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[Commission for Justice of the Peace] (open access)

[Commission for Justice of the Peace]

Commission by A.C. Horton, Governor of Texas, appointing John H. Seward as Justice of the Peace for Washington County.
Date: October 8, 1846
Creator: Horton, Albert C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Notice of sale of "printing press type labels cases" for the paper "Texian & Brasos Farmer" and the "National Vindicator" for payment of two promissory notes executed by Thomas Johnson for benefit of G.H. Harrison
Date: 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846] (open access)

[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, concerns horse sale and immigration. Mentions F.H. Womack, E.G. Collier, John Dunbar, Albert Grimes, Mrs. Pew, Joseph Black, and Judge Lister.
Date: January 1, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining

Hand-colored map of western North America showing mountains, rivers, towns and roads, especially the emigrant route from Missouri to Oregon with distances between the various stopping points
Date: 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom:  Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura. (open access)

Prairiedom: Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura.

Front cover, spine, and title page of a book about Texas anecdotes. Title page includes an anonymous French quotation and a second by Ben Jonson.
Date: 1846
Creator: Suthron, A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura (open access)

Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura

Book about travel in Texas.
Date: 1846
Creator: Page, Frederic Benjamin.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, June 5, 1846] (open access)

[Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, June 5, 1846]

Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, dated June 5, 1846., recommending Thomas W. McCalla for appointment as an officer to the Military Store in the District of Columbia.
Date: June 5, 1846
Creator: Rusk, Thomas J.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

"To Arms! To Arms! Volunteers for the Mexican War!"

Broadside recruiting soldiers for the Mexican War, asking for 12-month volunteers.
Date: December 5, 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Poster
System: The Portal to Texas History