Access
Resource Type
Partner
Collection
Country
States
Decade
Language
60 Matching Results
Results open in a new window/tab.
prev
Results:
49 - 60 of
60
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, in Secret Session on the Treaty for The Annexation of Texas.
Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate in May of 1844 about the annexation of Texas.
Date:
1844
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, on the Boundaries of Texas.
Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate on February 27th and 28th, 1850
Date:
1850
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the proceedings of the commissioner appointed to run the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas
Message presented to the 2nd Session of the 27th Congress on March 21, 1842
Date:
March 24, 1842
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Memorial of a Number of Merchants and Traders, Citizens of New York, Praying the Ratification of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and the Republic of Texas.
Memorial presented to the 1st Session of the 28th Congress on February 22, 1844 concerning commerce and navigation
Date:
February 22, 1844
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Biographical sketch of General Mirabeau B. Lamar
Manuscript (reproduction) about Mirabeau B. Lamar, written by Edward Fontaine his personal secretary. Original manuscript dates from 1857.
Date:
1900
Creator:
Fontaine, Edward
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.
Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date:
1887
Creator:
Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book]
Record book for Washington Lodge No. 18 from circa 1854.
Date:
1854-06-22~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.
Book describing the history and customs of the Karankawa Indians. Index starts on page 101.
Date:
2017
Creator:
Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840
Daily Journal from the William P. Huff store in San Felipe de Austin from 1840 - 1841. Lists expenses and sales, including the names of customers. (Handwritten.)
Date:
February 22, 1840
Creator:
Huff, William P.
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
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Record Book of Conditional Land Grants for Washington County, 1841-1844]
Handwritten ledger described as: "The following are conditional land certificates issued by the Board of Land Commissioners in & for the County of Washington."
Date:
1841/1845~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Common Errors in Cotton Production
Pamphlet published by the U.S.D.A. about problems that cotton-growers may encounter and ways to avoid or fix them. Contents (from page 1): Mistakes that interfere with progress -- Causes of deterioration -- General measures of improvement: - Changing the method of buying cotton - Organizing 1-variety communities -- Some causes of inferior cotton: - Planting poor seed, Planting on price conjectures - Changing the seed - Planting too many varieties - Failure to test varieties - Misleading claims for varieties - Propagating hybrids - Planting unsuitable land - Planting too early - Thinning too early - Spacing too wide - Picking too late - Breeding weevils in the fall - Mixing seed at public gins - Ginning too close - Ginning too wet or too dry.
Date:
January 1932
Creator:
Cook, O. F.
System:
The Portal to Texas History