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Abolition and slavery; speech in the House of Representatives, February 3, 1849, in reply to Hon. Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, on abolition and slavery. (open access)

Abolition and slavery; speech in the House of Representatives, February 3, 1849, in reply to Hon. Richard W. Thompson, of Indiana, on abolition and slavery.

"In reply to the Honorable Richard W. Thompson (Richard Wiggington) on abolition and slavery."
Date: February 3, 1849
Creator: Brown, Charles, 1797-1883
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Abschied von der Alten Welt: Eine Abschieds-Predigt, gehalten zu Kölzow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin am XX. S. n. Tr. 1845 (open access)

Abschied von der Alten Welt: Eine Abschieds-Predigt, gehalten zu Kölzow in Mecklenburg-Schwerin am XX. S. n. Tr. 1845

Fuchs' farewell sermon to his congregation in Germany, retiring from the ministry and leaving for Texas.
Date: 1845
Creator: Fuchs, Adolph
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining (open access)

Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining

Text with detailed description of the areas shown by the accompanying map, including geographical and cultural information.
Date: 1846
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account Book for 1845] (open access)

[Account Book for 1845]

Account book for the Laredo ayuntamiento during the year 1845.
Date: 1845
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account with Hr. Castro, November 21, 1844 to March 19, 1845] (open access)

[Account with Hr. Castro, November 21, 1844 to March 19, 1845]

Account with Hr. Castro from 21 November 1844 up to 19th March 1845.
Date: 1844/1845
Creator: Huth, Louis
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Accounts for December 1844] (open access)

[Accounts for December 1844]

Municipal accounts for December 1844.
Date: 1845-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Accounts Sent from Reyes Ortiz] (open access)

[Accounts Sent from Reyes Ortiz]

Accounts showing monthly statistics sent from Reyes Ortiz, previously asked for by the Policarzo Martinez.
Date: 1842-07~
Creator: unknown
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 (open access)

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
The address of southern delegates in Congress to their constituents. (open access)

The address of southern delegates in Congress to their constituents.

None
Date: 1849
Creator: Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Address of the Committee of the Mississippi convention to the southern states. (open access)

Address of the Committee of the Mississippi convention to the southern states.

None
Date: 1849
Creator: Mississippi. Convention, 1849.
Object Type: Pamphlet
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
Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845 (open access)

Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845

Pamphlet from Texana Collection
Date: January 1, 1845
Creator: Phillips, Stephen C.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit] (open access)

[Affidavit]

Affidavit sworn by Michael Reed before Gideon Walker stating that Reed paid Moses Cummings in advance for surveying services that were never fulfilled.
Date: March 7, 1842
Creator: Reed, Michael & Walker, Gideon
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit regarding seizure of enslaved people] (open access)

[Affidavit regarding seizure of enslaved people]

An affidavit—related to a legal dispute between enslavers William R. Smith and John W. Cloud ("Smith v. Cloud")—by Sheriff William McMaster regarding his seizure of Grace, an enslaved woman, and her three children.
Date: January 2, 1844
Creator: McMaster, William
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman]

An agreement for enslaver E.M. Pease’s purchase of Celia, an enslaved woman.
Date: August 3, 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy] (open access)

[Agreement for sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy]

An agreement for the sale of Hercules, an enslaved boy who was "eleven or twelve years old." Hercules was sold by enslaver Ephraim M. Guthrie to enslaver Thomas Graham. The agreement names Hercules a "slave for life."
Date: September 29, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country (open access)

Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country

A book of illustrations of buildings and scenes from the Texas Hill Country. Each illustration includes a brief history of the building or scene.
Date: 1847/1980
Creator: Edmonds, Bettie
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

America.

Map shows major cities and some geography of North America, South America and islands in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. North and South America continents outlined in red. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:63,000,000].
Date: [1840..1852]
Creator: F. P. Becker & Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

America.

Map shows major cities and some geography of North America, South America and islands in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Political divisions of countries within North and South America outlined in different colors. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:63,000,000].
Date: [1840..1852]
Creator: F. P. Becker & Company
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

America.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography and political borders in North America and South America. Accompanied by dictionary definitions from the "A" part of the English alphabet. Relief shown by hachures. No scale noted.
Date: [1840..1852]
Creator: F. P. Becker & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Flag, Cameron County and Matamoros Advertiser. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 235, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 22, 1848 (open access)

American Flag, Cameron County and Matamoros Advertiser. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 235, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 22, 1848

Weekly newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news from the United States and Mexico along with advertising.
Date: November 22, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Flag, Cameron County and Matamoros Advertiser. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 236, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 29, 1848 (open access)

American Flag, Cameron County and Matamoros Advertiser. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 236, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 29, 1848

Weekly newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news from the United States and Mexico along with advertising.
Date: November 29, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
American Flag, Cameron County and Matamoros Advertiser. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 237, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 6, 1848 (open access)

American Flag, Cameron County and Matamoros Advertiser. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 237, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 6, 1848

Weekly newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news from the United States and Mexico along with advertising.
Date: December 6, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History