The following documents are included: Letter from C. F. Richardson, dated September 25, 1938, to Governor James V. Allred with copies of letters attached covering correspondence between Richardson and Thurgood Marshall, the "Houston Plan" of city...
Document from Sam Houston authorizing John G. Tod to be paid at the rate of "
Master Commandant
of the Navy" from April 291 through June 9, 1838 to the
9th of June, while he was engaged
in the "inspection of, and
reporting, on the Condition
of...
Document granting George W. Terrell the power to represent the Republic of Texas while meeting with a representative of the Court of Her Majesty the Queen of Spain to write and sign a treaty.
Letter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Of Her Majesty, the Queen of Spain, from Anson Jones, Department of State, Republic of Texas. Jones appoints George W. Terrell, Minster Charge d'Affairs, to be the representative of the Republic of Texas...
Notice appointing Joseph Chernosky, J. H. Luhn, and H. T. Wiley Managers of a School Trustee election in Kenneyville, Texas, to be held on June 6, 1896. The election was for School District Number 1 in Austin County, Texas, for a period of two...
Letter from Anson Jones to George W. Terrell, October 29, 1844, providing Terrell instructions on his immediate responsible as Minister representing the Republic of Texas to England, France and Spain.
Contains proposal brought before the 27th Congress, to eliminate the delay and "embarrassments" surrounding the postal delivery between the United States and the Republic of Texas. The plan recommends that each country prepay the postage on...
Document appointing Major William T. Austin as aid de camp to the Commander in Chief of the Army of Texas, and Major Austin's orders, signed by Sam Houston, Commander in Chief of the Army, written by George Washington Hockley. Related to ...
Signature of S. R. Bostick from April 22, 1899. Obtained by O. Fisher Allen at a convention of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. At the time, Bostick was the only living member of the four captors of General Antonio López de Santa Anna at...
Letter from Houston Public Library librarian Julia Ideson to Clarence R. Wharton, thanking Wharton for the donation of a facsimile of the order of General Sam Houston to William T. Austin while he retreated from Gonzales. Related to ...