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Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1 (open access)

Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1

None
Date: January 1, 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX (open access)

Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Colton, Calvin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas (open access)

Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Dewey, Orville
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions (open access)

Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions

Pamphlet containing an essay against the annexation of Texas, compiled from a series of newspaper columns.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States (open access)

Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States

A book containing Theodor Sedgwick’s opinions about the annexation of Texas to the United States. The book contains discussions of issues that arise if Texas is annexed to the United States Union. A couple of the issues addressed are slavery and diplomatic relations between Texas and Mexico.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Sedgwick, Theodore
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845 (open access)

Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Phillips, Stephen C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations (open access)

Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Anti-Texass Legion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation (open access)

Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation

None
Date: January 1, 1848
Creator: Jones, Anson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Henry Maxwell] (open access)

[Journal of Henry Maxwell]

Journal of Robert Strain Maxwell containing daily activities and accounts.
Date: January 1, 1861
Creator: Maxwell, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Theodore H. Ferris: 1863] (open access)

[Diary of Theodore H. Ferris: 1863]

Diary of Theodore H. Ferris from January 1 through April 1, 1863.
Date: 1863-01-01/1863-04-01
Creator: Ferris, Theodore H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1864] (open access)

[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1864]

Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills from 1984.
Date: 1864-01-01/1864-12-31
Creator: Howard Atkinson Ills, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1871] (open access)

[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1871]

Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills from the year 1871.
Date: 1871-01-01/1871-12-31
Creator: Howard Atkinson Ills, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of  J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1875] (open access)

[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1875]

Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills from the year 1975.
Date: 1875-01-01/1875-12-31
Creator: Howard Atkinson Ills, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Minnie Howard Walker: 1881] (open access)

[Diary of Minnie Howard Walker: 1881]

Diary of Minnie Howard Walker from the year 1881.
Date: 1881-01-01/1881-12-11
Creator: Walker, Minnie Maud Howard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association (open access)

Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association

Minutes of the Organization and First Annual Session of the Denton County Baptist Association. The booklet contains the list of delegates and the location of their churches, constitution, rules of order, and the declaration of faith of the association.
Date: 1886-10-01~
Creator: Denton County Baptist Association
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letterbook 1888-1892 (open access)

Letterbook 1888-1892

A book of letters written by and received from Charles B. Moore from January 1, 1888 to February 13, 1892. Book is made of leather. Note on front cover: "Reynods, McKinney Tex; Arkansas Travels; 182 Monroe Street; Chicago Ill; 10 cts". Back cover has a pocket and a pen holder. Each page has a header of "Letters Written." Columns which cover two pages are: Month, Who To, Mailed At, Directed To. Includes a general goods flier with a listing of rainfall by month in 1892.
Date: January 1, 1888
Creator: Moore, Charles B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Lands for Sale in Texas.  Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas (open access)

Lands for Sale in Texas. Over 150,000 Acres Carefully Selected and Owned by W.S. Herndon of Tyler, Smith County, Texas

Publication listing land for sale in Texas. Description of tracts in many different counties.
Date: June 1, 1888
Creator: Herndon, W.S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Indians (open access)

William C. Wright v. The United States and the Comanche and Kiowa Indians

Record and transcription of William C. Wright v. the United States and the Comanche and Kiowa tribes of Indians in the United States Court of Claims. The claimant argued that the Comanche and Kiowa Indians stole property from him around 1868.
Date: 1891-07-01?
Creator: United States. Court of Claims.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D. M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: 1891-1898] (open access)

[D. M. O'Connor General Business Ledger: 1891-1898]

Ledger kept by Dennis M. O'Connor documenting sales by customer, expenses -- including cattle purchased -- and information related to properties and livestock.
Date: 1891-10-01/1898-01-19
Creator: O'Connor, Dennis Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bank Book: 1893] (open access)

[Bank Book: 1893]

Bank book documenting account information related to merchandise, stock, and real estate income and expenses.
Date: 1893-02-01/1893-08-20
Creator: O'Connor, Dennis Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History
[School Finance Ledger] (open access)

[School Finance Ledger]

Ledger kept by Martin O'Connor for a school assignment, detailing various financial transactions. A note written on the inside cover says "Martin O'Connor, St. Edward's College, Austin, Texas."
Date: [1893-02-01..1893-02-18]
Creator: O'Connor, Martin
System: The Portal to Texas History