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...
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 Miss Ima Hogg, thanking Miss Hogg for her donation of a letter to Texas Governor James Stephen Hogg from Porfirio Diaz, President of Mexico. Governor Hogg was Miss Hogg's father.
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 ...