Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Correspondence from David Read to William Crain requesting that Crain transfer a note for nineteen dollars and fifty cents to [Michael Reed].

Record of payment from Michael Reed to William[?] Gambles, signed by J.W. Drake on Gambles's behalf.

Front page of the Richmond Telescope Vol. 1 No. 5 dated May 25, 1839. Front page constitutes pages 1 & 2.

1835 letter of Col. Nicholas Copeland to his son-in-law Martin Bridgman of Arkansas, enticing him to move to Texas. The letter discusses the price of land and cattle, as well as the profitability of crops such as cotton and corn. Copeland adds a note for Harry Currin, a free African-American, stating that Texas is a safe place to settle. His land grant (settlement & fortification) described in the letter was 25 miles west of the Trinity River just before crossing the Navasota River. This letter was written at Robbins' Ferry on the Old San Antonio Road at the crossing of the Trinity River (letters went east from there to be carried & put in the US mail system).

Copy of transcript for a file with multiple documents concerning Santa Anna and issues relating to Texas's independence. Documents include: 1. a copy of the secret treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 2. a statement by Santa Anna to Texas; 3. a copy of the public treaty between Santa Anna and Texas; 4. a memorandum regarding the treaties and communications with the United States; 5. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Collinsworth and Grayson; 6. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to an unknown recipient; 7. a letter from Stephen F. Austin to T. H. Benton; 8. a letter from Sam Houston to Andrew Jackson; and 9. a description of the boundaries and size of Texas by Stephen F. Austin.

Copy of transcript for a receipt for the sale of a slave named Simon from George B. McKinstry to Stephen F. Austin. In this document, McKinstry releases the title to Simon and guarantees his health.

Copy of transcript for a receipt of goods purchased by Stephen F. Austin from James Cochran.

Copy of transcript for a contract between Stephen F. Austin and Barnard E. Bee, on November 25, 1836, which lays out the payments Bee is to make to Austin in exchange for the land he was promised. Matthew B. Williamson, clerk of Brazoria County in 1842, confirms that this contract was indeed signed by Austin and Bee.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin writing to express concern for James' health and to update him on members of their family.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin, on June 25, 1830, discussing his health and his work. She also discusses their brother, William, who has recently become very religious, and advises James to take William's advise.

Copy of transcript for an account for Stephen F. Austin for land surveys completed for colonists. They account was finally settled by James F. Perry after Austin's death.

Copy of transcript for a letter from G. L. Thompson discussing his land claim.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, introducing Mr. Milton I. Anderson, who wishes to settle in Austin's colony.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, introducing Mr. Ephram Anderson who is looking to settle in Texas.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Daily newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.

Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. The latter two-thirds are a private diary, but many of the entries are made over printed finance notes, for which the book was originally printed. The initial third have some edits made to the printed sections but do not appear to be used as intended. Entries range from weather reports to crop and garden reports to mentions of Matthews’ medical practice in San Felipe. There are some loose papers in this volume, including one signed, “Miranda Matthews,” regarding a girl named Mary.