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#100 Circular to the Public from Council (open access)

#100 Circular to the Public from Council

Contains notes from S. F. Austin to Council of Safety describing present conditions
Date: 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
#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
[Account ledger of Zadock Long, 1837] (open access)

[Account ledger of Zadock Long, 1837]

Accounts ledger of Zadock Long, who also owned the Washington Inn & Tavern in Princess Anne, Maryland. The accounts include names such as Littleton Dennis Teackle, Samuel K. Handy, Samuel Ker, Littleton Long, Matthias Miles, McClure & Co., Levin Miller, James Polk, Elizabeth Pollitt, John W. Done, William Tull, Thomas S. Waters, Rider H. Winder, and many others.
Date: 1837
Creator: Long, Zadock
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment" (open access)

An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment"

"Object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country; and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of 'The Experiment'"
Date: 1835
Creator: Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Third Session of the Twenty-Fifth Congress of the United States (open access)

Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Third Session of the Twenty-Fifth Congress of the United States

Front cover of the Congressional proceedings from the third session of the 25th U.S. Congress.
Date: 1839
Creator: United States. Congress.
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
The Advocate of the People's Rights (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 22, 1834 (open access)

The Advocate of the People's Rights (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 22, 1834

Weekly newspaper from the Brazoria, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with poetry, notices and advertising.
Date: February 22, 1834
Creator: Allen, Oliver H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advocate of the People's Rights (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 27, 1834 (open access)

The Advocate of the People's Rights (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 9, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 27, 1834

Extra edition of the weekly newspaper from the Brazoria, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with poetry, notices and advertising.
Date: March 27, 1834
Creator: Allen, Oliver H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Esther, an enslaved woman.
Date: 1837-04-18/1837-04-20
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alphabetical Index to the Laws of Texas, arranged by a  Member of the Bar. (open access)

Alphabetical Index to the Laws of Texas, arranged by a Member of the Bar.

This volume is an index of the laws of the Republic of Texas for the second and third Congresses
Date: 1839
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

America.

Map shows country boundaries and cities in North and South America. England is shown in the upper right corner. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:26,000,000].
Date: 1835
Creator: Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America.

Map shows early nineteenth century cities, political boundaries, and known geography of North America, South America, and parts of Oceania and Europe. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1830
Creator: Gardner, W. R.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
American State Papers, Second Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress, First and Second Sessions of the Twenty-Fifth Congress, Volume 7 (open access)

American State Papers, Second Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress, First and Second Sessions of the Twenty-Fifth Congress, Volume 7

Collection of legislative documents and reports related to the United States Congress.
Date: 1837
Creator: Dickins, Asbury, 1780-1861 & Forney, John W.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, First Congress, First Session, Volume 1 (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, First Congress, First Session, Volume 1

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives. The index starts after column 1322 on the pages numbered with Roman numerals.
Date: 1834
Creator: Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, First Congress, First Session, Volume 2 (open access)

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, First Congress, First Session, Volume 2

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date: 1834
Creator: Gales, Joseph, 1761-1841
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Article of Agreement between William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed] (open access)

[Article of Agreement between William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed]

Article of agreement between William C. Sparks and Jefferson Reed for the transfer of three hundred acres of land. Statement on verso recording the filing of the article with Brazos County on December 2, 1844.
Date: December 8, 1839
Creator: Sparks, William C. & Reed, Jefferson
Object Type: Legal Document
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
Articles of agreement between H.C. Hudson and Elihu Moss : Washington, [Tex.], 1838 July 17. (open access)

Articles of agreement between H.C. Hudson and Elihu Moss : Washington, [Tex.], 1838 July 17.

Handwritten agreement regarding lease of land in Washington County with details of agreed upon improvements.
Date: July 17, 1838
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aurora che Sorgereai with Brilliant Variations for the PIano Forte

This is a digital copy of the ca. 1830 edition of Henri Herz's Brilliant variations for the piano forte on the cavatina "Aurora che sorcerai" from Rossini's two-act melodrama "La donna del lago," (i.e., The lady of the lake). The library's copy is part of a bound collection of piano music by variopus nineteenth-century composers. The pianist, and Herz's friend, Franz Hünten adapted several passages of the music to suit the range of the contemporaneous piano fortes. A note on the t.p. indicates that "Mrs. [Lucy] Anderson had the distinguished honor of performing this piece before their Majesties at Brighton." Plate no. 476.
Date: 1830?
Creator: Herz, Henri, 1803-1888.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Austin County

Map of the Prairies and Lakes region covering Austin County, Texas. The town plat in the San Felipe de Austin Survey is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bank Draft] (open access)

[Bank Draft]

Bank draft to T.C. Zimmerman, Holland, from T.G. Wick, Matagorda; in the amount of $1200 to be paid from the account of G.D. Langster, Oosterhoud, Netherlands.
Date: August 6, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bank Draft] (open access)

[Bank Draft]

Bank draft to T.C. Zimmerman, Holland, from T.G. Wick, Matagorda; in the amount of $1200 to be paid from the account of G.D. Langster, Oosterhoud, Netherlands.
Date: August 6, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bank Draft] (open access)

[Bank Draft]

Bank draft to T. C. Zimmerman, Holland, from T. G. Wick, Matagorda; in the amount of $1200 to be paid from the account of G. D. Langster, Oosterhoud, Netherlands.
Date: August 6, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History