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The fall of the Alamo; an historical drama in four acts; concluded by an epilogue entitled, the battle of San Jacinto (open access)

The fall of the Alamo; an historical drama in four acts; concluded by an epilogue entitled, the battle of San Jacinto

A play about the Alamo in four acts, with music.
Date: 1879
Creator: Nona, Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Biography of José Antonio Navarro, written by an Old Texan. (open access)

Biography of José Antonio Navarro, written by an Old Texan.

Biography of Texas statesman José Antonio Navarro.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mooney & Morrison's General Directory Of The City Of Austin, Texas, For 1877-78. (open access)

Mooney & Morrison's General Directory Of The City Of Austin, Texas, For 1877-78.

General directory for Austin, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses.
Date: 1877
Creator: Mooney & Morrison
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873. (open access)

Mercantile and General City Directory of Austin, Texas---1872-1873.

The 1872-1873 Austin city directory, "Containing an Interesting History of Austin, the Name and Residence of its Citizens, and Local Information of General Interest." (From the title page.)
Date: 1872
Creator: Gray, S. A & Moore, W. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879. (open access)

A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879.

Illustrated history of Texas, organized into ten sections: [1] General Description of the Country, [2] Texas Under Spanish Domination, 1695--1820, [3] Colonization Under Mexican Domination, 1820--1834, [4] The Revolution, [5] The Republic, From 1837 to 1846, [6] Texas as a State, from 1847 to 1878, [7] Indians, [8] Biographies, [9] History -- Counties, and [10] Miscellaneous Items.
Date: 1879
Creator: Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texas scrap-book : made up of the history, biography, and miscellany of Texas and its people (open access)

A Texas scrap-book : made up of the history, biography, and miscellany of Texas and its people

Book covering four aspects of Texas: history, biography, miscellany, and statistical.
Date: 1875
Creator: Baker, D. W. C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1872, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1872, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1872~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1873, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1873, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1873~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1871, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas. (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1871, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas.

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1871~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1870, and Emigrant's Guide to Texas

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: January 1870
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flowers and fruits from the wilderness ; or, Thirty-six years in Texas and two winters in Honduras (open access)

Flowers and fruits from the wilderness ; or, Thirty-six years in Texas and two winters in Honduras

Account of the growth of the Baptist denomination in Texas. Morrell came to Texas in 1830.
Date: 1873
Creator: Morrell, Z. N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Methodism in Texas (open access)

History of Methodism in Texas

Homer S. Thrall's the History of Methodism in Texas.
Date: 1872
Creator: Thrall, Homer S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People (open access)

A Texas Scrap-Book: Made Up of the History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas and Its People

A book about Texas history, biography, and miscellany.
Date: 1875
Creator: Baker, D. W. C. (De Witt Clinton), 1832-1881
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Galveston term, 1877, and embracing the cases decided during the Austin term, 1877.  Volume 47. (open access)

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Galveston term, 1877, and embracing the cases decided during the Austin term, 1877. Volume 47.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1877 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1878
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter (open access)

The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter

Contains biographical information on Big-Foot Wallace.
Date: 1870
Creator: Duval, John C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber (open access)

Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber

Biographical sketch of Sam Bass with an emphasis on his time as a train robber.
Date: 1878
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Legal Directory For 1876-77 (open access)

Texas Legal Directory For 1876-77

This Texas directory contains lists of: officers of the U.S. Government, officers of the Texas Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Departments, county officers, state lawyers, Texas counties, banks, post offices, and revised rules of the Supreme Court.
Date: 1877
Creator: Bentley, Henry Lewis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A. D. 1868. (open access)

Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, June 1, A. D. 1868.

Minutes of the Reconstruction Convention including text of Resolutions and Declarations made during the session. The Reoport of the Attorney-General of Texas and other documents are included in the Appendix, starting on page 947. Index begins on page 995.
Date: 1870
Creator: Texas. Constitutional Convention (1868-1869).
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sessions, 1869, and the greater part of the Galveston session, 1870.  Volume 32. (open access)

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sessions, 1869, and the greater part of the Galveston session, 1870. Volume 32.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1869 and 1870 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices for the Tyler session, Austin session, and Galveston session; a table of the names of cases included in the volume; and an index.
Date: 1871
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, Dec. 7, A. D. 1868, Volume 2 (open access)

Journal of the Reconstruction Convention, Which Met at Austin, Texas, Dec. 7, A. D. 1868, Volume 2

Minutes of the Reconstruction Convention including text of Resolutions and Declarations made during the session. Index begins on page 539.
Date: 1870
Creator: Texas. Constitutional Convention (1868-1869).
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bryan Clipping Scrapbook] (open access)

[Bryan Clipping Scrapbook]

Scrapbook filled with newspaper and magazine clippings relating to cattle ranching, trail driving, cowboys, and southwestern culture.
Date: 1873~/1942~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874 (open access)

Heller's Galveston City Directory, 1874

General directory for Galveston, Texas includes address listings for businesses and individuals as well as advertisements from local businesses. According to the title page, it contains "the names and localities of all residing within the city limits; with a complete business directory. Also, the places and times of meeting of the churches, societies, etc., and other useful information."
Date: 1874
Creator: Heller, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record X (transcript) (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record X (transcript)

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from August 1872 to March 1873, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1872-08/1873-03
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler term, 1877, and embracing the cases decided during the first part of the Galveston term, 1878.  Volume 48. (open access)

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler term, 1877, and embracing the cases decided during the first part of the Galveston term, 1878. Volume 48.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1877 and 1878 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1878
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History