Box 3
Container
Contains 74 Results:
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
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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 12: [Goliad]. L. Goliad. 2-13-1835. Approving the establishment of a corporation and allowing its representatives to begin conducting business in the city. 2 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 12
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 13: Angel Navarro. ALS. Goliad, Bejar. 2-12-1835. Defending the land claim of a widow, and condemning the “scandalous attempt” to disposses her of her lands. To J. Maria Valdes. 2 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
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 14: Jose Antonio Delahoz et al. ALS. Goliad. 4-18-1835, 4-23-1835, & 4-25-1835. Three separate letters written on a single leaf of paper. One side contains two separate statements concerning city government and court expenses. On the reverse is a plea for leniency on behalf of Jose Antonio Delahoz, a soldier who escaped from Goliad Prison, and took refuge in the Parish Church. Asks the authorities to keep in mind that “he was seeking divine protection and for that reason… [begs and asks] for lenience in the sentence, and gentleness in law that judges him.” 2 pp.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 13
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).