Box 3
Container
Contains 74 Collections and/or Records:
Item 52.45 1848. Polk, James K. Printed Document. House of Representatives. Correspondence between the Secretary of War and General Scott. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting the correspondence between the Secretary of War and Major General Scott, with the accompanying documents, in compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant. 30th Cong., 1st Sess. HED59. [4-26-1848] 63 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
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.
Item 52.46 1848. Polk. James K. Printed Document. Message of the President of the United States, with communications from the government of Yucatan, representing the state of suffering to which that country is reduced by an insurrection of the Indians, imploring the protection of the United States, and offering, in case it should be granted, to transfer the dominion and sovereignty of the peninsula to the United States. 30th Cong., 1st Sess. SED40. [4-29-1848]. Includes correspondence by James Buchanan. 19 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
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
/
MS 0518, Americas collection
/
Series IV: United States
/
Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
/
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.
Item 52.47 1848. [Texas] Henderson, James W. Printed Document. “Proviso,” Slavery, the Tariff, and the War with Mexico. Resolutions of the legislature of Texas, in relation to the proviso, slavery, the tariff, and the war with Mexico. 30th Cong., 1st Sess. HMD91. [Washington:] Tippin & Streeter. [5-18-1848] 2 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
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
/
MS 0518, Americas collection
/
Series IV: United States
/
Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
/
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.
Item 52.48 1848. Medill, W. Printed Document. In the Senate of the United States. Communication from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and other documents, in relation to the Indians of Texas. 30th Cong., 1st Sess. SRCD171. [6-15-1848]. 52 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 25
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
/
MS 0518, Americas collection
/
Series IV: United States
/
Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
/
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.