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Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp (open access)

Sworn statement prepared by Elijah Stapp

Statement prepared by Elijah Stapp--a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence--is a testimony to the claims of S. Hatch for damages and expenses incurred during the Texas revolution.
Date: November 17, 1838
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, December 17, 1850] (open access)

[Letter to John from his Uncle V. Metcalfe, December 17, 1850]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to John [?] from his uncle V. Metcalfe commenting on the improvement in his handwriting and composition
Date: December 17, 1850
Creator: Metcalfe, V.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of William H. Seward. on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills" (open access)

"Speech of William H. Seward. on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"

Speech delivered to the U. S. Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854; portrait of Seward included
Date: February 17, 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of William H. Seward, on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills" (open access)

"Speech of William H. Seward, on the Abrogation of the Missouri Compromise, in the Kansas and Nebraska Bills"

Speech delivered to the United States Senate concerning the Missouri compromise on February 17, 1854.
Date: February 17, 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

'Survey of the Mexican lines of defence at Cerro Cordo and the lines of attack of the American Army under Major General Scott, on the 17th and 18th of April 1847"

Detail of enemy positions along Rio del Plan southeast of Jalapa
Date: 1847-04-17/1847-04-18
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Register (Baltimore, Md.), Volume 4, Number 20, Saturday, July 17, 1813 (open access)

The Weekly Register (Baltimore, Md.), Volume 4, Number 20, Saturday, July 17, 1813

Issue of The Weekly Register newspaper including an article on the first page entitled "Republic of Mexico" which is described as a "hasty" translation of the Declaration of Independence from Spain. Other articles include: Indian Council; The Direct Tax; Map of the Rapids of Miami, Shewing the situation of Fort Meigs, &c.; Interesting Topography of Ohio; Proceedings of Congress; Events of the War; and The Chronicle (France and the Allies).
Date: July 17, 1813
Creator: Niles, Hezekiah, 1777-1839
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History