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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. (open access)

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 (open access)

Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware

Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware delivered at the Whig mass meeting held in Wilmington on the 15th of June, 1844.
Date: 1844
Creator: Clayton, John M.
Object Type: Book
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. (open access)

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. (open access)

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
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2 (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: FilĂ­sola, Vicente
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas:[ Volumen 1] (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas:[ Volumen 1]

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: FilĂ­sola, Vicente. & Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno
Object Type: Book
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
Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa. (open access)

Impugnacion al informe del señor general Santa-Anna, y constancias en que se apoyan las ampliaciones de la acusacion del Sr. diputado Gamboa.

Book about Santa Anna.
Date: 1849
Creator: Gamboa, RamĂ³n.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Practical Printer's Answer to Mr. Kendall's Tract No. 5, on the Public Printing. (open access)

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] (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
Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840 (open access)

Journal. W.P. Huff, San Felipe de Austin, February 22, 1840

Daily Journal from the William P. Huff store in San Felipe de Austin from 1840 - 1841. Lists expenses and sales, including the names of customers. (Handwritten.)
Date: February 22, 1840
Creator: Huff, William P.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A New Guide to Texas (open access)

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] (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
[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst] (open access)

[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 (open access)

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
Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography (open access)

Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography

Reprint of statements by William Kennedy (in an English edition) regarding his experiences and opinions on the Republic of Texas. It also includes a copy of the field notes and survey journals kept by A. Le Grand (pp. 105-115) to provide additional context.
Date: 1844
Creator: Kennedy, William, 1799-1849
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti (open access)

The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti

A book describing Benjamin Lundy's travels in Texas and Mexico. Lundy was an important figure in the anti-slavery movement.
Date: 1847
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin
Object Type: Book
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
General Jackson's Fine (open access)

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
R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago (open access)

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Cash Book, Brazos Santiago

Handwritten cash ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History