An 1819 Royal Proclamation announcing the monarch Ferdinand VII's marriage to Princess Maria Josefa Amalia. The text of this document is written in Spanish.
Judges; Baylor, Robert Emmett Bledsoe; Franklin, Benjamin Cromwell; Williamson, Robert McAlpin [Three Legged Willie]; Mills, John T.; Branch, Edward Thomas
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.
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.
SHH II:B:6
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...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:35
(BUSTAMANTE, ANASTASIO) Broadside, Mexico City, June 8, 1838 (refers to the Law of January 27, 1838 authorizing a loan of six million pesos) the entry being from Dublan. The present is a...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:36
BUSTAMANTE, ANASTASIO, President of Mexico after Santa Anna's capture by the Texans. Broadside signed, Mexico City, November 4, 1839. Military commendation to Jose Maria Duran signed...
Carvajal, Jose Maria Jesus; Mexico; Texas; Patriotism
SHH VII:37
(CARVAJAL, JOSE MARIA JESUS) Texas patriot who published the Mexican Laws in English and Spanish. El Mosquito Mexicano, Mexico, January 21, 1840. An account of Sr. Carvajal's abortive efforts to establish an independent Mexican...
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...
SHH II:A:1:c
Order #13 to Henderson YOAKUM by order of Col. LINDSAY, from Headquarters Western District of the Cherokee Nation, Wills Valley, dated July 2nd, 1838. 3pp. 8 x 10
SHH II:B:14
[CIVIL WAR] Jno. H. ROBINSON. Headquarters Bates Regtl, Quintana, Texas, January 25, 1864, letter from to Rev. O.M. ADDISON, Special Orders No. 9 from Head Quarters Trans Mississippi Dept., dated January 13, 1864, accepting your...
