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[Correspondence to Rev. T.H.[?] Rees] (open access)

[Correspondence to Rev. T.H.[?] Rees]

Correspondence from an unknown writer to T.H.[?] Rees concerning his/her arrival in Texas, settlement in lands in Burlisson [Burleson] County close to the Brazos River, and teaching in a local school. The writer speaks of a disappointment from an "Isaiah" and asks Rees to reply with the reasoning as to why Isaiah has hurt the writer.
Date: June 20, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Promissory note for Michael Reed] (open access)

[Promissory note for Michael Reed]

Promissory note for Michael Reed to pay B.C.[?] Allen in the amount of twenty four dollars on demand.
Date: May 22, 1846
Creator: Reed, Michael
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846 (open access)

An address on education : delivered before the Educational Convention of Texas, in the city of Houston, January, 1846

Conference publication; Educational convention of Texas, in Houston, 1846; Rev. Chauncey Richardson, President of Rutersville College.
Date: 1846
Creator: Richardson, Chauncey
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (open access)

Verein zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas

Promotional pamphlet discussing promises of Texas as a new land to settle Germans in and the logistical requirements for a prospective emigrant to move there with the Adelsverein. The pamphlet also details exactly what support the society will give immigrants in travel and supplies.
Date: February 7, 1846
Creator: Verein zum Schutze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Thomas Falconer - June 28, 1846] (open access)

[Letter to Thomas Falconer - June 28, 1846]

Letter from unknown author from Washington [D.C.] to Falconer thanking him for a letter and an article from the Washington Review. The author hopes that the "vexatious" war with Mexico will be cut short and references the border dispute between Oregon and Canada that was settled by the 1846 Oregon Treaty. The letter is incomplete.
Date: June 28, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History