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[Transcript of letter from Josiah J. Crosby to Jerome B. Robertson, March 8, 1841] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Josiah J. Crosby to Jerome B. Robertson, March 8, 1841]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Josiah J. Crosby to Jerome B. Robertson transferring slaves to Jerome B. Robertson as a result of a court decision in the case of Crosby vs. Felix Houston.
Date: March 8, 1841
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842] (open access)

[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842]

Letter from C. E. Detmold in New York to Edward Trelawny at Putney Hill near London. It discusses his fears for Thomas Falconer's safety as he has heard that the "Texian" Santa Fe Expedition had been captured by Mexican forces and touches on British Whig finance politics. Detmold is Christian Edward Detmold (see Wikipedia article) and Trelawny is John Edward Trelawny the English biographer, novelist, adventurer and friend of the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.
Date: January 8, 1842
Creator: Detmold, C. E. (Christian Edward), 1810-1887
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James F. Perry to Guy M. Bryan, May 8, 1844] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from James F. Perry to Guy M. Bryan, May 8, 1844]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Guy M. Bryan, in which Perry provides a short biography of Bryan's grandfather, as well as, advice regarding business and legal matters.
Date: May 8, 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Guy M. Bryan, May 8, 1844] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Guy M. Bryan, May 8, 1844]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Guy M. Bryan giving information about the history of Moses Austin and his various land holdings.
Date: May 8, 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies (open access)

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies

Descriptions of Texas Indians of the Republic period; mention of captive Parker children
Date: February 8, 1847
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History