Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas: Some Reasons why it Should not be Removed. (open access)

Southwestern University at Georgetown, Texas: Some Reasons why it Should not be Removed.

Pamphlet outlining reasons that Southwestern University should stay permanently in Georgetown, describing the history of the school and connection to the community. It was issued in response to efforts to move the university to Fort Worth between 1907 and 1911 as part of the Georgetown anti-removal effort and is addressed to the "Methodists of Texas."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Booty, A. A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846 (open access)

An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846

Conference publication; Educational convention of Texas, in Houston, 1846; Rev. Chauncey Richardson, President of Rutersville College.
Date: 1846
Creator: Richardson, Chauncey
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denkschrift (open access)

Denkschrift

Memorandum discussing the state of things in Texas including obstacles they had overcome as well as the promise of future immigration.
Date: May 12, 1851
Creator: Hermann, Prince of Wied
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Dickinson, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant. (open access)

John Dickinson, Cotton Factor and Commission Merchant.

Direct mail advertisement from John Dickinson soliciting consignments of cotton, addressed to William Reed.
Date: July 1860
Creator: Dickinson, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Die thätigkeit des somite's seit dem leiten Bericht vom 15 May D.F. Beteffrend (open access)

Die thätigkeit des somite's seit dem leiten Bericht vom 15 May D.F. Beteffrend

Report from a committee reporting on progress with obtaining unrestricted ownership of the Fisher-Miller Grant from the state of Texas. The report repeatedly mentions the Adelsverein's debts in Texas.
Date: August 7, 1849
Creator: Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prioritäts-Obligation des Vereins zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas über 500 gulden im 24 1/2 gulden fuss. (open access)

Prioritäts-Obligation des Vereins zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas über 500 gulden im 24 1/2 gulden fuss.

Pamphlet explaining the regulations regarding installments made by shareholders and their entitlement to shares of the society's assets.
Date: July 1, 1850
Creator: Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fahrpreise von Baltimore, in einwandererzugen (open access)

Fahrpreise von Baltimore, in einwandererzugen

List of ticket prices from Baltimore, Maryland on immigration trains.
Date: January 1856
Creator: Wellinghoff, H. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ubersetzung (open access)

Ubersetzung

Letter from the governor of Texas, P.H. Bell translated into German regarding the landholdings of the Adelsverein
Date: February 11, 1850
Creator: Bell, P.H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Beilage zu no. 41 des herzoglich rassischen Allgemeinen Intelligenzblatts (open access)

Beilage zu no. 41 des herzoglich rassischen Allgemeinen Intelligenzblatts

Resolution of the passed petition by the Adelsverein to change certain statutes. The appendix to the society's statutes replacing the ones originally written in 1844 are then listed.
Date: October 12, 1850
Creator: Ducal Rassauian Interior Ministry Department
System: The Portal to Texas History
Vortrag die Beschaffung der Fonds Betr (open access)

Vortrag die Beschaffung der Fonds Betr

Report on the condition of funds, which the General Agent Bene submitted on Jan 22, 1850, for partial provision of the Adelsverein in Texas.
Date: 1850~
Creator: Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (open access)

Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas

Promotional pamphlet discussing promises of Texas as a new land to settle Germans in and the logistical requirements for a prospective emigrant to move there with the Adelsverein. The pamphlet also details exactly what support the society will give immigrants in travel and supplies.
Date: February 7, 1846
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
System: The Portal to Texas History