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#199 Circular from the Committee of Safety of the Jurisdiction of Austin (open access)

#199 Circular from the Committee of Safety of the Jurisdiction of Austin

Heated analysis of the political situation in Mexico
Date: 1836~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Business contract and power of attorney] (open access)

[Business contract and power of attorney]

Article of agreement between Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel to enter into business together, signed by witnesses Sam T. Allen and Sam Smith. On page [3], additional contract by Z.N. Morrell granting power of attorney to Michael Reed. Both dated January 9, 1836.
Date: January 9, 1836
Creator: Reed, Michael & Morrell, Z.N.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cancelled Letter from Mayo Cerralvo] (open access)

[Cancelled Letter from Mayo Cerralvo]

Cancelled letter from Mayo Cerralvo to the Laredo alcalde concerning Félix Sánchez asking for more time to pay his debts.
Date: 1836-05~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carta esferica de las costas del seno mexicano con parte de la isla de Cuba y canales adjacentes.

Map shows detail along the Mexico, Cuba, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida coastlines. Names of the Provincia de los Tejas are given. No scale indicated.
Date: 1836
Creator: Spain. Dirección de Hidrografía.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of election of Capt. G.A. Parker] (open access)

[Certificate of election of Capt. G.A. Parker]

Certificate of election of Capt. G.A. Parker 20 November 1836.
Date: November 20, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of payment to W.W. Bowman for 40 dollars (open access)

Certificate of payment to W.W. Bowman for 40 dollars

Certificate of payment to W.W. Bowman for 40 dollars
Date: December 8, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 59: Beeman, Jno. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 59: Beeman, Jno. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Beeman, Jno. (Deceased) and W.C. Hunnicut (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1836-10-04/1975-06-03
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 262: Harris, Jas. M. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 262: Harris, Jas. M. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Harris, Jas. M. (Deceased) and J. Weatherford (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1836-07-26/1848-10-11
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 722: Ault, Jno. T. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 722: Ault, Jno. T. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ault, Jno. T. (died January 29, 1874) and Sophia Ault (Executor or Guardian). Disputed probate concerning posthumous child; Peters colony land.
Date: 1836-12-10/1876-04-28
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1098: Johnson, Wm. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1098: Johnson, Wm. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Johnson, Wm. (died October 15, 1863) and Geo. W. Laws (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1836-02-01/1875-02-01
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Discharge of John Lewis from Texas Army] (open access)

[Discharge of John Lewis from Texas Army]

Discharge of John Lewis from Texas Army 30 May 1836.
Date: May 30, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Concerning Electors] (open access)

[Documents Concerning Electors]

Document showing electors and tally marks for the amount of votes they received. The second document contains the minutes of the elections. Also included are letters from the alcalde to the seven electors appointed for the elections.
Date: 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Pertaining to a Case Against Senobrio Baca] (open access)

[Documents Pertaining to a Case Against Senobrio Baca]

Documents pertaining to a court case against Senobrio Baca for wounding Francisco Uriegas of the Bexar Company militia.
Date: 1836-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents Pertaining to the Trial of Tiburcio Gutiérrez] (open access)

[Documents Pertaining to the Trial of Tiburcio Gutiérrez]

Documents pertaining to a criminal trial of Tirburcio Gutiérrez for having wounded Santiago Navaira. Multiple documents are of varying sizes, and contain signatures of individuals acknowledging statements made.
Date: 1836-07~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Engraving of Stephen F. Austin]

Engraved portrait of of Stephen F. Austin. The image is round, in the center of a larger page, and Austin is visible from the chest up.
Date: December 16, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah, or the Sleepy Eye: A Sioux Chief

Hand-colored lithograph of Sioux chief Esh-Tah-Hum-Leah visible from the waist up; he is wearing feathers in hair and has two braids, a scarf around his neck, and blanket over his right shoulder.
Date: 1836
Creator: Newsam
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Four Pages of a Printed Decree on Elections] (open access)

[Four Pages of a Printed Decree on Elections]

Four pages of a printed decree, beginning with article 17, concerning elections.
Date: December 31, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Handwritten Circular from the Governor to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, October 20, 1836] (open access)

[Handwritten Circular from the Governor to the Laredo Ayuntamiento, October 20, 1836]

Handwritten circular from the governor of Tamaulipas to the Laredo ayuntamiento, requesting they do everything possible to apprehend deserters from the army.
Date: 1836-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Honorable discharge] 1836 June 15 [of] Jesse Burditt [from Capt. Wm. Kimbro's] volunteer company (open access)

[Honorable discharge] 1836 June 15 [of] Jesse Burditt [from Capt. Wm. Kimbro's] volunteer company

Honorable discharge dated 1836 June 15 for Jesse Burditt from Capt. William Kimbro's (Kimbrough) volunteer company
Date: June 15, 1836
Creator: Kimbrough (Kimbro), William & Houston, Sam
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Independence of Texas" (open access)

"Independence of Texas"

Report from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to the U.S. House, 24th Congress, 1st session, H.R. Doc. #854
Date: July 4, 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inventory of Goods for Maria Antonia Gonzales] (open access)

[Inventory of Goods for Maria Antonia Gonzales]

Document containing an inventory and distribution of the possessions of Maria Antonia Gonzales, according to her last will.
Date: 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Inventory of Possessions of Ramón de la Garza] (open access)

[Inventory of Possessions of Ramón de la Garza]

Document containing an inventory and distribution of the possessions of Ramón de la Garza. Also included are smaller receipts of payments and possessions being given away.
Date: 1836
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
John Vanwinkle Bond (open access)

John Vanwinkle Bond

Agreement to pay Michael Reed and Z.N. Morrel, issued by John Vanwinkle with witnesses James Cook and John W. Holman in the amount of ten thousand dollars in exchange for one league of land in the Nashville colony.
Date: January 16, 1836
Creator: Vanwinkle, John
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History