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[Petition for building a school for the poor] (open access)

[Petition for building a school for the poor]

The citizens of Northumberland County agree to a charter allowing another academy of the same name within the same county for the poor. The funding is discussed and the land that was for public use will be used. Petitioners are against the school being built with public funds and believe that the poor should be paying for their school. The petitioners believe that in building the school it would go against the legislation of the county. The author gives examples of cases that disprove the petitioners evidence.
Date: January 12, 1818
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land grant to Levi Shumway : Monroe, Mich., 1835 October 6. (open access)

Land grant to Levi Shumway : Monroe, Mich., 1835 October 6.

Land Grant for 40 acres in Monroe, Michigan, granting "the north east quarter of the south west quarter, of section nine, in the township eight south, of range three east, in the District of lands subject to sale at Monroe, Michigan Territory, containing forty acres." This is Certificate 149.
Date: January 6, 1835
Creator: United States. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
Date: January 1, 1841
Creator: Republic of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1 (open access)

Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1

None
Date: January 1, 1841
Creator: Kennedy, William
Object Type: Book
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
Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX (open access)

Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Colton, Calvin
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas (open access)

Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Dewey, Orville
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
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
[Texas Association Certificate] (open access)

[Texas Association Certificate]

Certificate of shareholding in "The Texas Association." The text of the document states that the recipient of the document is entitled to one share of stock in "The Texas Association."
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States (open access)

Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States

A book containing Theodor Sedgwick’s opinions about the annexation of Texas to the United States. The book contains discussions of issues that arise if Texas is annexed to the United States Union. A couple of the issues addressed are slavery and diplomatic relations between Texas and Mexico.
Date: January 1, 1844
Creator: Sedgwick, Theodore
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845 (open access)

Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Phillips, Stephen C.
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
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
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
Land Grant Deed (open access)

Land Grant Deed

Land grant made out to Marshall B. McKeever.
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Land Grant Deed (open access)

Land Grant Deed

Land Grant
Date: January 1, 1847
Creator: State of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation (open access)

Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation

None
Date: January 1, 1848
Creator: Jones, Anson
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping, January 1855] (open access)

[Clipping, January 1855]

A newspaper clipping from the Charles B. Moore Collection. the clipping details a meteorological table for the month of January in the year of 1855. The table records these variables for January: the morning, afternoon, and evening temperatures; the mean temperature of the month; the barometer reading; the monthly rainfall; and the direction of the wind. The table also includes the total rain fall for the month and the calculated mean temperature.
Date: January 1855
Creator: Louisville Journal
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anson Jones. Obituary. 1858 (open access)

Anson Jones. Obituary. 1858

Obituary of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, including a lengthy biography.
Date: January 1, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David, January 4, 1859] (open access)

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David, January 4, 1859]

Letter from Maud Fentress to her son David on the birth of David and Clara's child. She also discusses the hiring out of slaves; the division of land; and an update on family and friends.
Date: 1859-01~
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author (open access)

Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author

None
Date: January 1, 1859
Creator: Jones, Anson
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David - January 4, 1859] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to her son David - January 4, 1859]

Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to her son David on the birth of David and Clara's child. She also discusses the hiring out of slaves; the division of land; and an update on family and friends.
Date: 1859-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library