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[Transcript of Letter from Antonio López de Santa Anna, March 21, 1836]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Antonio López de Santa Anna, on March 21, 1836, discussing the battle of the Alamo from the Mexican point of view.
Date:
March 21, 1836
Creator:
Santa Anna, Antonio López
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Supplement to El Nacional, Number 79, March 21, 1836]
Copy of transcript for a supplement to "El Nacional" number 79, which contains the official news of Texas.
Date:
March 21, 1836
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of memorandum from Elias R. Wightman, [1837?]]
Copy of transcript for a memorandum from Elias R. Wightman concerning lands owned by Stephen F. Austin and James E. B. Austin.
Date:
1837?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record Transcript 1
Transcribed deeds pertaining to those portions of Bastrop County lands granted by the legislature to create Travis County in 1840. Shows name of county, date and place of execution, names of grantor and grantee, description of property conveyed, amount paid in consideration, signature of grantor, notarization, date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date filed. Transcribed in 1880.
Date:
1837/1840
Creator:
Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, July 13, 1837]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, in which Perry attempts to contact Williams since they are co-executors of Stephen F. Austin's estate. Perry has enclosed a document concerning land parcels written in Williams's handwriting and signed by Austin that he has questions about.
Date:
July 13, 1837
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Survey Records: Surveyor's Record A
Travis County Surveyor’s Record from April 1838 to July 1853, including land surveys, plats, field notes, land warrants and scrips. Records from 1838 to 1839 date prior to the formal establishment of Travis County, and are therefore referred to as Bastrop County records. Earlier records also include properties in counties outside Travis but within the Travis Land District. Arranged by survey number; indexed in file.
Date:
1838-04/1853-07
Creator:
Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Edward Burleson to James F. Perry, June 5, 1838]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Edward Burleson to James F. Perry concerning a potential town site.
Date:
June 5, 1838
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Survey Records: Surveyor's Record B
Travis County Surveyor’s Record from August 1838 to August 1852, including land surveys, plats, field notes, land warrants and scrips. Records from 1838 to 1839 date prior to the formal establishment of Travis County, and are therefore referred to as Bastrop County records. Earlier records also include properties in counties outside Travis but within the Travis Land District. Indexed in file.
Date:
1838-08/1852-08
Creator:
Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Survey Records: Surveyor's Record C
Travis County Surveyor’s Record from August 1838 to January 1848, including land surveys, plats, field notes, land warrants and scrips. Records from 1838 to 1839 date prior to the formal establishment of Travis County, and are therefore referred to as Bastrop County records. Earlier records also include properties in counties outside Travis but within the Travis Land District.
Date:
1838-08/1848-01
Creator:
Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Survey Records: Surveyor's Record D & E
Travis County Surveyor’s Record from August 1838 to January 1871, including land surveys, plats, field notes, land warrants and scrips. Records from 1838 to 1839 date prior to the formal establishment of Travis County, and are therefore referred to as Bastrop County records. Earlier records also include properties in counties outside Travis but within the Travis Land District. Indexed in file.
Date:
1838-08/1871-01
Creator:
Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter to John S. Brickey, April 19, 1839]
Copy of transcript for a letter to John S. Brickey, in which the author answers Brickey's questions about moving to Texas.
Date:
April 19, 1839
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, September 16, 1841]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry requesting the ability to pay off cash debts owed to Perry by bartering corn, horses, and one slave.
Date:
September 16, 1841
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Northwestern Part of Texas Received from the General Land Office in 1845
Map of Texas from the book, Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen and Übrigen Verhältnisse mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Deutsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer nach Texas...
Date:
1846
Creator:
Solms-Braunfels, Carl
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, August 24, 1846]
Copy of transcript for a letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, in which Gillespie provides news on several legal affairs including the transfer of several Empresario land suits to Travis County for trial and Gillespie's efforts to address ongoing business matters in Bastrop.
Date:
August 24, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, October, 28, 1846]
Copy of transcript for a letter from B. Gillespie to James F. Perry, in which Gillespie reports to Perry on the outcome of several civil cases involving land titles.
Date:
October 28, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from William Cannon to J. F. Perry, October 30, 1846]
Copy of transcript for a letter from William Cannon to J. F. Perry, in which Cannon requests Perry's terms for selling a piece of land.
Date:
October 30, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bastrop County
Map of Bastrop County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land Sale Record from James H. Mathews to Barry Gillespie]
Official filed record of Sheriff James H. Matthews auctioning off and selling land from the suit of Owen O'Brien vs. Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to the highest bidder, Barry Gillespie.
Date:
July 6, 1847
Creator:
Matthews, James H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, [1847]]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry to James F. Perry discussing her return journey home and reminding James of items he and others need to attend to while she is away.
Date:
August 26, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, 1847]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, in which Emily Perry let's her husband know she has arrived at her current destination, with their daughter, safely but that the trip home will require a detour due to outbreaks of fever around the Bastrop area. Emily Perry also provides a list of tasks that need to be tended to in her absence (preserves, garden, weather boarding, etc.).
Date:
August 26, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, January 20, 1848]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, in which White informs Perry that he does not have cash but would like to settle his debt to Perry either by handing over his home or by paying in negro slaves.
Date:
January 20, 1848
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 27, 1854
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 27, 1854
Creator:
Stanley, John T.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence/petition to Governor E.M. Pease]
A letter/petition, signed by multiple parties, asking Governor E.M. Pease for executive clemency for Mathias Lindberg, who had been convicted of perjury. Includes typewritten transcription of the letter/petition.
Date:
1855
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1857
Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 14, 1857
Creator:
Cain, William J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History