[Medicine brochure] (open access)

[Medicine brochure]

Booklet about Coltsfoote expectorant, "Come from the Fields and the Forests"; $1.00 a bottle, small booklet with 1 staple to hold it together; printed by T.A. Slocum Co.
Date: 1898
Creator: T. A. Slocum Co.
System: The Portal to Texas History
“Cotton Book 1830” (open access)

“Cotton Book 1830”

Cotton factors journal; records cotton bale weights before and after drying
Date: 1830
Creator: unknown
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Indianola (open access)

A History of Indianola

Brief history of Indianola, beginning with the arrival of La Salle.
Date: unknown
Creator: Seelingson, Lelia
System: The Portal to Texas History
Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas (open access)

Maverick Ancestors of the Maverick Family of Texas

Short history of Samuel Maverick's ancestors and family; Maverick was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
Date: April 1, 1969
Creator: Maverick, James Slayden
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Felipe de Austin: Capital of Austin's Colony (open access)

San Felipe de Austin: Capital of Austin's Colony

Award-winning essay about the city of San Felipe de Austin giving a brief history starting with the city's founding and background on Stephen Austin's colony.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hoff, Blanche
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Senator Houston, of Texas, on the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, Previous to the Final Passage of the Same by the Senate of the United States (open access)

Speech of Senator Houston, of Texas, on the Nebraska and Kansas Bill, Previous to the Final Passage of the Same by the Senate of the United States

Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate on March 3, 1854.
Date: March 3, 1854
Creator: Houston, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
Allenfarm Acala Cotton (open access)

Allenfarm Acala Cotton

This pamphlet describes the qualities of John D. Rogers' "Allenfarm Acala" with photos of the business.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rogers, John D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri:  Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, in Secret Session on the Treaty for The Annexation of Texas. (open access)

Speech of Mr. Benton, of Missouri: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 16, 18, and 20, in Secret Session on the Treaty for The Annexation of Texas.

Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate in May of 1844 about the annexation of Texas.
Date: 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, on the Boundaries of Texas. (open access)

Speech of Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, on the Boundaries of Texas.

Speech delivered to the U.S. Senate on February 27th and 28th, 1850
Date: 1850
Creator: unknown
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
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book] (open access)

[Washington Lodge No. 18 Record Book]

Record book for Washington Lodge No. 18 from circa 1854.
Date: 1854-06-22~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Common Errors in Cotton Production (open access)

Common Errors in Cotton Production

Pamphlet published by the U.S.D.A. about problems that cotton-growers may encounter and ways to avoid or fix them. Contents (from page 1): Mistakes that interfere with progress -- Causes of deterioration -- General measures of improvement: - Changing the method of buying cotton - Organizing 1-variety communities -- Some causes of inferior cotton: - Planting poor seed, Planting on price conjectures - Changing the seed - Planting too many varieties - Failure to test varieties - Misleading claims for varieties - Propagating hybrids - Planting unsuitable land - Planting too early - Thinning too early - Spacing too wide - Picking too late - Breeding weevils in the fall - Mixing seed at public gins - Ginning too close - Ginning too wet or too dry.
Date: January 1932
Creator: Cook, O. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History