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Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions (open access)

Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions

Pamphlet containing an essay against the annexation of Texas, compiled from a series of newspaper columns.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Adams, Charles Francis
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations (open access)

Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Anti-Texass Legion
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
How to Conquer Texas, Before Texas Conquers Us (open access)

How to Conquer Texas, Before Texas Conquers Us

Pamphlet discussing the geography of Texas and some political issues surrounding the annexation of Texas into the United States.
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Hale, Edward Everett, Sr., 1822-1909
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question. (open access)

An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question.

Pamphlet written by "A Massachusetts Freeman" regarding issues in relation to the annexation of Texas by the United States.
Date: 1844
Creator: Allen, George, 1792-1883
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1 (open access)

History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1

Book describing Texas history up to the time of annexation to the United States of America. This first volume is broken into 22 chapters covering the start of European immigration (roughly 1685) through the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1835, with a number of appendices containing supplementary information.
Date: 1855
Creator: Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Certificate of Election (open access)

Certificate of Election

Certificate naming Benjamin B. Peck the Clerk of the County Court in Gonzales County, Republic of Texas.
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Republic of Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texian Loan Agreement (open access)

Texian Loan Agreement

Certificate issued to Robert Triplett acknowledging the first installment of a payment on a loan from the Government of Texas, with details about the loan agreement.
Date: January 11, 1836
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Grant Deed (open access)

Land Grant Deed

Land grant for Mary Gest signed by Sam Houston.
Date: January 1, 1842
Creator: Republic of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 2 (open access)

History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 2

Book describing Texas history; this second volume is broken into 14 chapters covering the start of the Republic of Texas in 1835 through annexation by the U.S. in 1846, with a number of appendices containing supplementary information.
Date: 1855
Creator: Yoakum, H. (Henderson K.), 1810-1856
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate] (open access)

[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate]

This document is signed Oct. 16, 1830 by Rodman Moulton, W[illiam] H. Sumner, Geo[rge] Curtis and W. M. Willson.
Date: October 16, 1830
Creator: Monlton, Rodman
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[New Arkansas and Texas Land Company : [share] no. 4514 : New York, 1833 April 29] (open access)

[New Arkansas and Texas Land Company : [share] no. 4514 : New York, 1833 April 29]

Land certificate from the New Arkansas and Texas Land Company in printed form on onionskin paper, completed in manuscript. Signed by trustees and clerk, including Thomas Ludlow Ogden, Daniel Jackson, Edward Curtis, and James S. Huggins.
Date: April 29, 1833
Creator: Davis, Sylvester; Higgins, James S. & Jackson, D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2 (open access)

Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2

None
Date: 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish dominions in North America

A map of the southern United States, Central America, and part of the Gulf of Mexico. All of the marked spots on the map are Spanish dominions.
Date: 1812
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aron
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

New map of Texas : with the contiguous American & Mexican states / by J. H. Young.

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1835." Insets: Land grants, Remarks on Texas, Rivers of Texas.
Date: 1836
Creator: Young, James Hamilton
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the state of Coahuila and Texas / W. Hooker, sculpt.

A map focused on the states of Coahuila and Texas with a few surrounding states present in the map. Many of the territories and bodies of water are marked.
Date: 1833~
Creator: Hooker, William
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the Breakdown of Texas Land Grants]

A color coded map of Texas from 1835. The map is color coded according to land grants and territories. Many Texas landmarks are present on the map.
Date: 1835
Creator: Bradford, Thomas Gamaliel
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas

An 1838 map of Texas' landmarks, scattered cities, and land grants. Sub-territories are color coded on this map.
Date: 1838
Creator: Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel), 1802-1887.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

A map of Texas landmarks and territories from 1844.
Date: 1844
Creator: Morse, Sidney Edwards
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of South Texas Circa 1853]

An 1853 map of Texas territories, landmarks, and a few scattered cities. Along with the map is a document containing information about Texas and some information about the state of Tennessee.
Date: 1853~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas: From the Most Recent Authorities.

Texas north of Red River.
Date: 1845
Creator: Young, James Hamilton
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Mexico, California and Texas in 1851]

Relief shown by hachures. Includes illustrations of people washing gold, Mexican peasants and the ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan. There are colorful borders around each of the different states within the Mexican border.
Date: 1851
Creator: Martin, Robert Montgomery
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, part of New Mexico &c.

Map of Texas from 1856 documenting many landmarks and territories as well as Texas cities and counties.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

A color coded map of Texas from 1856. The map is color coded by county. Many Texas cities and landmarks are present on the map.
Date: 1856
Creator: Morse, Sidney Edwards
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History