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Translation: Laws, Orders and Contracts, on Colonization, From January 1821, up to 1829; In Virtue of Which, Col. Stephen F. Austin Introduced and Settled Foreign Emigrants in Texas.  With an Explanatory Introduction. (open access)

Translation: Laws, Orders and Contracts, on Colonization, From January 1821, up to 1829; In Virtue of Which, Col. Stephen F. Austin Introduced and Settled Foreign Emigrants in Texas. With an Explanatory Introduction.

This document includes an Introduction and an Advertisement written by Stephen F. Austin giving a brief introduction of the history of Austin's Colony and background about the printed translations of the emigration laws, decrees, and contracts on colonization as well as correspondence between the Mexican government and Austin.
Date: 1837
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
System: The Portal to Texas History
A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States. (open access)

A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States.

A letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the annexation of Texas to the United States.
Date: 1837
Creator: Channing, William Ellery
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evacuation of Texas : translation of the Representation addressed to the supreme government / by Vicente Filisola, in defence of his honor, and explanation of his operations as commander-in-chief of the army against Texas. (open access)

Evacuation of Texas : translation of the Representation addressed to the supreme government / by Vicente Filisola, in defence of his honor, and explanation of his operations as commander-in-chief of the army against Texas.

English translation of the Representation addressed to the supreme government. "Representación dirigida al supremo gobierno."
Date: 1837
Creator: Filísola, Vicente
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1847] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1847]

Ledger containing financial records for the Galveston City Company, including bills receivable, expenses, personal accounts, and cash, from April 20, 1838 to March 8, 1848 (p. 398). An alphabetical index of account-holders' names is included toward the front.
Date: 1838-04/1848-03
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1853] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1853]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock and of lots in Galveston as well as other sales and expenses with account information.
Date: 1838-04/1853-06
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1876] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Accounts: 1838-1876]

Ledger containing accounts related to the Galveston City Company including personal accounts by name, business cash accounts, promissory notes, bills receivable, profit and loss calculations, and other transactions related to the company.
Date: 1838-04/1876-01
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Records: 1838-1854] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Records: 1838-1854]

Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with minutes for a meeting of the board of directors on July 11, 1854.
Date: 1838-04/1854-07
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Records: 1838-1857] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Records: 1838-1857]

Ledger containing meeting minutes, proceedings, and other organizational documentation and records for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with minutes for a meeting of the board of directors on October 22, 1857.
Date: 1838-04/1857-10
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1843] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1843]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of lots in Galveston and the receipt of deeds for the parcels of land. Information for each parcel includes the buyer, date of purchase, price, and subsequent deed recipient, date, and number.
Date: 1838/1848~
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1846] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1846]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock and of lots in Galveston as well as other sales and expenses with account information, with personal accounts organized by person.
Date: 1838/1846
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1847] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Sales: 1838-1847]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of lots in Galveston for the Galveston City Company, based in Galveston, Texas, starting in 1838 and ending with a report for May 1847.
Date: 1838-04/1847-05
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Stocks: 1839-1854] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Stocks: 1839-1854]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock, with personal accounts organized by person. An index to names is at the end of the book.
Date: 1839/1854~
Creator: Galveston City Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston City Company Stocks: 1839-1871] (open access)

[Galveston City Company Stocks: 1839-1871]

Ledger containing accounts for the sale of stock, with personal accounts organized by person.
Date: 1839/1871~
Creator: Galveston City Company
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
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1837] (open access)

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1837]

Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1837. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1837
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1838] (open access)

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1838]

Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year YYYY. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1838
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade. (open access)

The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 1837
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Henry Matthews - 1833-1840] (open access)

[Diary of Henry Matthews - 1833-1840]

Henry Matthews (1799-18?) was a Methodist circuit rider, schoolteacher, and practicing physician from Ohio, who made his way from Ohio, through the Illinois Territory, to Texas. Primarily a circuit-riding preacher and schoolteacher in his early days in Ohio, Matthews practiced medicine more formally in the 1830s and 1840s in San Felipe, Texas, where Matthews and his wife Miranda eventually settled. The latter two-thirds are a private diary, but many of the entries are made over printed finance notes, for which the book was originally printed. The initial third have some edits made to the printed sections but do not appear to be used as intended. Entries range from weather reports to crop and garden reports to mentions of Matthews’ medical practice in San Felipe. There are some loose papers in this volume, including one signed, “Miranda Matthews,” regarding a girl named Mary.
Date: 1833-05-25/1840-10-02
Creator: Matthews, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Correspondencia que ha mediado entre la Legación Extraordinaria de México y el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos sobre el paso del Sabina por las tropas que mandaba el General Gaines. (open access)

Correspondencia que ha mediado entre la Legación Extraordinaria de México y el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos sobre el paso del Sabina por las tropas que mandaba el General Gaines.

Correspondence between the Mexican delegation and the U.S. Dept. of State.
Date: 1838
Creator: Mexico. Legación (U.S.)
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix. (open access)

History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36; Together With the Latest Geographical, Topographical, and Statistical Accounts of the Country, From the Most Authentic Sources. Also, an Appendix.

Book outlining the history of the Texas Revolution and a description of Texas geography, with a map, as well as an appendix containing personal accounts and text excerpts about specific events.
Date: 1838
Creator: Newell, Chester
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas, its claims to be recognised as an independent power by Great Britain : examined in a series of letters (open access)

Texas, its claims to be recognised as an independent power by Great Britain : examined in a series of letters

Texas, its claims to be recognised as an independent power by Great Britain : examined in a series of letters / by John Scoble.
Date: 1839
Creator: Scoble, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laws of the Republic of Texas, in two volumes.  Volume 01. (open access)

Laws of the Republic of Texas, in two volumes. Volume 01.

This volume includes "The Declaration of Independence made by the Delegates of the People of Texas, in General Convention, at Washington," the "Constitution of the Republic of Texas," and the "Laws of the Republic of Texas." Index starts after page 267.
Date: 1838
Creator: Texas (Republic). Secretary of State.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laws of the Republic of Texas, in two volumes.  Volume 02. (open access)

Laws of the Republic of Texas, in two volumes. Volume 02.

This volume includes the text of acts and resolutions passed by the government of the Republic of Texas to become law. Index starts after page 122.
Date: 1838
Creator: Texas (Republic). Secretary of State.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laws of the Republic of Texas.  Volume Third. (open access)

Laws of the Republic of Texas. Volume Third.

This volume includes the text of acts and resolutions passed by the government of the Republic of Texas to become law. Index starts after page 54.
Date: 1838
Creator: Texas (Republic). Secretary of State.
System: The Portal to Texas History