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1843/04/11
Great Britain. Acts.
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
1836/12/20
Austin, Stephen F., 1793-1836
[Texas rail road, navigation, and banking company share certificate]
Printed bank document issued to James Collinsworth and cosigned by B. J. Archer, Collinsworth, J. Henderson and T. McKinney. Features printed border.
GLC02565
1837/11/17
Bee, Barnard E., fl. 1837
Land grant certificate for army service of Thomas J. Green
Partly printed document signed by Bee as Secretary of War.
GLC02566
1834/08/21
Beales, John C., fl. 1834
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
1830/10/16
Burnet, David G., fl. 1830-1870
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
1861-1865
Cook, Gustave, 1835-1897
[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
1842/03/06
Hockley, George W., 1802-1851
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
1836/03/30
Hall, Warren D., fl. 1836
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
1836/02/07
Holland, Benjamin G., fl. 1836
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
1842/04/29
Gillespie, B., fl. 1842
to Edward Burleson re: Vasquez expedition and archives war
GLC02575
1834/07/01
Williams, Samuel May, fl. 1834-1836
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
1836/02/02
Smith, Henry W., 1836-1869
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
February 19, 1841
Spier, R.P., fl. 1841
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
1841/06/16
Galpin, A. A., ?-1841
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
1837/06/10
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
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
1838
Texas Republic
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
1845
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
18 January 1760
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
[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
29 December 1862
Meister, C., fl. 1862
[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
8 December 1875
Kemper, James Lawson, 1823-1895
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
21 August 1865
Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1816-1882
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
1836/11/18
Authorization of Charles Harrison to borrow $50,000 on faith of Texas (c/s Rusk)
Countersigned by Thomas J. Rusk, as Secretary of State.
GLC02591
1787/09
Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
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
11 February 1876
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878
to Hamilton A. Hill
Urges that "the present is as favorable a time as we can expect for the agitation of the free trade question." Explains the importance of free trade and elimination of a protective tariff. Declares that "During the war the country went back to a...
GLC02595
November 1862-1865
Bettes, William H., fl. 1862-1865
[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
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