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06 October 1835

Bowie, James, fl. 1834-1835

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Stephen Austin re: his resignation and joining Captain Fannin's company

Written shortly before going to the Alamo Mission.

GLC03555

1815-1860

Bonham, James, 1807-1836

Signature

Title: [James B. Bonham's signature clipped from a letter]

Clipped signature with the words: "Yours / James B. Bonham / my horse comes."

GLC01169

April 11, 1842

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

Manuscript letter signed

Title: to Edward Burleson

Houston, as President of the Republic of Texas, writes to Edward Burleson, the Vice President of Texas, about the security of Austin as Texas's capital. He considers the vulnerability of the archives of the Republic to attack, while they are kept in Austin. Advocates the removal of the Texas government from Austin to Houston, because Houston is much easier to defend, especially in the case of a war with Mexico. He declares that the "Constitution has reserved to the Executive the right to remove the offices when he may deem proper in time of war, for the security of the archives of the…

GLC01171

April 27, 1836

Hall, Edward H., fl. 1860-1917

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Major Norton

Hall writes to Norton discussing carrying dispatches from Texas to Washington. Letter written as agent of Texas at New Orleans, written shortly before the fall of the Alamo.

GLC01860.11

05 June 1834

Bowie, James, fl. 1834-1835

Document signed

Title: Promissory note to Francis W. Johnson

Paid after Bowie was killed at the Alamo by his estate executor, J.G. Hood (endorsed on verso) on 1839/12/18. Gray has endorsed the note and turned it over to Thomas Gay.

GLC01046

1833/09/23

Travis, William B., 1809-1836

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for payment for legal services to William H. Wharton]

Receipt written out to himself, confirming payment received for his legal services defending William Wharton in a lawsuit.

GLC01815

1862/10/01

Broadside

Title: Hood's Texas Brigade

Honors the 1st, 4th, 5th Texas and the 18th Georgia, Hampton Legion for their bravery in battle. The broadside prints a portion of a letter by Texas Governor Gustavus W. Smith and Lee's letter of 21 September 1862, praising the brigade. Lists battle honors for West Point, Seven Pines, Gaine's Mill, Malvern Hill, Manassas, Rappahannock, Thoroughfare Gap, Boonsboro and Sharpsburg. Also included is a song entitled "Hood's Texas Brigade," a list of the Delegates to the Confederate Congress, and a list of important Texans in the Civil War. The words Alamo, Mier, Sam. Houston and A. S.…

GLC05961

1836/03/29

Green, Rawleigh B., fl. 1836

Autograph letter signed

Title: to William Green re: news of the fall of the Alamo

Written to his brother in Virginia. "The condition of Texas is now calamitous indeed... unprepared for the army now invading her... & she has not the semblance of an army on the field."

GLC07141.01