SHH II:A:3:d
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...
SHH II:A:2:j
(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...
Papers Pertaining to the Institution of Slavery, 1809-1866
DICKERSON, WILLIAM, ADS, San Augustine, March 1866. Petition to the court requesting that a colored girl named Lucinda be bound to the petitioner for a period of eighteen years in exchange...
SHH II:A:3:m
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...
SHH II:A:3:n
September 23, 1861 (Shaw brothers) Letter written by Samuel Shaw to his brother [Harry] from Sandy Creek, Australia. Wages are low and he gets a some work on the reef. He and his brother Edwin are thinking of going to New Zealand to...
(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...
SHH II:A:2:n
(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...
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:C:2
[CIVIL WAR ERA BROADSIDE] " NOTICE TO COTTON PLANTERS AND COTTON HOLDERS", that the Assistant Assessor, Wm. R. Stapp, "will at all times be ready at Huntsville, to weigh and assess your cotton, and the Deputy Collector, B.S. Wilson, to...
SHH II:A:3:i
June 28th, 1878 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Maria Wolstenhome describing loss of the family's home and belongings to the fire in May. She relates that friends have helped and that they have lumber to build a house...
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....
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:2:h
(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...
SHH II:A:2:k
(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...
SHH II:A:3:l
February 27th 1880 Letter from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Harry Shaw asking that he forward a letter to cousin James Leigh of Rochdale.1p. 5 x 8
THORNTON PAPERS This collection is comprised of 13 letters written by Margaret...
SHH II:A:3:c
July 17th, 1870 Letter from Margaret Thornton to a Shaw cousin describing the type of person who should immigrate to Texas, someone with a trade not a factory worker. 2pp. 8 x 10.
THORNTON PAPERS This collection is comprised of 13...
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:h
May 9, 1878 Letter (written on International & Great Northern R. R. stationary) from Margaret Thornton to her cousin Harry Shaw describing the loss of the family's home and all their belongings to a fire that consumed an entire block...
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...
