Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
DOMINGUEZ, MIGUEL, Broadside, Mexico City, May 16, 1824. Decreto No. 45 created the state of Coahuila and Texas but provided that when Texas attained sufficient population it would be granted separate...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:50
Engraving of Antonio Lopez de SANTA ANNA, presentation copy to Rev. Frances Vinton (?), D. D. signed by Santa Anna, but not dated. Judging from the extravagant titles and lists of victories...
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...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
FERIA DE LINARES. Broadside. Linares, Noviembre 18 de 1877, W. Segovia, Presidente, J. Pas, Secretario. Announcement that the next feria will be held February 17 to March 3, 1878, and--as is...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
FILISOLA, VICENTE, Mexican General who led the retreat out of Texas after the Battle of San Jacinto. Manuscript document signed, Matamoros, May 26, 1837. Filisola's warning to the Mexican deserters of...
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....
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
GACETA DEL GOBIERNO, Supremo de Estado de Coahuila y Tejas, Num. 40, Miercoles 29 de Enero de 1834. 4 pp. 8 1/2 x 12, TEXT IN SPANISH.
SHH VII:25
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
GACETA DEL GOBIERNO, Supremo de Estado de Coahuila y Tejas, Num. 48, Miercoles 26 de Marzo de 1834. 4 pp. 8 1/2 x 12, TEXT IN SPANISH.
SHH VII:26
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
GOBERNACION DEL ESTADO LIBRE DE LAS TAMAULIPAS. Broadside commendation to Felipe de la Garza for his service dated July 19, 1824, in Padilla. 1p. 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 , TEXT IN SPANISH. SHH VII:14
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
GONZALES CABOFRANCO, JUAN (GOVERNOR OF PUEBLA. Broadside, June 4, 1845, reprinted Puebla, June 11, 1845. The act provides for the call-up of citizens to defend national independence, arming of all...
SHH VII:20
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
GUERRERO, VICENTE. Broadside, Mexico, September 15, 1829. In a landmark decree, unknown to Streeter, Mexico abolishes slavery and becomes the first Western Hemisphere state to do so. 1...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:12
(GUERRERO, VICENTE RAMON), President of Mexico,1829. Broadside signed in type, Mexico City, May 5, 1824. The first indication given the Texas colonists that their interests were not...
Gutierrez de Estrada, Jose Maria; Mexico; Texas; Politics
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:29
GUTIERREZ DE ESTRADA, JOSE MARIA, Decree of the Congreso General continuing Santa Anna's Decree of 2 December 1834 regarding the restoration of order in Coahuila and Texas. Folio...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:6
ITURBIDE, AUGUSTIN, Emperor of Mexico after independence from Spain. Broadside, Mexico City, October 11, 1821. The first decreto issued by Iturbide as Regent urging the adoption of his "Plan...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:7
ITURBIDE, AUGUSTIN, Emperor of Mexico, Gaceta Imperial Extraordinaria de Mexico, November 27, 1821. As President of the Junta, Iturbide announces the Treaty of Cordoba and proclaims...
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: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: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: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: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...
