Box 3
Container
Contains 74 Results:
[2-19-1847] Cuartel General del Egercito. #20. Notifies the Mexican people of the dictates of martial law under U.S. occupation, naming in 12 separate directives the crimes which are punishable under U.S. law. By order of the “Mayor General” (Weinfield Scott) signed in type, “N.L. Scott” (Br, #38)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Identifier: aa00208
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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:
1821-1865
[1852] [Hargous, Peter A.] “Remonstrance. The Memorialist, citizens of the United States…” Protesting Mexico’s repudiation of the Memorialists’ franchises and land transfers, which endangered their project to construct the Tehuantepec Railroad across the Isthmus. 36 pp. (Pm, #56)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Identifier: aa00256
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:
1821-1865
11-15-1865 Letter: Price, Sterling. Writing from the newly formed colony of Cordova, Mexico, describing the nearly idyllic conditions which he has found. To Col. Thomas L. Snead. 4 pp. (ALS, #9)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Identifier: aa00068
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:
1821-1865
5-18-1847. Tyler, John. Letter: "When the Mexican gulph [sic] shall be crowded with innumerable ships freighted with the rich production of Texas both Coastwide and outward - meeting other ships loaded with the frieghts of all the world to give in exchange - then will it be seen that my labors were not in vain to advance the highest destinies of the country...". To Robert Tyler Esq. 3 pp. Plus address leaf. (# 65)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Identifier: aa00070
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
02-12-1898 Sigsbee, Charles. Ordering supplies for his ship, the USS Maine, [three days before it was destroyed in an explosion]. Havana, Cuba. Also signed by Lt. Richard Wainwright, Commander of the USN. 1 p. (DS, #34)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Identifier: aa00035
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
03-18-1893. Letter: Marti, Jose. Seeking financial support for El Tara, a revolutionary newspaper printed in Key West for distribution in Cuba. To the presidents of Cuban exiled clubs in Florida. 4 pp. (ALS, #33)
File — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Identifier: aa00021
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
[5-5-1823] [Texas currency] Very early currency for Austin's colony and Mexico. Due to a severe paper shortage, the currency was printed on the reverse of an out-dated papal bull.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
Identifier: aa00015
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
Item 1: Jose Maria Valdez. ALS. Goliad, Bejar. 2-14-1825. Ordering that a resident of Goliad be brought before Valdez’ court on two charges of horse theft. To José Maria Zambano. 2 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: aa00046
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
/
Americas collection
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Series IV: United States
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Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
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Sub-series I: 1825-1835. Eighteen manuscript documents relating to official and military matters in Goliad, Bexar (current day Texas).
Item 2: J.G. de Torde. ALS. Goliad. 5-23-183[0]. Sustaining a widow’s claim of title to her deceased husband’s lands, and suspending additional claims until the Supreme Government of the State reviews the matter. To C. Antonio Vasquez. 2 pp. [incomplete]
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: aa00006
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
/
Americas collection
/
Series IV: United States
/
Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
/
Sub-series I: 1825-1835. Eighteen manuscript documents relating to official and military matters in Goliad, Bexar (current day Texas).
Item 3: Ramon Musquiz. ALS. Goliad, Bejar. 3-23-1831. Reiterating a decree issued by the Vice-President of the United Mexican States allocating up to 20,000 pesos for the “urgent work” needed on the Huehetoca Channel. 3 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 11
Identifier: aa00061
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
/
Americas collection
/
Series IV: United States
/
Subseries: Texas (modern boundaries), 1823-1860
/
Sub-series I: 1825-1835. Eighteen manuscript documents relating to official and military matters in Goliad, Bexar (current day Texas).