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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October 2 [1867] (yellow fever letter) Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousins Harry and Emma Shaw describing her return trip from England to Huntsville, Texas. 8pp. 8 1/2 x 10.
THORNTON PAPERS This collection is comprised of...
Treaties; Republic of Texas; United States; Annexations
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(m) Copy of "A treaty of Annexation Concluded Between the United States of America and the Republic of Texas, " in nine articles. 9 pp. 11 x 6 "Done at Washington the 12th day of April, Eighteen hundred and forty four." The names of...
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(e) Copy of a "Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation", between the Republic of Texas and the United States of America. Concluded and signed by James Reily , Charge D'Affaires of the Republic of Texas and Daniel Webster, Secretary...
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....
(f) Copy of a letter dated January 28, 1843, Legation de France au Texas, Galveston. 2pp. 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 From: Edouard de CRAMAYEL, Charge D'Affaires de France au Texas [ad interim for Dubois de Saligny while he was on leave in France] To: Anson...
De Los Santos, Jose Guadalupe; Mexico; troop movements
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
DE LOS SANTOS, JOSE GUADALUPE, Alcalde at La Bahia, document signed, La Bahia, March 22, 1828. Order for and list of Mexican troops posted at La Bahia. 2 pp. 8 1/2 x 12, TEXT IN SPANISH.
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Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
CUEVAS, LUIS G., Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations. Broadside, Mexico, May 17, 1845. Upon learning of the U.S. intention to annex Texas, the Mexican Congress agrees to consider a peace treaty with...
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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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(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...
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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(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...
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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(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'...
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January 5th 1879 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Harrie Shaw thanking him for the newspapers and a box he sent. She also describes how cold it can get in east Texas, having to "thaw the ink". She comments on world affairs...
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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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License for Henderson YOAKUM to practice law in Republic of Texas, dated December 2, 1845. Signed by M. P. NORTON, Judge of the Sixth Judicial District and witnessed by L. E. DOWNES, Clerk of District Court. 1p. 15 x 12 1/2
