Article on balloons (aerial navigation) (open access)

Article on balloons (aerial navigation)

According to the headers and footers, this document is from the "American Magazine," volume I, number 6 which was published in February of an unknown year (a handwritten note on the cover says 1835). The first page (30) is the beginning of an article about how different people might be spending the winter months. The second page (280) includes the end of an article about a riot and burning of a Convent in or near Boston (which may refer to the burning of the Charlestown Convent in August, 1834) as well as random statistics and tidbits of current events.
Date: February 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Independence of Texas (open access)

Independence of Texas

Report from Committee on Foreign Affairs stating that the U.S. government should recognize the independence of Texas.
Date: February 18, 1837
Creator: United States. Congress. House.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History