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Along the Rio Grande. (open access)

Along the Rio Grande.

This article from a Harper's Weekly supplement discusses features around the Rio Grande River in the United States and Mexico.
Date: February 23, 1889
Creator: Hinton, Richard J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Article on balloons (aerial navigation) (open access)

Article on balloons (aerial navigation)

According to the headers and footers, this document is from the "American Magazine," volume I, number 6 which was published in February of an unknown year (a handwritten note on the cover says 1835). The first page (30) is the beginning of an article about how different people might be spending the winter months. The second page (280) includes the end of an article about a riot and burning of a Convent in or near Boston (which may refer to the burning of the Charlestown Convent in August, 1834) as well as random statistics and tidbits of current events.
Date: February 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Declaration by President Lincoln that the port of Brownsville, TX shall be opened to Non-military trade" (open access)

"Declaration by President Lincoln that the port of Brownsville, TX shall be opened to Non-military trade"

General Orders, no. 69
Date: February 22, 1864
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Deed of Sale] (open access)

[Deed of Sale]

Deed of land sale by Seward heirs to F. W. Wood.
Date: February 1913
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Indemnity and Slavery: Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas (open access)

Indemnity and Slavery: Resolutions of the Legislature of Texas

Resolutions presented to the 1st session of the 30th Congress.
Date: February 28, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Independence of Texas (open access)

Independence of Texas

Report from Committee on Foreign Affairs stating that the U.S. government should recognize the independence of Texas.
Date: February 18, 1837
Creator: United States. Congress. House.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Labor contract] (open access)

[Labor contract]

Labor contract for freedman Frank Seward. He was to be a farm tenant for John H. Seward.
Date: February 7, 1867
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Edwin S, Buck to his sister, Jane (open access)

Letter from Edwin S, Buck to his sister, Jane

Written from Chappell Hill, Texas, by Edwin S. Buck, to his sister, Jane, in Pontiac, Michigan; mentions several family members and local residents.
Date: February 4, 1800
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes] (open access)

[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes, concerns mail route.
Date: February 16, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies (open access)

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies

Descriptions of Texas Indians of the Republic period; mention of captive Parker children
Date: February 8, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, February 28, 1857] (open access)

[Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, February 28, 1857]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, concerns political situation of Texas, and division of state.
Date: February 28, 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorial of a Number of Merchants and Traders, Citizens of New York, Praying the Ratification of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and the Republic of Texas. (open access)

Memorial of a Number of Merchants and Traders, Citizens of New York, Praying the Ratification of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation between the United States and the Republic of Texas.

Memorial presented to the 1st Session of the 28th Congress on February 22, 1844 concerning commerce and navigation
Date: February 22, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
"R.H. Leetch and Bros., Day Book, Brazos Santiago, Feby 24, 1849" (open access)

"R.H. Leetch and Bros., Day Book, Brazos Santiago, Feby 24, 1849"

None
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report submitted by Mr. Archer from the Committee on Foreign Relations concerning the Annexation of Texas (open access)

Report submitted by Mr. Archer from the Committee on Foreign Relations concerning the Annexation of Texas

Report submitted to the 2nd Session of the 28th Congress on February 4th, 1845
Date: February 4, 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Sketch accompanying Col. Price's despatch of 15th Feb. 1847"

Details of enemy positions between Joya and Embudo just east of Rio del Norte
Date: February 15, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Sketch of the Battle of Sacramento, Feb. 28th, 1847"

Map accompanied by detailed notes regarding movements south of Rancho Sacramento between the Sacramento River and Arroyo Seco
Date: February 28, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Hon. David S. Kaufman, of Texas, on the Slavery Question" (open access)

"Speech of Hon. David S. Kaufman, of Texas, on the Slavery Question"

Speech delivered to the House of Representatives on February 10, 1847.
Date: February 10, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of William H. Seward, on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills" (open access)

"Speech of William H. Seward, on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"

Speech delivered to the United States Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854.
Date: February 17, 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Summons for Isaac Mitchell (open access)

Summons for Isaac Mitchell

Summons for Isaac Mitchell to appear before the District Court judge in Washington County regarding petition of H. Chiairs and Samuel P. Baskins. Handwritten in ink.
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Title to Land in the Northwest Territory (open access)

Title to Land in the Northwest Territory

Certificate regarding land granted to John Crittendon for military service and signed by Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and James Madison, Secretary of State.
Date: February 1802
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Court summons for Alanson Ferguson to appear for Samuel K McIlhaney vs. Alanson Ferguson case
Date: February 2, 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Washington County legal documents

Notice of sale of Samuel P. Brown property, deceased; 465 1/6 acres, slave woman and child.
Date: February 1, 1859
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History