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Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions (open access)

Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions

Pamphlet containing an essay against the annexation of Texas, compiled from a series of newspaper columns.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations (open access)

Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Anti-Texass Legion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2 (open access)

Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2

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Date: 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Hon. Wm. Lowndes Yancey, of Alabama, on the annexation of Texas to the United States, delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 7, 1845. (open access)

Speech of Hon. Wm. Lowndes Yancey, of Alabama, on the annexation of Texas to the United States, delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 7, 1845.

A passionate speech supporting the annexation of Texas, given to the House of Representatives.
Date: 1845
Creator: Yancey, William Lowndes
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cabin Book; or, Sketches of Life in Texas. (open access)

The Cabin Book; or, Sketches of Life in Texas.

This is an English translation of the German text, which is a historical novel about the creation of the Republic of Texas. It consists of a series of sketches that depict the new Republic of Texas as a land of opportunity for immigrants.
Date: 1844
Creator: Sealsfield, Charles, 1793-1864
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining (open access)

Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining

Text with detailed description of the areas shown by the accompanying map, including geographical and cultural information.
Date: 1846
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas during December term, 1847.  Volume 2. (open access)

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas during December term, 1847. Volume 2.

Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1847 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a list of cases, and an index.
Date: 1849
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Geographie, Naturgeschichte und Topographie von Texas (open access)

Geographie, Naturgeschichte und Topographie von Texas

A German translation of William Kennedy's Texas history.
Date: 1845
Creator: Kennedy, William & Czarnowsky, Otto von.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abschied von der Alten Welt: Eine Abschieds-Predigt, gehalten zu Kölzow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin am XX. S. n. Tr. 1845 (open access)

Abschied von der Alten Welt: Eine Abschieds-Predigt, gehalten zu Kölzow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin am XX. S. n. Tr. 1845

Fuchs' farewell sermon to his congregation in Germany, retiring from the ministry and leaving for Texas.
Date: 1845
Creator: Fuchs, Adolph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Freiheitskampf in Texas im Jahr 1836 (open access)

Freiheitskampf in Texas im Jahr 1836

Ehrenberg's account of his participation in the Goliad Massacre and the Texas Revolution.
Date: 1844
Creator: Ehrenberg, Herman
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen und übrigen Verhältnisse mit Besond Ererrücksicht auf die Deurtsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer Nach Texas... (open access)

Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen und übrigen Verhältnisse mit Besond Ererrücksicht auf die Deurtsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer Nach Texas...

This book discusses Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels' trip to Texas as commissioner general of the Adelsverein.
Date: 1846
Creator: Solms-Braunfels, Carl
System: The Portal to Texas History
Entstehungsgeschichte und Gegenwärtiger Zustand des Neuen, Unabhängigen, Amerikanischen Staates Texas : Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte, Statistik und Geographie dieses Jahrhunderst / Im Lande selbst Gesammelt von G. A. Scherpf (open access)
Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography (open access)

Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography

Reprint of statements by William Kennedy (in an English edition) regarding his experiences and opinions on the Republic of Texas. It also includes a copy of the field notes and survey journals kept by A. Le Grand (pp. 105-115) to provide additional context.
Date: 1844
Creator: Kennedy, William, 1799-1849
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840 (open access)

Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840

Daily Journal from the William P. Huff store in San Felipe de Austin from 1840 - 1841. Lists expenses and sales, including the names of customers. (Handwritten.)
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: Huff, William P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Record Book of Conditional Land Grants for Washington County, 1841-1844] (open access)

[Record Book of Conditional Land Grants for Washington County, 1841-1844]

Handwritten ledger described as: "The following are conditional land certificates issued by the Board of Land Commissioners in & for the County of Washington."
Date: 1841/1845~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago (open access)

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago

Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
System: The Portal to Texas History
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago (open access)

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago

Handwritten cash ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
System: The Portal to Texas History
Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika, nach Erfolgtem Anschluss der Republik Texas; mit Besonderer Beziehung auf Deutsche Auswanderer (open access)

Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-Amerika, nach Erfolgtem Anschluss der Republik Texas; mit Besonderer Beziehung auf Deutsche Auswanderer

Book describing Texas and the United States for people interested in emigrating from Germany.
Date: 1847
Creator: Pauer, Friedrich.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2 (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: Filísola, Vicente
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura (open access)

Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura

Book about travel in Texas.
Date: 1846
Creator: Page, Frederic Benjamin.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti (open access)

The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti

A book describing Benjamin Lundy's travels in Texas and Mexico. Lundy was an important figure in the anti-slavery movement.
Date: 1847
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laws Passed by the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas. (open access)

Laws Passed by the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas.

This volume includes the text of acts and resolutions passed by the government of the Republic of Texas to become law. The index and "Abstract of Private Acts and Joint Resolutions" start after page 120.
Date: 1842
Creator: Texas (Republic). Sixth Congress.
System: The Portal to Texas History