Biographical notes on Lorenzo de Zavala (open access)

Biographical notes on Lorenzo de Zavala

A brief biography of Lorenzo de Zavala
Date: unknown
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft of letter to Allan Duckworth from Adina de Zavala (open access)

Draft of letter to Allan Duckworth from Adina de Zavala

A letter concerning pictures and captions to be used in describing Lorenzo de Zavala and his homesite
Date: unknown
Creator: de Zavala, Adina
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes, September] (open access)

[Letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes, September]

A letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes with orders to deliver information. New Orleans, September.
Date: unknown
Creator: Mexia, Jose Antonio
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Political Chief to Lorenzo Zavala] October 6th 1835 (open access)

[Letter from Political Chief to Lorenzo Zavala] October 6th 1835

Letter from Rueg to Zavala informing him of his intention to call at San Felipe on the 15 inst.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rueg, Enrique
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lorenzo de Zavalas (open access)

The Lorenzo de Zavalas

Biography of the de Zavalas
Date: unknown
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexican Government Description (open access)

Mexican Government Description

Details of the Battle of San Jacinto and a description of the Mexican government. The document is incomplete.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Zavala Family Genealogy (open access)

Zavala Family Genealogy

Zavala family history with breakdown of genealogical data.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
de Zavala Park [Statement] (open access)

de Zavala Park [Statement]

Statement describing a plan to create "De Zavala Park" in Harris County including a monument remembering Lorenzo de Zavala at the location of his home and grave. The statement includes background about de Zavala and the memorial plans, with a call to contact Representative Albert Thomas to support the plan.
Date: January 1964
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] June 4th 1963 (open access)

[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] June 4th 1963

Correspondence regarding opposition from Albert Thomas against De Zavala Park
Date: June 4, 1963
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] October 21st, 1962 (open access)

[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] October 21st, 1962

Continued correspondence regarding De Zavala Park
Date: October 21, 1962
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] December 12th 1960 (open access)

[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] December 12th 1960

Continued correspondence regarding the creation of De Zavala Park
Date: December 12, 1960
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] May 9th, 1960 (open access)

[Letter from Lenz to Yarborough] May 9th, 1960

An update on the effort to create De Zavala Park on the homesite
Date: May 9, 1960
Creator: Lenz, Louis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Abstract of Original Titles of Zavala's colony with names of grantees, dates ot title, and quantity during the years 1834-1835. September 1, 1932] (open access)

[Abstract of Original Titles of Zavala's colony with names of grantees, dates ot title, and quantity during the years 1834-1835. September 1, 1932]

A true and correct copy of pages 137 to 151 inclusive taken from "An Abstract of the Original Titles of Record in the General Land office in Austin, Texas: September 1, 1932.
Date: September 1, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932] (open access)

[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932]

Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony found in the Spanish archives of the General Land Office. Austin, TX, September 1, 1932.
Date: September 1, 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant title to John Bevil granted by Lorenzo de Zavala, October 29, 1834]] (open access)

[Land grant title to John Bevil granted by Lorenzo de Zavala, October 29, 1834]]

Title of Possession of Land given to John Bevil October 28, 1834. Included are all the legal transactions made between Texas Government and authorized persons included in Bevil's Title of Land process. This copy is a translated copy by P.H. Buckley.
Date: December 22, 1915
Creator: General Land office of the State of Texas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del & Oca, Pedro Mones De
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833] (open access)

[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]

Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833] (open access)

[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]

Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
Date: November 14, 1905
Creator: Valle, Fernando del
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Adina to Mary] November 15th, 1900 (open access)

[Letter from Adina to Mary] November 15th, 1900

A secret letter from Adina to her sister, Mary, including information on family history.
Date: November 15, 1900
Creator: De Zavala, Adina, 1861-1955
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West] (open access)

[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West]

A certified marriage record of Lorenzo de (Lawrence) Zavala and Emily (Emilia) West. Took place November 12, 1831 at R. C. Church of Transfiguration by the Rev. Felix Varela. New York. Copied from the Parish Register on October 11, 1900.
Date: October 11, 1900
Creator: Transfiguration Church (New York, N.Y.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Julia Zavala, July 24, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Johnson to Julia Zavala, July 24, 1882]

Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Julia Zavala with handwritten copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
Date: July 24, 1882
Creator: Johnson, Frank N. & Potter, Robert M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala, July 24, 1882] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala, July 24, 1882]

Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala with typed copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
Date: July 24, 1882
Creator: Johnson, Frank N. & Potter, Robert M.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Emily Hand to Adina de Zavala February 14th, 1881] (open access)

[Letter from Emily Hand to Adina de Zavala February 14th, 1881]

An affectionate letter regarding the welfare of the family
Date: February 14, 1881
Creator: Zavala, Emily West de, 1809-1882
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Personal letter from unknown person, September 6, 1849] (open access)

[Personal letter from unknown person, September 6, 1849]

Personal letter from unknown person. Bejar, September 6, 1849.
Date: September 6, 1849
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History