An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.

Bill of costs, mostly legal fees, for Z.N. Morrel and Michael Reed at the District Court.

Bill of payment to "Holmes & Brown" from Michael Reed. Bill begins March 29, 1829 and payment was received in full April 15, 1830.

1835 letter of Col. Nicholas Copeland to his son-in-law Martin Bridgman of Arkansas, enticing him to move to Texas. The letter discusses the price of land and cattle, as well as the profitability of crops such as cotton and corn. Copeland adds a note for Harry Currin, a free African-American, stating that Texas is a safe place to settle. His land grant (settlement & fortification) described in the letter was 25 miles west of the Trinity River just before crossing the Navasota River. This letter was written at Robbins' Ferry on the Old San Antonio Road at the crossing of the Trinity River (letters went east from there to be carried & put in the US mail system).

Correspondence from Michael Reed to Thomas Barron arranging payment. On verso, related correspondence from Thomas Barron to Michael Reed.

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Alston, Jno. D. (died January 25, 1852) and Richard Alston (Executor or Guardian)

Ledger containing financial records for the Galveston City Company, including bills receivable, expenses, personal accounts, and cash, from April 20, 1838 to March 8, 1848 (p. 398). An alphabetical index of account-holders' names is included toward the front.

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock and of lots in Galveston as well as other sales and expenses with account information.

Ledger containing accounts related to the Galveston City Company including personal accounts by name, business cash accounts, promissory notes, bills receivable, profit and loss calculations, and other transactions related to the company.

Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with minutes for a meeting of the board of directors on July 11, 1854.

Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with minutes for a meeting of the board of directors on October 22, 1857.

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of lots in Galveston for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with a report for May 1847.

A letter by Burnet in response to Zavala's resignation from the office of Vice President.

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.

Letter to Henry Rueg accompanying communications received from W. S. Allen calling himself agent of the Impresarios Zavala Vehlein and Burnett -- protesting against Arturo Henry, the actual agent of said impresarios and also protesting as illegal the titles given by the former as such commissioner unless they had the signature of said Allen attached to them, and asking instructions on the subject.

Lorenzo's letter of resignation as Vice President of the Republic (in both Spanish and English)

Letter of R. Mills, 3 April 1835.

Weekly newspaper from the Matagorda, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from the Matagorda, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Land certificate from the New Arkansas and Texas Land Company in printed form on onionskin paper, completed in manuscript. Signed by trustees and clerk, including Thomas Ludlow Ogden, Daniel Jackson, Edward Curtis, and James S. Huggins.

Weekly newspaper from the Brazoria, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.

Petition of Thos. Borden signed by Wyly Martin 30 April 1838.

Parallel text in Spanish and English regarding the plan for better regulation of the administration of justice in Texas describing a series of decrees. The left column is in Spanish and the right column is in English.