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[Transcript of Letter from Thomas F. McCaleb to Stephen F. Austin, March 22, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas F. McCaleb to Stephen F. Austin, March 22, 1830]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. McCaleb to Stephen F. Austin, in which McCaleb provides a letter of reference for Colonel Henry Morse.
Date: March 22, 1830
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Bill of Lading witnessed by  John G. Rowland for James F. Perry , March 22, 1833] (open access)

[Transcript of Bill of Lading witnessed by John G. Rowland for James F. Perry , March 22, 1833]

Copy of transcript for a bill of lading witnessed by John G. Rowland for James F. Perry, describing shipping details including: vessel, shipping company, master of the shipping vessel, and itemized costs.
Date: March 22, 1833
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter to A. J. Yates, January 22, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of letter to A. J. Yates, January 22, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter to A. J. Yates, granting him permission from the Texas Commissioners to receive loan proposals in New York City and Boston.
Date: January 22, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton to A. J. Yates, January 22, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton to A. J. Yates, January 22, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton to A. J. Yates, on January 22, 1836, allowing him to receive proposals for a loan from the United States government.
Date: January 22, 1836
Creator: Austin, Stephen F.; Archer, Branch T. & Wharton, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Document Concerning the Schooner Brutus, January 22, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Document Concerning the Schooner Brutus, January 22, 1836]

Copy of transcript of a document concerning the payment for and delivery of the schooner Brutus, on January 22, 1836.
Date: January 22, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Bank of Orleans to Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, January 22, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Bank of Orleans to Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, January 22, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from the Bank of Orleans to Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, on January 22, 1836, informing them that any money they deposit in certain banks will be credited to the government of Texas.
Date: January 22, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of minutes from the meeting of the Committee of Saftey for the Jurisdiction of Columbia, September 22, 1835] (open access)

[Transcript of minutes from the meeting of the Committee of Saftey for the Jurisdiction of Columbia, September 22, 1835]

Copy of transcript for minutes from the meeting of the Committee of Safety for the Jurisdiction of Columbia. Topics discussed include: position appointments, the formation of volunteer companies, forming a sub-committee to address the citizens of New Orleans, and establishing a vigilante patrol to keep the slave population subjugated.
Date: September 22, 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from William Hodge to Stephen F. Austin, August 22, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from William Hodge to Stephen F. Austin, August 22, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Hodge to Stephen F. Austin, on August 22, 1836, asking that Austin find news of the son of John Hemphill, William, who may have been massacred at Goliad.
Date: August 22, 1836
Creator: Hodge, 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