspondence
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(a) Letter (copy) - dated June 1, 1838, Houston ,Texas 1p. 8 x 9 1/2 From: SAM HOUSTON, President of the Republic of Texas To: William M. SHEPHERD, Secretary of the [Texas] Navy Re: President Houston upbraids his Secretary of the...
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(d) Letter dated December 24, 1842, Washington City [D. C.] From: Isaac VAN ZANDT, Charge D'Affaires, Texas to the United States To: SAM HOUSTON in Washington, Texas Re: Detailed report of the progress and possibilities of Texas'...
Correspondence; Republic of Texas; Houston, Samuel
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(g) Lengthy private letter dated March 4, [1843?] , Washington City, heavily damaged with some loss of text, 8pp. 9 1/2 x 16 1/2 From: Isaac VAN ZANDT To: Gen. Sam HOUSTON , president of the Republic of Texas Re: Pessimistic view of...
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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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(k) Letter of instructions dated Feb. 25, 1844, Washington [Texas]4pp. 7 x 9 1/2 From : Anson JONES , Secretary of State for Texas To: J. Pinckney HENDERSON and Isaac VAN ZANDT, negotiators for a Treaty of Annexation Re: Empowering of...
Houston, Samuel; Republic of Texas; correspondence; Indians of North America; Native peoples of North America; Native peoples of the Americas;
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(l) Letter dated April 10, 1844, Fannin County, Texas 2pp. 7 1/2 x 12 3/4 From: Gibson MAY, Indian Agent (sent in care of William Thompson) To: General Sam HOUSTON, President of the Republic of Texas Re: Report on relative lack of...
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(n) Letter of welcome, Memphis, [Tennessee] June 3, 1845, 3pp. 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 From: Citizens of Memphis (26 names listed, including the Mayor) To: Samuel HOUSTON Re: Houston's projected visit to Tennessee to " take a final farewell of...
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Jan. 11th, 1880 Letter (written on Sam Houston Normal Institute stationary) from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Harry Shaw thanking him for their "Xmas papers". She relates that the Normal School asked that they complete their house...
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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...
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[CIVIL WAR] Guy M. Bryan, printed address to the people of the state of Texas urging that the legislature be called into special session and criticizing Governor Houston for not having done so. Printed at Galveston, December 29th,...
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GRANT. To: Burrell E. PREWITT (for land in Trinity county), 19 November 1860. From: Sam HOUSTON, Governor of the State of Texas. No. 601, Vol. 25. Signed, SAM HOUSTON, also Francis M. WHITE, Commissioner. 2pp. 13 1/2 x 10 3/4
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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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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....
