Box 3
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Item 52.03 1837 Van Buren, Martin. Printed Document. Annexation of Texas and Boundary with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 13th instant, respecting an Annexation of Texas to the United States. 25th Cong., 1st Sess. D40 & 42. [Washington:] Thomas Allen. [10-10-1837] Includes correspondence by John Forsyth, et al. First few pages foxing. 94 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Original letters, broadsides, pamphlets, printed materials and books documenting the political and cultural relationships between the United States, Mexico, Central and South America, Cuba, Spain, and Portugal, beginning with the heyday of nation formation from 1776 to 1815 and ending with the building of the Panama Canal in the early twentieth century. Many of the documents are original government publications such as constitutions, decrees, or presidential and congressional messages, and...
Dates:
1823-1893
Found in:
Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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MS 0518, Americas collection
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Series IV: United States
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Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
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Subseries II: 1836-1860. Collection of approximately 75 U.S. Government imprints, consisting of state resolutions for an against the contemplated U.S. annexation of Texas; resolutions of the State of Texas; and documents about Texas. Subjects included annexation, slavery, Santa Fe expedition, boundary with New Mexico, Compromise of 1850, Mexico, adjustment of matters involving the Republic of Texas, and other significant topics.