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#199 Circular from the Committee of Safety of the Jurisdiction of Austin (open access)

#199 Circular from the Committee of Safety of the Jurisdiction of Austin

Heated analysis of the political situation in Mexico
Date: 1836~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Admittance Ticket for David C. Dickson to Private Lectures and Examinations] (open access)

[Admittance Ticket for David C. Dickson to Private Lectures and Examinations]

Admittance ticket for David C. Dickson to Transylvania University Medical Department's Lectures on Anatomy and Chemistry. According to the card Dr. Bush is giving a lecture on Anatomy and Operations in Surgery, and Dr. Peter is giving one on Chemistry and Pharmacy.
Date: November 1836
Creator: Transylvania University
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business contract and power of attorney] (open access)

[Business contract and power of attorney]

Article of agreement between Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel to enter into business together, signed by witnesses Sam T. Allen and Sam Smith. On page [3], additional contract by Z.N. Morrell granting power of attorney to Michael Reed. Both dated January 9, 1836.
Date: January 9, 1836
Creator: Reed, Michael & Morrell, Z.N.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of election of Capt. G.A. Parker] (open access)

[Certificate of election of Capt. G.A. Parker]

Certificate of election of Capt. G.A. Parker 20 November 1836.
Date: November 20, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of payment to W.W. Bowman for 40 dollars (open access)

Certificate of payment to W.W. Bowman for 40 dollars

Certificate of payment to W.W. Bowman for 40 dollars
Date: December 8, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

City of Washington.

Map shows street names, wards, public institutions, major buildings, bridges, canals, and railroads. Includes diagram of the Capitol, references, and note. Inset: "Plan of the principal floor of the Capitol." Scale [ca. 1:22,000].
Date: 1836
Creator: Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condition of Texas.  Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas. (open access)

Condition of Texas. Message from the President of the United States, Upon the subject of the political, military, and civil condition of Texas.

This booklet includes the text of an address by President Andrew Jackson to Congress regarding the independence of Texas as well as various letters written by Henry M. Morfit who went to Texas in order to report about the conditions to the Secretary of State.
Date: December 22, 1836
Creator: Jackson, Andrew & Morfit, Henry M.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe, Volume 2-3: Twenty-Fourth Congress, First Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe, Volume 2-3: Twenty-Fourth Congress, First Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives. Indexes are printed at the start of each section.
Date: 1836
Creator: Blair & Rives
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe, Volume 2-3: Twenty-Fourth Congress, First Session (open access)

The Congressional Globe, Volume 2-3: Twenty-Fourth Congress, First Session

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1836
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Twenty-Fourth Congress, First Session, Appendix (open access)

The Congressional Globe: Twenty-Fourth Congress, First Session, Appendix

The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1836
Creator: United States. Congress.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Copy of a Map of the Seat of War in Florida

Map showing the area of central Florida where the Second Seminole War took place. It includes swamps, lakes, rivers, and military roads, as well as smaller maps of Florida and of the battle ground between Major Francis Langhorne Dade and the Seminoles.
Date: March 20, 1836
Creator: Johnson, J. E.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Copy of a Map of the Seat of War in Florida, 1836

Map showing the area of central Florida where the Second Seminole War took place. It includes swamps, lakes, rivers, settlements, forts, and military roads.
Date: 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dallas County Probate Case 59: Beeman, Jno. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 59: Beeman, Jno. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Beeman, Jno. (Deceased) and W.C. Hunnicut (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1836-10-04/1975-06-03
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 262: Harris, Jas. M. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 262: Harris, Jas. M. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Harris, Jas. M. (Deceased) and J. Weatherford (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1836-07-26/1848-10-11
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 722: Ault, Jno. T. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 722: Ault, Jno. T. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ault, Jno. T. (died January 29, 1874) and Sophia Ault (Executor or Guardian). Disputed probate concerning posthumous child; Peters colony land.
Date: 1836-12-10/1876-04-28
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1098: Johnson, Wm. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1098: Johnson, Wm. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Johnson, Wm. (died October 15, 1863) and Geo. W. Laws (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1836-02-01/1875-02-01
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Discharge of John Lewis from Texas Army] (open access)

[Discharge of John Lewis from Texas Army]

Discharge of John Lewis from Texas Army 30 May 1836.
Date: May 30, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]

Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
Date: December 16, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah, or the Sleepy Eye: A Sioux Chief

Hand-colored lithograph of Sioux chief Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah visible from the waist up; he is wearing feathers in hair and has two braids, a scarf around his neck, and blanket over his right shoulder.
Date: 1836
Creator: Newsam
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Harbour of Guaimas [sic.] in the Gulf of California

Map shows coastline and islands near the port of Guaymas in Sonora, Mexico; layout of structures for town of Guaymas. Inset: "Bird Island." Relief shown by shading and hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Includes illustration and notes. Scale [ca. 1:15,840].
Date: 1836
Creator: Harcourt, Octavius Vernon
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable discharge] 1836 June 15 [of] Jesse Burditt [from Capt. Wm. Kimbro's] volunteer company (open access)

[Honorable discharge] 1836 June 15 [of] Jesse Burditt [from Capt. Wm. Kimbro's] volunteer company

Honorable discharge dated 1836 June 15 for Jesse Burditt from Capt. William Kimbro's (Kimbrough) volunteer company
Date: June 15, 1836
Creator: Kimbrough (Kimbro), William & Houston, Sam
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

An improved edition of a map of the surveyed parts of the Territory of Michigan.

Map shows early nineteenth century Michigan Territory township grid, counties, roads, swamps, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Lead mines and land plats on indicated in insets. Includes notes relating to War of 1812. Insets: "Map of the Straits of Michillimackinac from actual surveys" [stamped 1844], "Map of Pte. Ste. Ignace," "Map of the most important parts of the lead mine district near the Mississippi River" [stamped 1844], "Map of the private claims at Green Bay from actual surveys," and "Map of Michillimackinac Isle." Scale not given.
Date: 1836
Creator: Farmer, John, 1798-1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Independence of Texas" (open access)

"Independence of Texas"

Report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to the U.S. House, 24th Congress, 1st session, H.R. Doc. #854
Date: July 4, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Vanwinkle Bond (open access)

John Vanwinkle Bond

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by John Vanwinkle with witnesses James Cook and John W. Holman in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for one league of land in the Nashville colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Vanwinkle, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History