SHH IX:3
'Spanish Dominions in North America - Northern Part.' 1815. Strand, Cadell, and Davies. Removed from Henderson Yoakum's Texas. New York:1866. Spanish Texas (encapsulated)[5]
SHH II:A:3:b
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...
SHH II:A:3:o
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:A:3:k
October 7th, 1879 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Emma Shaw asking about her relative in England and hopes that Harry will come to visit. She states business is "dull" and "money sparse" since crops have been poor for...
Correspondence; Republic of Texas; Houston, Samuel
SHH II:A:2:g
(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...
SHH II:A:2:d
(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'...
SHH II:A:3:j
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...
SHH II:B:11
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...
SHH II:C:4
Proclamation "TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS" announcing the results ("We have dissolved your connection with the Government known as the United States of America...") of the Secession Convention, Austin, April 6, 1861. An addendum is printed...
SHH II:B:7
William S. PETERS, [Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania], in a letter March 5, 1847, describes, in great detail, the location and merits of PETERS COLONY and Texas, to Robert OWEN, the English socialist. 2pp. 9 1/2 x 7 1/2
SHH IX:3
'Spanish Dominions in North America - Northern Part.' 1815. Strand, Cadell, and Davies. Removed from Henderson Yoakum's Texas. New York:1866. Spanish Texas (encapsulated)[5]
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.
Texas; Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de; Spain; Mexico; Mexican-American War
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:2
PIUS VI, Manuscript document (Roma), January 7, 1795. An interesting document on Royal Spanish stamped paper including tables of ecclesiastical revenues and various appendages from the...
Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819; Texas; Mexico; popes
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:3
CHARLES IV, Spanish King who ruled over the New World provinces including Texas, Document signed, Aranjuez, January 22, 1804. A Royal decree issued by Charles seeking to strengthen his...
