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America
Map of the western hemisphere; it is a hand-colored engraving showing settlements and topography. Countries are outlined in various colors.
Date:
1844
Creator:
Arrowsmith, J.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Distances & number of men.
Sketch of military posts along the California coast between Sacramento and La Paz with inset detailing distances between each post and number of men at each one
Date:
June 19, 1847
Creator:
California. Adjutant's Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speech of John M. Clayton, of Delaware. In Defence of Zachary Taylor.
First and last pages of a speech delivered to the U.S. Senate on July 5th, 1848.
Date:
July 5, 1848
Creator:
Clayton, John M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Mr. Clayton of Delaware, Delivered at the Whig Mass Meeting Held in Wilmington on the 15th of June, 1844.
Front cover of the text of a speech concerning the tariff of 1842.
Date:
1844
Creator:
Clayton, John M. (John Middleton), 1796-1856
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, on the Effect of the Tariff of 1842; on the Agricultural and Other Interest of the West.
Front cover of a letter compiled by a Democratic Convention committee.
Date:
1845
Creator:
Democratic Convention
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent
Hand-colored lithograph of Texas with statistics and references in lower left
Date:
1844
Creator:
Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mexico & Guatemala
Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing towns, rivers, and topography
Date:
1842
Creator:
Findlay, Alexander G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A Practical Printer's Answer to Mr. Kendall's Tract No. 5, on the Public Printing.
Editorial criticizing conduct of Whig Party in regard to public printing.
Date:
1844
Creator:
Grouard, George M.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
A New Guide to Texas
The cover and title page of the emigrant's Guide to Texas.
Date:
1845
Creator:
Hunt, Richard S. & Randel, Jesse F.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army]
Listing of soldiers who received bounties from Captain J.B.P. January for enlisting in F Company of the First Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army. January led the company as part of Colonel Edward Burleson's 1839-40 campaign against Comanches in northwestern Texas.
Date:
[1840-01-28..]
Creator:
January, J. B. P.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst for one-third of a league of land in Harris County and about 28 miles northwest of Houston; granted by President Anson Jones
Date:
October 10, 1845
Creator:
Jones, Anson
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Public Lands
First page of a tract that is part of a series; this one addresses public lands."
Date:
May 1844
Creator:
Junius
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Jackson's Fine
First page of an editorial criticizing the conduct of Whig Party in regard to public printing.
Date:
January 31, 1843
Creator:
Pearce, Mr.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
The New Federal Calulator or Scholar's Assistant
Front cover and title page of a federal calculator.
Date:
1848
Creator:
Smiley, Thomas T.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840]
Letter from E. L. Stickney of the Treasury Deptartment to Jesse Grimes, concerning post offices.
Date:
April 6, 1840
Creator:
Stickney, E. L.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress of the United States
Front cover of the documents published by the second session of the 28th Congress of the United States.
Date:
1845
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Summons for John M. Brown]
Court summons for John M. Brown to appear in Union Bank of Mississippi vs. John M. Brown case.
Date:
March 4, 1843
Creator:
Washington County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"Amerique Septentrionale"
Hand-colored map of North America showing settlements, rivers, and mountains
Date:
1840
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bill of sale for slave
Bill from Nancy Lea to Antoinette L. Bledsoe for Negro named Frank; Lea was Sam Houston's mother-in-law
Date:
1844
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bonnet
White lace cap made by Mrs. Anson Jones for her son, Cromwell Anson Jones, b. 1849, Barrington
Date:
1849
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Campaign ribbon
James K. Polk/George M. Dallas campaign ribbon; political campaign in which annexation of Texas was an issue
Date:
1844~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Physical Object
System:
The Portal to Texas History