"Genl. Austins map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states"

"Genl. Austins map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states"
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed at the Session of the Fourth Congress.  In one volume. (open access)

Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed at the Session of the Fourth Congress. In one volume.

Front cover, spine, and title page of a volume of laws of the Republic of Texas. One of a two-volume set; this volume contains 4 volumes and is the personal copy of Anson Jones; Jones' signature throughout
Date: 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stock certificate (open access)

Stock certificate

Printed $500 Certificate of Stock in the Consolidated Fund of Texas to Joseph Eldredge, June 15, 1840
Date: 1840~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce" (open access)

"Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce"

Proclamation by Pres. Anson Jones containing text of Treaty with Indians.
Date: 1840~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Enlistees of F Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry, Texas Army] (open access)

[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
Summons for Isaac Mitchell (open access)

Summons for Isaac Mitchell

Summons for Isaac Mitchell to appear before the District Court judge in Washington County regarding petition of H. Chiairs and Samuel P. Baskins. Handwritten in ink.
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from E.L. Stickney of Treasury Dept. to Jesse Grimes, April 6, 1840] (open access)

[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
Memorandum of Agreement (open access)

Memorandum of Agreement

Memorandum of agreement between Secretary of State, Anson Jones, and Sam Whiting, Austin; concerns contract for printing of the laws of the Republic of Texas
Date: 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Bill of sale from Alex Trotter to George Sneed for receipt of $200 for twelve year old male slave
Date: 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents (open access)

Washington County legal documents

Writ requesting Sheriff to summon Andrew Crawford for court appearance to answer petition of Thomas Reed
Date: September 7, 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Court Record (open access)

Court Record

Thomas Johnson v. Harrison G. Wood; a list of subscriptions reserved by G.H. Harrison in selling the office of the Texian and Brazos Farmer
Date: 1842
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
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
"Speech of Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, on the Annexation of Texas" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Winthrop, of Massachusetts, on the Annexation of Texas"

Speech delivered to the House of Representatives on January 6th, 1842
Date: January 6, 1842
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the proceedings of the commissioner appointed to run the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas (open access)

Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, copies of the proceedings of the commissioner appointed to run the boundary line between the United States and the Republic of Texas

Message presented to the 2nd Session of the 27th Congress on March 21, 1842
Date: March 24, 1842
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Executor's Sale (open access)

Executor's Sale

Notice of estate sale of Thomas Gay, deceased, for two tracts of land in Montgomery County, Texas on the west bank of the Trinity River. The notice was written in Washington County.
Date: May 31, 1842
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Summons for John M. Brown] (open access)

[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
Bill of sale for slave (open access)

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
"In Executive Session--Senate of the United States" (open access)

"In Executive Session--Senate of the United States"

Report of the 28th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Document No. 345, 2, 1844; Deals with placing a military force in the Gulf of Mexico
Date: 1844
Creator: unknown
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
"Speech of Mr. John Wethered, of Maryland, on the Tariff" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. John Wethered, of Maryland, on the Tariff"

Speech delivered to the House of Representatives
Date: 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Speech of Mr. Miller, of New Jersey, on The Treaty for Annexing Texas to the United States" (open access)

"Speech of Mr. Miller, of New Jersey, on The Treaty for Annexing Texas to the United States"

Speech of Mr. Miller delivered to the U.S. Senate on May 23rd, 1844
Date: 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
"Substance of the Speech of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, on the Subject of the Tariff" (open access)

"Substance of the Speech of Mr. Phelps, of Vermont, on the Subject of the Tariff"

Government document concerning speech of Mr. Phelps; U.S. Senate, February 16 and 19, 1844
Date: 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.

Front cover of an article regarding the annexation of Texas.
Date: 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treasury warrant (open access)

Treasury warrant

Treasury warrant for $237.50 from the Republic of Texas to William Ochiltree, Washington, for compensation of Chief Justice and seven associate judges; signed by auditor H.W. Raglin and comptroller James B. Shaw
Date: 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History