Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:5
APODACA, JUAN RUIZ, Last Viceroy of New Spain and the last Spanish ruler over Texas. Broadside signed, Mexico, December 11, 1819. 2 pp. 12 x 17, TEXT IN SPANISH.
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: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...
(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: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...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:9
LOPEZ, GASPAR, First Mexican Commandant of the Eastern Provinces and of Texas. Document signed, Monterrey, March 27, 1822. An Executive Order: No. 275, directing Alcaldes not to release news...
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...
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...
Tornel, Jose Maria y Mendivil; Generals; Mexico; Texas
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:47
THE TORNEL PAPERS. A collection of documents from the archive of General Jose Maria Tornel, Mexican Minister of War during the Texas Revolution, TEXT IN SPANISH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:17
TORNEL, JOSE MARIA y MENDIVIL, Mexican Minister of War. Oracion Pronunciada por el Coronel Jose Maria Tornel, diputado al congreso de la union aniversario de nuestra gloriosa in
Tornel, Jose Maria y Mendivil; Mexico; Politics; Texas
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:32
TORNEL, JOSE MARIA y MENDIVIL, Mexican Minister of War during the Texas Revolution. Broadside, Mexico City, July 23, 1836. The decreto announces that families of the Mexican forces captured...
Tornel, Jose Maria Y Mendivil; Mexico; Politics; Texas
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:31
TORNEL, JOSE MARIA y MENDIVIL, Mexican Minister of war during the Texas Revolution. Broadside, Mexico City, April 14, 1836. Of this historic document Streeter writes "this decree was passed...
Treaties; Republic of Texas; United States; Annexations
SHH II:A:2:m
(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...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:18
VICTORIA, GUADALUPE, President of the Republic of Mexico, Broadside, Mexico City, January 2, 1828. A warning by the Mexican President against those in the Northern Provinces who...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:28
VIESCA, AUGUSTIN, Governor of the State of Coahuila and Texas. Broadside (signed in print), Monclova, April 25, 1835. Executive authority to BENJAMIN MILAM to clear the Colorado River,...
Viesca, Augustin; Mexico; Politics; land grants; Indians of North America; Native peoples of North America; Native peoples of the Americas;
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:27
VIESCA, AUGUSTINE, Broadside, Monclova, April 18, 1834. It was under the present decreto, intended to reward soldiers for the protection of citizens from hostile indians, that S. M....
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:48
WOLL, ADRIAN, French soldier of fortune who attained the rank of General of the Mexican Army during the Texas Revolution. Broadside signed, Santa Anna de Tamaulipas, May 18, 1853. Woll...
