SHH II:B:2
E.M. PEASE, Hartford, Connecticut, on December 31, 1833, letter addressed to Major Gideon Welles, Washington City. Pease, Governor of Texas 1853-57 and 1867-69, had not yet emigrated to Texas. 2pp. 10 x 8
SHH II:D:6
TREASURY DEPARTMENT of the Government of Texas promises to pay the Bearer in one year from date the sum of Ten Dollars and interest thereon... signed SAM HOUSTON, President, Houston, Texas, November 1, 1838, #1677. Also signed by Henry...
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:D:3
TEXIAN LOAN, Certificate #120, $320, received of Robert TRIPLETT, City of New Orleans, January 11, 1836, signed by S.F. AUSTIN, B.T. ARCHER, William H. WHARTON. One way Texas financed the war for independence was by accepting loans from...
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.
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...
Britton Hispanic Texana Collection, 1546-1877
SHH VII:22
MIER Y TERAN, MANUEL DE, Mexican Commandant General of the Eastern Provincias Internas, Guia del Pueblo, Matamoros, August 1, 1830, the present work, "the botanical descriptions were...
