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[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Rafael Gonzales, February 25, 1825] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Rafael Gonzales, February 25, 1825]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Rafael Gonzales.
Date: February 25, 1825
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to José Antonio Saucedo, August 25, 1826] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to José Antonio Saucedo, August 25, 1826]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to José Antonio Saucedo.
Date: August 25, 1826
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter to Stephen F. Austin, May 25, 1828] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter to Stephen F. Austin, May 25, 1828]

Copy of transcript for a letter to Stephen F. Austin, on May 25, 1828, concerning the reward for a run away slave of Robert M. Williams.
Date: May 25, 1828
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, October 25, 1828] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, October 25, 1828]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry in which Stephen consoles Emily on the loss of her child and briefly discusses his situation with Col. Anthony Butler.
Date: October 25, 1828
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Antonio Elosua to Stephen F. Austin, November 25, 1828] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Antonio Elosua to Stephen F. Austin, November 25, 1828]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Antonio Elosua to Stephen F. Austin, on November 25, 1828, explaining that A. Thompson and his navy had departed for Veracruz before Juan Hernandes arrived.
Date: November 25, 1828
Creator: Elosua, Antonio
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Charles Douglas to Stephen F. Austin, April 25, 1829] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Charles Douglas to Stephen F. Austin, April 25, 1829]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Charles Douglas to Stephen F. Austin, in which Douglas argues for why slavery is needed to agriculturally develop Texas.
Date: April 25, 1829
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, December 25, 1829] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, December 25, 1829]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, notifying Austin that Winston will be arriving soon to select lands.
Date: December 25, 1829
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, February 25, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, February 25, 1830]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, introducing Mr. Milton I. Anderson, who wishes to settle in Austin's colony.
Date: February 25, 1830
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, February 25, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, February 25, 1830]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Anthony Winston to Stephen F. Austin, introducing Mr. Ephram Anderson who is looking to settle in Texas.
Date: February 25, 1830
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin, June 25, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin, June 25, 1830]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin writing to express concern for James' health and to update him on members of their family.
Date: June 25, 1830
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin, June 25, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin, June 25, 1830]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Margaret E. Austin to James A. Austin, on June 25, 1830, discussing his health and his work. She also discusses their brother, William, who has recently become very religious, and advises James to take William's advise.
Date: June 25, 1830
Creator: Austin, Margaret E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Ramón Músquiz to Stephen F. Austin, November 25, 1830] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Ramón Músquiz to Stephen F. Austin, November 25, 1830]

Copy of transcript of a letter from Ramón Músquiz to Stephen F. Austin, on November 25, 1830, asking that land be given to Austin under his company's name.
Date: November 25, 1830
Creator: Músquiz, Ramón
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ramón Músquiz, Political Chief of Dept. of Béxar, to Manuel de Mier y Terán, Commandant General (open access)

Ramón Músquiz, Political Chief of Dept. of Béxar, to Manuel de Mier y Terán, Commandant General

Acknowledging receipt of the newspaper containing the report that Zavala had illegally sold his contract and notifying him that it had been forwarded to the superior authorities. Indicates also that he had circulated to the authorities under his jurisdiction the communication of 12/31/1830 from the state government to Mier y Terán relative to the illegality of such sales and of the sale of any land to foreigners not naturalized in Mexico.
Date: January 25, 1831
Creator: Músquiz, Ramón
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from John Davis Bradburn to José Francisco Medero, January 25, 1831] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from John Davis Bradburn to José Francisco Medero, January 25, 1831]

Copy of transcript for a letter from John Davis Bradburn to José Francisco Medero, on January 25, 1831, noting that his arrival to San Felipe de Austin has been made public, and he has been given a commission. He also tells colonists to mark their land as their own.
Date: January 25, 1831
Creator: Bradburn, John Davis
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence from David Read to William Crain] (open access)

[Correspondence from David Read to William Crain]

Correspondence from David Read to William Crain requesting that Crain transfer a note for nineteen dollars and fifty cents to [Michael Reed].
Date: July 25, 1831
Creator: Read, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Col. Nicholas Copeland letter to Martin Bridgman, April 25, 1835] (open access)

[Col. Nicholas Copeland letter to Martin Bridgman, April 25, 1835]

1835 letter of Col. Nicholas Copeland to his son-in-law Martin Bridgman of Arkansas, enticing him to move to Texas. The letter discusses the price of land and cattle, as well as the profitability of crops such as cotton and corn. Copeland adds a note for Harry Currin, a free African-American, stating that Texas is a safe place to settle. His land grant (settlement & fortification) described in the letter was 25 miles west of the Trinity River just before crossing the Navasota River. This letter was written at Robbins' Ferry on the Old San Antonio Road at the crossing of the Trinity River (letters went east from there to be carried & put in the US mail system).
Date: April 25, 1835
Creator: Copeland, Nicholas
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from G. L. Thompson, July 25, 1835] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from G. L. Thompson, July 25, 1835]

Copy of transcript for a letter from G. L. Thompson discussing his land claim.
Date: July 25, 1835
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Contract Between Stephen F. Austin and Barnard E. Bee, November 25, 1836] (open access)

[Transcript of Contract Between Stephen F. Austin and Barnard E. Bee, November 25, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a contract between Stephen F. Austin and Barnard E. Bee, on November 25, 1836, which lays out the payments Bee is to make to Austin in exchange for the land he was promised. Matthew B. Williamson, clerk of Brazoria County in 1842, confirms that this contract was indeed signed by Austin and Bee.
Date: November 25, 1836
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Pedro Arguelles to the Laredo Alcalde, August 17, 1837] (open access)

[Letter from Pedro Arguelles to the Laredo Alcalde, August 17, 1837]

Copy of a letter from Pedro Arguellés to the Laredo ayuntamiento, giving descriptions of criminals Juan and Memerto Quirós.
Date: August 25, 1837
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from [James F. Perry] to James Reed, June 25, 1841] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from [James F. Perry] to James Reed, June 25, 1841]

Copy of transcript for a letter from [James F. Perry] to James Reed concerning timber Reed illegally took from [Perry's] land.
Date: June 25, 1841
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an Extract of a Letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, April 25, 1844] (open access)

[Transcript of an Extract of a Letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, April 25, 1844]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, in which Burnet describes his ideas of Stephen F. Austin. Burnet praises Austin's character and offers an explanation for Austin's name slipping into relative obscurity among younger Texans, while Sam Houston rose in popularity.
Date: April 25, 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, April 25, 1844] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, April 25, 1844]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry discussing the biography of Stephen F. Austin, rumors that Stephen F. Austin was bribed by the Mexican government, and her mistrust of Samuel Houston.
Date: April 25, 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, April 25, 1844] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, April 25, 1844]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, in which Holley makes a second appeal to Perry for assistance in gathering materials to create an authoritative history of the Republic of Texas and the role of Stephen F. Austin in its founding and preservation.
Date: April 25, 1844
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hy. Castro to Ferdinand Louis Huth, September 25, 1844] (open access)

[Letter from Hy. Castro to Ferdinand Louis Huth, September 25, 1844]

Letter from Hy. Castro to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding a credit for Haas.
Date: September 25, 1844
Creator: Castro, Henri
System: The Portal to Texas History