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Box 1

 Container

Contains 225 Collections and/or Records:

Note from Nelson Griswald acknowledging that he has received a copy of Sam Houston's copy of the [?] to them for examination, dated April 2, 1856., 1856-04-02

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: 1856-04-02

Letter from William Slade to Miss Forbes acknowledging that he has received her letter and advising her to go see Sam Houston to "get a good school", 1855-08-06

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: 1855-08-06

Letter from Aedie [?] A. Harris to Sam Houston expressing her joy for his fame, January 16

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: January 16

Letter from L. Lanee to Dr. Charles M. Hitchcock seeking to open a correspondence with him, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: n.d.

Letter from John M. Heriree to J. L. Roberts asking if it "would be best to land the sheriff after the horse", n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 13
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: n.d.

Letter from William A. Shaw to Sam Houston acknowledging that he received his letter and hastened to reply, 1855-09-06

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 7
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: 1855-09-06

Letter from William A. Shaw to Sam Houston [?] regarding the future of the American Party, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 10
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: n.d.

Letter from [?] to [?] beginning, "The religious aspect of the question, I have not touched, except by distant allusion.", n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 11
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: n.d.

Document from "The Gallery of Illustrious Americans", 1850-01-01

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: 1850-01-01

Letter in Spanish from San Jacinto, Mexico, n.d.

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14, item: 14
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains government letters and documents written by Sam Houston, letters to Sam Houston from other government officials, and people seeking favors, and personal materials such as letters to and from family members, and bills. Government and military correspondents include Col. James W. Fannin, James Bowie, Anson Jones, Thomas Jefferson Rusk, James A. Hamilton, Gen. Memucan Hunt, Gen. Albert S. Johnston, Cherokee Chief Bowles, Edward Burleson, Gen. George W. Terrell, John C....
Dates: n.d.