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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

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

Stock certificate

Printed $500 Certificate of Stock in the Consolidated Fund of Texas to Joseph Eldredge, June 15, 1840

Date: 1840~

Item Type: Text

"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

"Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce"

Proclamation by Pres. Anson Jones containing text of Treaty with Indians.

Date: 1840~

Item Type: Text

[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.

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

[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.

Item Type: Letter

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

Item Type: Text

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

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

Item Type: Text

Washington County legal documents

Writ requesting Sheriff to summon Andrew Crawford for court appearance to answer petition of Thomas Reed

Date: September 7, 1841

Item Type: Text

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

Item Type: Text

Mexico & Guatemala

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

Date: 1842

Creator: Findlay, Alexander G.

Item Type: Map

"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

Item Type: Text

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

Item Type: Book

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

Item Type: Text