Letter from Howard L. Hughes of the Free Public Library in Trenton, New Jersey, to Miss Julia Ideson regarding an enclosed document that may be of interest to the library.
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 from Sam Houston to Thomas M. Bagby. Houston writes about his frustration with Commodore Edwin Ward Moore of the Navy of the Republic of Texas. Houston also asks after his tenant and several small personal matters.
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.
Letter from Julia Ideson to Charles L. Rowan, dated October 30, 1927, concerning a letter from Andrew Jackson to Sam Houston that Mr. Rowan's mother had loaned to the Houston Public Library. The letter from Andrew Jackson to Sam Houston was dated...
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 ...
Letter from William Mellen at the Bureau of Conscriptions office of the Confederate States of America, to Captain Richard Greene, Jr., concerning the end of the Civil War, including the reactions of the people in the American South to Abraham...
Letter from Richard Greene to Richard Venables, dated April 8, 1864, with a suggestion that Venables apply for a position with General Greer. Includes a reply from Venables on the reverse, dated May 9, 1864. Venables gives an account of his recent...
Letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Soule, to Lieutenant W.F. Blackman regarding a temporary consolidation of two companies, and the reorganization of Captains, Lieutenants and remaining officers. Lt. Col. Soule asks Lt. Blackmon what should be...
