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Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas (open access)

Difficulties of a Revenue Officer in Texas

Front cover of a book discussing action by the Mexican government to send a revenue officer and small contingent of soldiers into Texas.
Date: January 1901
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Morals of Odd-Fellowship: A Discourse (open access)

The Morals of Odd-Fellowship: A Discourse

Front cover and title page of a book containing a moral speech.
Date: 1854
Creator: Bristol, D. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes regarding Baylor and Armistead family genealogy] (open access)

[Notes regarding Baylor and Armistead family genealogy]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Notes regarding Baylor and Armistead family genealogy
Date: unknown
Creator: Carter, Betty
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of John M. Clayton, of Delaware.  In Defence of Zachary Taylor. (open access)

Speech of John M. Clayton, of Delaware. In Defence of Zachary Taylor.

First and last pages of a speech delivered to the U.S. Senate on July 5th, 1848.
Date: July 5, 1848
Creator: Clayton, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Mr. Clayton of Delaware, Delivered at the Whig Mass Meeting Held in Wilmington on the 15th of June, 1844. (open access)

Speech of Mr. Clayton of Delaware, Delivered at the Whig Mass Meeting Held in Wilmington on the 15th of June, 1844.

Front cover of the text of a speech concerning the tariff of 1842.
Date: 1844
Creator: Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lands in Texas. (open access)

Lands in Texas.

Tract about the land market in Texas including a real estate brochure for sale of lands near Lawrence, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Cropsey & Goddard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Effect of the Tariff of 1842; on the Agricultural and Other Interest of the West. (open access)

Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Effect of the Tariff of 1842; on the Agricultural and Other Interest of the West.

Front cover of a letter compiled by a Democratic Convention committee.
Date: 1845
Creator: Democratic Convention
System: The Portal to Texas History
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover (open access)

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Front Cover

Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper
Date: January 15, 1859
Creator: Everett, Richard
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding the Treaty of Limits] (open access)

[Document Regarding the Treaty of Limits]

Treaty recognizing the U.S.-Mexican Border with commentary in Spanish and the text of treaties in both English and Spanish, side-by-side, including agreements signed January 12, 1828, and April 5, 1831.
Date: December 1, 1832
Creator: Fagoaga, Francisco
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Front Cover: The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.] (open access)

[Front Cover: The Karankawa Indians, The Coast People of Texas.]

Front cover of an ethnological paper about the Karankawa Indians.
Date: 1891
Creator: Gatschet, Albert S. (Albert Samuel), 1832-1907
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Great Southerner, Volume 15, Number 9, June 1936 (open access)

The Great Southerner, Volume 15, Number 9, June 1936

Front cover and frontispiece of "The Great Southerner." The cover has a picture of the Memorial Shaft at the San Jacinto Battle Ground
Date: June 1936
Creator: Great Southern Life Insurance Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Practical Printer's Answer to Mr. Kendall's Tract No. 5, on the Public Printing. (open access)

A Practical Printer's Answer to Mr. Kendall's Tract No. 5, on the Public Printing.

Editorial criticizing conduct of Whig Party in regard to public printing.
Date: 1844
Creator: Grouard, George M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Address on "Suffrage and Reconstruction," the Duty of the People, the President, and Congress. (open access)

An Address on "Suffrage and Reconstruction," the Duty of the People, the President, and Congress.

Front cover and title page or an address delivered at the Tremont Temple in Boston on December 3, 1866.
Date: 1866
Creator: Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, 1815-1875
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Brenham (open access)

A History of Brenham

Front cover of a book about the history of Brenham, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hasskarl, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bob Dean: A Texas Story (open access)

Bob Dean: A Texas Story

Front and back covers of "Bob Dean : A Texas Story." The back cover contains advertisements.
Date: unknown
Creator: Hood, Emma Nelson
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Commission for Justice of the Peace] (open access)

[Commission for Justice of the Peace]

Commission by A.C. Horton, Governor of Texas, appointing John H. Seward as Justice of the Peace for Washington County.
Date: October 8, 1846
Creator: Horton, Albert C.
System: The Portal to Texas History
A New Guide to Texas (open access)

A New Guide to Texas

The cover and title page of the emigrant's Guide to Texas.
Date: 1845
Creator: Hunt, Richard S. & Randel, Jesse F.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army] (open access)

[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army]

Listing of soldiers who received bounties from Captain J.B.P. January for enlisting in F Company of the First Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army. January led the company as part of Colonel Edward Burleson's 1839-40 campaign against Comanches in northwestern Texas.
Date: [1840-01-28..]
Creator: January, J. B. P.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst] (open access)

[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst for one-third of a league of land in Harris County and about 28 miles northwest of Houston; granted by President Anson Jones
Date: October 10, 1845
Creator: Jones, Anson
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Public Lands (open access)

The Public Lands

First page of a tract that is part of a series; this one addresses public lands."
Date: May 1844
Creator: Junius
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alta Vista Institute: A Boarding School for Young Ladies (open access)

Alta Vista Institute: A Boarding School for Young Ladies

Advertisement for the Alta Vista Institute in Austin, Texas. It discusses the philosophy of the school, the curriculum and the class schedule for the upcoming session.
Date: unknown
Creator: Kirby, H. M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Presidential Proclamation (open access)

Presidential Proclamation

Proclamation issued by Lincoln concerning designation of areas in rebellion and emancipation in those areas.
Date: January 2, 1863
Creator: Lincoln, Abraham
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas (open access)

History of the Regulators and Moderators and the Shelby County War in 1841 and 1842, in the Republic of Texas

Front cover of a history about politics in the Republic of Texas.
Date: 1883
Creator: Middleton, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Jackson's Fine (open access)

General Jackson's Fine

First page of an editorial criticizing the conduct of Whig Party in regard to public printing.
Date: January 31, 1843
Creator: Pearce, Mr.
System: The Portal to Texas History