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[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West] (open access)

[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West]

A certified marriage record of Lorenzo de (Lawrence) Zavala and Emily (Emilia) West. Took place November 12, 1831 at R. C. Church of Transfiguration by the Rev. Felix Varela. New York. Copied from the Parish Register on October 11, 1900.
Date: October 11, 1900
Creator: Transfiguration Church (New York, N.Y.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Signed agreement upon administration of Zavala's estate, October 14, 1837] (open access)

[Signed agreement upon administration of Zavala's estate, October 14, 1837]

Signed agreement upon administration of Zavala's estate between Henry Fock, Emily Fock (West), and Lorenzo de Zavala Jr.. Signed also in the presence of Aug. H. Radcliff and James Mal(). New York, October 14, 1837.
Date: October 14, 1837
Creator: Radcliff, A. H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to David G. Burnet, September 11, 1836] (open access)

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to David G. Burnet, September 11, 1836]

Lorenzo de Zavala to David G. Burnet: Correspondence indicating that Zavala will be able to join the Cabinet's next meeting. Buffalo Bayou, September 11, 1836. (Photographic copies)
Date: September 11, 1836
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932] (open access)

[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932]

Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony found in the Spanish archives of the General Land Office. Austin, TX, September 1, 1932.
Date: September 1, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes, September] (open access)

[Letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes, September]

A letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes with orders to deliver information. New Orleans, September.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830] (open access)

[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830]

Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes: Philadelphia October 20, 1830
Date: October 20, 1830
Creator: Childes, C. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Fan Mill purchase and passage, December 13, 1830] (open access)

[Receipt of Fan Mill purchase and passage, December 13, 1830]

Receipt of Fan Mill purchase and passage: Manhattan, New York, December 13, 1830.
Date: December 13, 1830
Creator: Freeborn and Hitchcock
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lorenzo de Zavala's receipt during hotel stay in Brooklyn, June 29 1832] (open access)

[Lorenzo de Zavala's receipt during hotel stay in Brooklyn, June 29 1832]

Lorenzo de Zavala's receipt during hotel stay in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, June 29 1832.
Date: June 29, 1832
Creator: Duflon
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[School tuition and spelling book receipt, June 27, 1832] (open access)

[School tuition and spelling book receipt, June 27, 1832]

Henry de Zavala's school tuition and spelling book receipt: Brooklyn, June 27, 1832.
Date: June 27, 1832
Creator: Jinks, Henry W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A Receipt for Zavala's pants, October 11, 1830] (open access)

[A Receipt for Zavala's pants, October 11, 1830]

A receipt of Zavala's for purchase of 2 pair of pants: New York, October 11, 1830.
Date: October 11, 1830
Creator: Samuel Whitmarsh and Co. Drapers and Tailors
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abstract of Original Titles of Zavala's colony with names of grantees, dates ot title, and quantity during the years 1834-1835. September 1, 1932] (open access)

[Abstract of Original Titles of Zavala's colony with names of grantees, dates ot title, and quantity during the years 1834-1835. September 1, 1932]

A true and correct copy of pages 137 to 151 inclusive taken from "An Abstract of the Original Titles of Record in the General Land office in Austin, Texas: September 1, 1932.
Date: September 1, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[A receipt for Zavala's purchase of Clarets and decanters, October 18, 1830] (open access)

[A receipt for Zavala's purchase of Clarets and decanters, October 18, 1830]

Zavala's receipt for the purchase of decanters and a pair of clarets. New York, October 18, 1830.
Date: October 18, 1830
Creator: Botique of Sayer and Gates
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala, July 24, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala, July 24, 1882]

Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala with typed copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
Date: July 24, 1882
Creator: Johnson, Frank N. & Potter, Robert M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Julia Zavala, July 24, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Johnson to Julia Zavala, July 24, 1882]

Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Julia Zavala with handwritten copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
Date: July 24, 1882
Creator: Johnson, Frank N. & Potter, Robert M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Anthony Dey, May 5, 1834] (open access)

[Letter from Anthony Dey, May 5, 1834]

Letter from Anthony Dey to unknown person: On granting 200 Poles to settle in Zavala's granted land between the Sabine River and the town of Nacogdoches. New York, May 5, 1834. Anthony Dey was the New York attorney for the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company.
Date: May 5, 1834
Creator: Dey, Anthony
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Permission from Alien Office allowing Zavala to embark, May 17, 1831] (open access)

[Permission from Alien Office allowing Zavala to embark, May 17, 1831]

Permission from Alien Office in Dover allowing Zavala to embark, signed by R. Childress. Dover, May 17, 1831.
Date: May 17, 1831
Creator: Alien Office
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from William L. Delap to George Cupples, March 20, 1845 (open access)

Letter from William L. Delap to George Cupples, March 20, 1845

Discusses the possible good effects of the recent proffer of annexation terms to Texas by the U.S. Congress and Delap's translation of de Zavala's book Ensayo Historico de las Revoluciones de Megico des 1808 hasta 1830
Date: March 20, 1845
Creator: Delap, William
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, April 22, 1837] (open access)

[Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, April 22, 1837]

Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, widow of Lorenzo de Zavala, dated April 22, 1837 from New Orleans. The letter refers to her sadness after her son Henry and many friends have left the city. Mrs. Zavala, with her three children and a servant, traveled from Texas to New Orleans on the schooner Flash, arriving March 20, 1837. She and Mrs. Mexia had been friends in Mexico in 1832. Mrs. Zavala and her children left New Orleans for New York on April 9, 1837, thirteen days before Mrs. Mexia wrote this letter to her. The letter also references Lorenzo de Zavala Jr., the son of Lorenzo de Zavala and stepson of Mrs. Emily de Zavala. Lorenzo, Jr. arrived in New Orleans from Texas on April 10, and sometime after April 22 left New Orleans for New York. Charlotte Mexia was married to Jose Antonio Mexia.
Date: April 22, 1834
Creator: Mexia, Charlotte
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Report of sales of property real and personal belonging of Zavala's estate sold to Henry Fock, September 28, 1841] (open access)

[Report of sales of property real and personal belonging of Zavala's estate sold to Henry Fock, September 28, 1841]

Report of sales of property real and personal belonging to Zavala sold to Henry Fock. Harris County, September 28, 1841.
Date: September 28, 1841
Creator: Moreland, J.M.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833] (open access)

[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]

Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del & Oca, Pedro Mones De
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant title to John Bevil granted by Lorenzo de Zavala, October 29, 1834]] (open access)

[Land grant title to John Bevil granted by Lorenzo de Zavala, October 29, 1834]]

Title of Possession of Land given to John Bevil October 28, 1834. Included are all the legal transactions made between Texas Government and authorized persons included in Bevil's Title of Land process. This copy is a translated copy by P.H. Buckley.
Date: December 22, 1915
Creator: General Land office of the State of Texas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879] (open access)

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879]

Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person enclosed with with an additional letter to W.E. Hutchison. The letter addressed to Hutchison describes the mis-handling of the affairs over the estate and property of the deceased Lorenzo de Zavala Sr. The additional letter to unknown person describes his own eye-witness account of the events of the Battle of San Jacinto and his personal endeavors afterwards. Merida, Yucatan, July 1, 1879.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: de Zavala, Lorenzo, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History