[List of Officers Who Have Resigned] (open access)

[List of Officers Who Have Resigned]

First page of a list of officers whose resignations were accepted by the President as of January 1865.
Date: January 18, 1865
Creator: United States. War Department. Inspector General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas

Difficulties of a Mexican revenue officer in Texas
Date: 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene Campbell
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent

Hand-colored lithograph of Texas with statistics and references in lower left
Date: 1844
Creator: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor,  September 9, 1872] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor, September 9, 1872]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to Judge R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor regarding Law Department, family matters, and personal acquaintances
Date: September 9, 1872
Creator: Baylor, Jonathan Ray
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Life of Col. David Crockett (open access)

Life of Col. David Crockett

Life of Col. David Crockett, written by himself. Comprising his early life, hunting adventures, service under General Jackson in the Creek war, electioneerng speeches, career in Congress, triumphamnt tour in the northern states, and service in the Texan war. To which is added, an account of Colonel Crockett's glorious death at the Alamo, while fighting in defence of Texan independence. By the editor.
Date: 1860
Creator: Crockett, Davy
Object Type: Book
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography (open access)

Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography

Reprint of statements by William Kennedy (in an English edition) regarding his experiences and opinions on the Republic of Texas. It also includes a copy of the field notes and survey journals kept by A. Le Grand (pp. 105-115) to provide additional context.
Date: 1844
Creator: Kennedy, William, 1799-1849
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others] (open access)

Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others]

Book about military leaders of Mexico, includes biographical sketches of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega.
Date: 1847
Creator: Robinson, Fayette
Object Type: Book
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.
Object Type: Book
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A history of the action of the political and civil authorities and citizens relating to the land office at Nacogdoches, under the jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor (open access)

A history of the action of the political and civil authorities and citizens relating to the land office at Nacogdoches, under the jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor

A history of the action of the political and civil authorities and citizens relating to the land office at Nacogdoches, under the jurisdiction of Charles S. Taylor.
Date: 1901
Creator: Taylor, Lawrence S.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura (open access)

Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura

Book about travel in Texas.
Date: 1846
Creator: Page, Frederic Benjamin.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910. (open access)

The Public Land System of Texas, 1823-1910.

Book describing the public land system of Texas.
Date: February 1918
Creator: McKitrick, Reuben
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States. (open access)

A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States.

A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States.
Date: 1837
Creator: Channing, William Ellery
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ten years in Texas. (open access)

Ten years in Texas.

Book about Baptist life in Texas by the Baptist minister James Bruton Gambrell.
Date: 1910
Creator: Gambrell, J. B.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hans Teichmueller;  biographical sketch, addresses and letters to his family (open access)

Hans Teichmueller; biographical sketch, addresses and letters to his family

Hans Teichmueller biographical sketch, includes addresses and letters to his family. Prepared by his loving wife and daughters.
Date: 1908
Creator: Teichmueller, Auguste Kellner
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Journal of Heredity, Volume 30, Number 7, July 1939 (open access)

The Journal of Heredity, Volume 30, Number 7, July 1939

Issue of the Journal of Heredity, published by the American Genetic Association, "An incorporated organization devoted to promoting a knowledge of the laws of heredity and their application to the improvement of plants, animals, and human racial stocks" (from inside front cover). The journal contains articles about animal and botanical genetic studies and manipulations as well as human behavior related to genetics.
Date: July 1939
Creator: Cook, Robert C.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Captain Jeff; or, frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers (open access)

Captain Jeff; or, frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers

From the title page: "Captain Jeff; or, frontier life in Texas with the Texas Rangers. Some unwritten history and facts in the thrilling experiences of frontier life. The battle and death of Big Foot, the noted Kiowa chief. The mortally wounding and dying confession of "Old Jape." The Comanchie, the most noted and bloodthirsty savages that ever depredated on the frontier of Texas. By one of the Nine, a member of Company "E" Texas Rangers."
Date: 1906
Creator: Maltby, William Jeff
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future (open access)

A description of Texas, its advantages and resources, with some account of their development, past, present and future

A book describing economic conditions in Texas in the early 1880s.
Date: 1881
Creator: Roberts, Oran Milo
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti (open access)

The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti

A book describing Benjamin Lundy's travels in Texas and Mexico. Lundy was an important figure in the anti-slavery movement.
Date: 1847
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elisabet Ney, Sculptor (open access)

Elisabet Ney, Sculptor

Biography about the sculptor, Elisabet Ney.
Date: 1916
Creator: Taylor, Bride Neill
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them. (open access)

Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them.

Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date: 1887
Creator: Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History