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An act of Parliament effecting a treaty between Great Britain and the Republic of Texas for the suppression of the slave trade.

Passed on 11 April 1843. Paginated 166-180 + unpaginated first page.

GLC02563

Land grant certificate for army service of Thomas J. Green

Partly printed document signed by Bee as Secretary of War.

GLC02566

Rio Grande And Texas Land Company certificate with map

Printed on very thin paper (art vellum style) with handcolored map of the grant area. Numbered 55. Signed by Beales, Isaac A. Johnston and Silas M. Stilwell.

GLC02567

Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company Certificate no. 12075

Signed by Anthony Dey, William H. Sumner and George Curtis as trustees for Burnett, Lorenzo De Zavala and Joseph Vehlein, granting a parcel to J.R. Poinsett. Illustrated with map at bottom left. Streeter 117.

GLC02568

[Collection of Gustave Cook, H company, 8th regiment, Texas, cavalry] [decimalized]

#3 mentions intention to attend the Jeff Davis inaugural. #8 mentions Union POW's from 1st Manassas arriving in New Orleans. #9 has good description of camp life. #10 has account of battle of Woodsonville, KY 12/17/1861 and death of Col. Terry....

GLC02570

to Edward Burleson re: Vasquez expedition's approach

Written as Secretary of War and Navy of the Texas Republic one day after Vasquez occupied San Antonio. Burleson was Vice President of Texas. Vasquez led an unauthorized force in seizing San Antonio and proclaiming Mexican law. The Republic of...

GLC02572

to Thomas J. Rusk re: Houston's retreat in the "runaway scrape"

Written as Colonel in the Texas Army. Written 3 weeks before Houston's victory at San Jancinto

GLC02573

to his sister re: fighting for Texas with the "Louisiana Grays"

Written as an officer in the Texas Army in the Louisiana Grays. Mentions his new land ownership and his affection for a young woman.

GLC02574

to Edward Burleson re: Vasquez expedition and archives war

GLC02575

to Edward C. Hanrick

Hanrick was an Alabama speculator in Texas lands. Williams held the lands in trust until colonists from Alabama were to arrive. Docketed on address leaf.

GLC02576

to Thomas R. Lucks re: demanding certain documents

Written as governor. Order written during the "Archives War." Smith is known as the first American Gov. of Texas.

GLC02577

to Joseph F. Spier re: hard times in city of Houston

A long and excellent description of Texas in 1841. Spier concludes by saying he planned to return home to the US. Written at Galveston

GLC02578

to John D. Moore

Describes preparations and provisions for the Santa Fe Expedition. In case of his death or long absence, wants Moore to "protect the negros from sale," and keep them for himself.

GLC02579

to Judge W. Hardin & Capt. William M. Logan re: mobilizing militia

Letter signed as President of Texas, countersigned by acting Secretary of War Jacob Snively.

GLC02580

Republic of Texas, Austin county election results

Listing returns from Austin County for the election of President, Vice President, Senator and Representatives for the Repubic.

GLC02581

Republic of Texas, Austin county election results re: annexation & constitution

Republic of Texas, Austin County election results on the question of annexation, sent to Edwin Waller as Chief Justice of the county.

GLC02582

[French and Indian War privateer's commission of Captain Samuel Partridge]

Countersigned by Thomas Clarke, Deputy Secretary. Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts Bay, authorizes Captain Samuel Partridge to "set forth in warlike manner the said Ship Race Horse under his own Command and ... seize & take the Ships, Vessels, and...

GLC02587

[Manuscript Civil War map of Murfreesboro, Tennessee]

Shows Murfreesboro and the areas north and west of it, along with names of property owners. Drawn shortly before the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro), providing evidence that General Braxton Bragg originally planned to attack the Union forces...

GLC02588

to Hugh McCulloch

Kemper, Governor of Virginia, discusses Virginia's repayment of post-Civil War debt with McCulloch, former Secretary of the Treasury and a member of the London banking firm Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co. Offended that McCulloch did not respond to his...

GLC02589

to Virginia Clay-Clopton

Clay, a former U.S. and Confederate Senator, writes to his wife while imprisoned at Fort Monroe. Informs her that, "The hardest part of my trial here has been my solicitude about you, my parents and other kindred, who, I feared, would be tortured by...

GLC02590

The American Museum. [Vol. II, no. 3 (September 1787)]

Contains the first magazine printing of the United States Constitution on p. 276-284. Also contains an essay by Benjamin Franklin on "Information for those who would wish to remove to America. Also features political sketches, an address to...

GLC02593.01

[Collection of William H. Bettes, L company, 6th regiment, Ohio, cavalry] [decimalized]

This collection consists of fourteen letters written by William Henry Bettes. Eleven of these letters are written to Lodema Bettes, his wife, one letter is written to Charley Bettes, his son, one letter is written to Carrie Bettes, his daughter, and...

GLC02596

to David R. Jones

Retained draft in secretarial hand for Whitings own files of a letter detailing the surrender of Fort Sumter. Describing attack on fort, says soon "Anderson's position will be untenable." Worries about a naval attack by Union forces, "more than...

GLC02601

[Certificate of deposit by Kansas soldier donating his savings to the U.S. Government]

Partially printed certificate of the U.S. Treasury filled out by hand. Patriotic $50 donation by soldier Alfred T. Jackson of Co. D of the 1st Regiment of Kansas Mounted Infantry indicated to be the "amount of his savings as a soldier." Spinner was...

GLC02609

Robert H. Stafford Collection [Decimalized .01- .98]

Stafford enlisted as a sergeant in the 12th Alabama infantry. Contains letters and newsclippings about the Peninsula Campaign, advance into Maryland, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Early's raid on Washington, D.C....

GLC02618