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

Book about the Texas Revolution.

Date: [1848,1849]

Creator: Filísola, Vicente. & Almonte, Juan Nepomuceno

Item Type: Book

Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others]

Book about military leaders of Mexico, includes biographical sketches of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega.

Date: 1847

Creator: Robinson, Fayette

Item Type: Book

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, Ramón.

Item Type: Book

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

Item Type: Book

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.

Item Type: Book

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.

Item Type: Book

[Record Book of Conditional Land Grants for Washington County, 1841-1844]

Handwritten ledger described as: "The following are conditional land certificates issued by the Board of Land Commissioners in & for the County of Washington."

Date: 1841/1845~

Item Type: Book

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

Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.

Date: February 24, 1849

Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers

Item Type: Book

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

Item Type: Book

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies

Descriptions of Texas Indians of the Republic period; mention of captive Parker children

Date: February 8, 1847

Item Type: Letter

"Sweets for the Leisure Hours, or Flowers of Instruction"

Child's book, "moral, instructive, and entertaining" "for the mind and eyes"

Date: 1840

Item Type: Text

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

Item Type: Text

Spillholders

Pair of clear pressed glass spillholders with ground off pontil mark; design has strawberry diamonds and a large diamond with punty; some mold roughness; may be a Sandwich pattern

Date: 1840~/1860~

Item Type: Physical Object

Title of Land to John Adkinson

Original grant signed by Anson Jones with seal of General Land Office (detached)

Date: July 22, 1845

Item Type: Text

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

Item Type: Map

Mexico & Guatemala

Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing towns, rivers, and topography

Date: 1842

Creator: Findlay, Alexander G.

Item Type: Map

"Amerique Septentrionale"

Hand-colored map of North America showing settlements, rivers, and mountains

Date: 1840

Item Type: Map

Campaign ribbon

James K. Polk/George M. Dallas campaign ribbon; political campaign in which annexation of Texas was an issue

Date: 1844~

Item Type: Physical Object

Percussion shotgun

A composite gun made from various parts: blacksmith- made trigger guard; copper ramrod holders; wooden ramrod. Stamped on stock at butt: LEVYON MADE MC LAWS PLANTA. 1841; lockplate: GOLCHER; barrel: _____PHILAD___; possibly "slave made"

Date: 1841

Item Type: Physical Object

[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

Item Type: Text

Lace collar

Black lace fichu sewn into mesh-like material; from Calais, Vermont, dating before 1840.

Date: [..1840]

Item Type: Physical Object

Penny

Copper penny

Date: 1845

Item Type: Physical Object

[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.

Item Type: Text

"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

Item Type: Poster

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

Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others]

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

Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography

Speech of Mr. Clayton, of Delaware

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

[Record Book of Conditional Land Grants for Washington County, 1841-1844]

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

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

Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a report of Messrs. Butler and Lewis relative to the Indians of Texas and the southwestern prairies

"Sweets for the Leisure Hours, or Flowers of Instruction"

Summons for Isaac Mitchell

Spillholders

Title of Land to John Adkinson

Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent

Mexico & Guatemala

"Amerique Septentrionale"

Campaign ribbon

Percussion shotgun

[Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst]

Lace collar

Penny

[Commission for Justice of the Peace]

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