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Texas Almanac, 1859 (open access)

Texas Almanac, 1859

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: 1859~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress: Also of the Special Session of the Senate (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress: Also of the Special Session of the Senate

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1859
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress: Also of the Special Session of the Senate (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the Second Session of the Thirty-Fifth Congress: Also of the Special Session of the Senate

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1859
Creator: United States. Congress.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Galveston City Directory, 1859-1860 (open access)

Galveston City Directory, 1859-1860

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 "a brief history of the island, prior to the foundation of the city. The successive mayoralties and councils of the city to the present time - provisions of the present charter and ordinances now in force. Also, some account of the various public institutions, improvements, commerce, &c., of the city."
Date: 1859
Creator: W. & D. Richardson
System: The Portal to Texas History