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Broadside of a proclamation by Sam Houston announcing “an Ordinance dissolving the connection of Texas with the Federal Union”

Date:: February 9, 1861-February 23, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Monetary bill for $1

Date:: 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Broadside by Antonio López de Santa Anna entitled “The President of the Mexican Republic to the troops engaged in the Army of the United States of America”

Date:: August 15, 1847
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Portrait of John R. Barlett

Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

United States and Mexico Boundary Survey printed map

Date:: approximately 1857
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Promissory note for $1, redeemable at the Central R. R. Depot before July 1, 1864

Date:: approximately 1864
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

An order from the Probate Court regarding the seizure of funds for debts

Date:: February 15, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for purchase from R. C. Duvnel

Date:: March 13, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from John H. Reagan to Jefferson Davis regarding the estimation of funds needed for postal employee salaries

Date:: October 13, 1862
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Partial diagram of D. F. Brown’s 4,141 acres of land

Date:: December 1, 1851
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Endorsement signature of Sam Houston for a 14-day audit at $3 per diem

Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Bill submitted to John H. Reagan, Postmaster General of the CSA, and order to pay Joseph F. Palmer for mail delivery

Date:: July 17, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from A. P. Ganen to James P. Morgan regarding a meeting in the morning if he is able to "set" on his horse

Date:: approximately 1850
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Meeting invitation [in French] from Henri Castro to an unidentified recipient.

Date:: May 24, 1850
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from John J. Johnson, Jr. to Mr. Taskaberry stating rental charge for the cultivation of land

Date:: December 18, 1860
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter From James Morgan to W. R. Moore regarding the outcome of a suit with McDonald

Date:: October 27, 1856
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Obituary of General John G. Walker

Date:: July 21, 1893-July 23, 1893
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Broadside of “Extract From Gen. Sam Houston’s Letter in Response to the San Jacinto Resolutions.”

Date:: May 24, 1860
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Zimri Hunt to Sam Houston regarding the account of Martha Stephenson v. Texas

Date:: January 24, 1855
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Free franked envelope from Houston to the Honorable John M. Swisher, Auditor of the State

Date:: approximately 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Remedy for sore-backed horses

Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Broadside detailing the account of “McCullock’s Fight at Ashwood Landing, and Battle at Milliken’s Bend,” including a list of casualties

Date:: 1863
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for purchase from Nelson Clements for $243.61

Date:: February 12, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for purchase from Post for $48.53

Date:: February 28, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Mugan Chastain to Abel Adams regarding family and business matters

Date:: August 8, 1852
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land grant to the heirs of John McClure for 1,208 acres, signed by Peter Hansbrough Bell as the governor of Texas

Date:: August 19, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for 72 sacks of oats shipped to Fort Merrill

Date:: January 10, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt documenting that the Shearns have paid taxes on all of the lots of land they own

Date:: December 12, 1866
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Thomas Hatter to William Jefferson Jones regarding the examination of the railway between Galveston Island and Virginia Point

Date:: July 3, 1860
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Probate Court decision by Joseph Lewis Hogg ordering payment for debt owed to Charles B. Raines and Dr. James B. Vaught

Date:: April 28, 1848-May 12, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Abstract of purchase for 500 lbs. of bacon delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: August 30, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Special Orders No. 27 regarding granting leave of absence and then the resignation of Capt. Frazey, M. Winans, and the entire 15th Infantry

Date:: March 31, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Treasury Warrant for $5 to W. G. Shelley for civil service

Date:: December 16, 1863-March 23, 1864
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Texas Civil War "Amnesty Oath"

Date:: July 10, 1865
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for passage in the steamship "Texas" from New Orleans

Date:: February 3, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt, printed, for one shotgun for $85 for the arming of the 19th Regiment, Texas Calvary

Date:: July 10, 1862
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Probate Court document stating that John and Mary Gillespy sold Lot #201 to Mr. Sanford Holman

Date:: November 23, 1862
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

General Orders for the Districts of Texas, North Mexico, and Arizona

Date:: September 10, 1864-April 20, 1865
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Texas Civil War "Amnesty Oath"

Date:: July 8, 1865
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from David B. Culberton to General Henry E. McCulloch regarding enclosed orders from the Governor of Texas

Date:: January 6, 1864
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Inventory of five packages received by individuals within Company “G”

Date:: May 10, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Probate Court case of Sam Houston vs. the executors of the Sanford Holman Estate

Date:: October 21, 1845
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Ledger for the 2nd quarter, Fort Ewell

Date:: 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from William W. Chapman to Col. Davenport regarding the sale of horses and saddles

Date:: July 10, 1849-July 27, 1849
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land grant to the heirs of Daniel McCoy, deceased

Date:: December 12, 1859-May 16, 1861
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt stating payment of $4.55 for the tuition of Virginia Cook, paid by Samuel H. Cook to S. A. Gray

Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Williams Wall to Hon. William Medill requesting permission to form a mounted unit

Date:: February 5, 1847
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Bill written by Jesse Heard stating tuition, boarding, slate, and books for J. T. Stafford

Date:: July 1851
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for 57 pounds of pork and 3 pounds of candles delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: June 30, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Bill of sale for 400 acres of land in Polk County

Date:: October 14, 1859-October 29, 1859
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Sworn statement from Walter Plummer regarding the Frio River drowning of a mule being used to transport supplies

Date:: July 4, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Tax receipt from the Assessor and Collector’s Office for payment of state and county taxes

Date:: July 15, 1865
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for 4 boxes of ammunition delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: September 5, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for 15 horses delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: October 29, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Title bond for Burleson County

Date:: May 8, 1844-January 29, 1850
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land dispute in Payne versus Holt and Clemmons

Date:: January 5, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt from the General Land Office

Date:: 1846
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Exploration of the Rio Grande and The Exploration Made in the Rio Bravo of the North, with map

Date:: 1850
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Tuition bill for Joseph Stafford for 4 months of schooling for $14

Date:: November 5, 1847
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Legal document regarding a land dispute between Frederick T. Phillips, John S. Roberts, and Robert Moffitt

Date:: November 25, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Photograph reproduction of a portrait of Sam Houston while he served as a U. S. Senator

Date:: 1852
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Tuition bill written by Anderson J. Ross to Jesse Burnham

Date:: November 27, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Invoice of subsistence stores delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: approximately 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land partition document for land owned by James Brown

Date:: January 4, 1856
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Abstract of purchase showing the negotiated prices for pork, flour, and candles delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: June 30, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Plea of not guilty for James F. Perry vs. Lacitus Clay

Date:: 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Agreement for improvements to property

Date:: April 14, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for goods shipped to Fort Merrill

Date:: January 1, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Bond made out to George R. Billups

Date:: November 30, 1852
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Treasury Warrant for $5 to H. Redmond for military service

Date:: June 14, 1862-June 26, 1862
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for $50, delivered to Fort Ewell Texas from the Post Fund

Date:: September 15, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Invoice for quarter master property delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: September 13, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Robert E. Lee to Adjutant General Colonel Samuel Cooper regarding transportation of troops

Date:: August 7, 1860
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from J. C. Eldredge to James Morgan regarding the status of a favor that Morgan requested

Date:: 1847
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for 102 pounds of pork and 7 pounds of candles delivered to Fort Ewel

Date:: June 30, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land deed from the estate of John H. Allcorn to John M. Hensley

Date:: May 15, 1855-November 5, 1855
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Copy of voting ballot for William Moore

Date:: 1859
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter to Colonel Monroe regarding Bartlett accompanying an expedition into Brazos County

Date:: March 27, 1851-April 14, 1851
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Two pages with four printed promissory notes for: 50 cents, $1, $2, and $3

Date:: 1862
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Robert E. Clary to Major Eastland regarding transfer for Quarter Master Property Major D. D. Tompkins

Date:: December 22, 1847
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt for 1,875 grain sacks from the quarter master in San Antonio

Date:: July 2, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Invoice for quarter master property delivered to Fort Ewell

Date:: July 27, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt stating that a copy of the authenticated document is on file at the General Land Office

Date:: 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Request of the Postmaster General to pay John B. Turner $86.51

Date:: July 6, 1858-September 30, 1858
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Roster list of the Battalion of Recruits en route from Mexico to Texas

Date:: July 6, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Abstract of purchases for fresh beef

Date:: June 30, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land survey for sold property

Date:: October 14, 1859
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from David Kaufman to James P. Morgan regarding deposit of funds in New Orleans

Date:: January 29, 1847
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Sam Houston to President James K. Polk recommending W.W. Jackson for an assistant pursers-ship in the Navy

Date:: April 17, 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Abstract of purchases showing the negotiated price and quantity of fresh beef purchased

Date:: September 20, 1853
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Land deed transfer to Thomas M. League

Date:: August 19, 1850-October 27, 1887
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Mugan Chastain to Abel Adams regarding family and business matters

Date:: May 10, 1852
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Letter from Mugan Chastain to Abel Adams regarding family and business matters

Date:: 1848
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt stating that John Shearn’s debts have been repaid in Confederate State Treasury Notes

Date:: June 3, 1864-June 17, 1864
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Receipt of payment for tuition and boarding to William A. Browning from S. A. Jenkins

Date:: January 1, 1849
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

Treasury Warrant No. 361 to J.W. Cook

Date:: July 10, 1860
Rights:: No Copyright - United States
Provenance:: Houston & Texas History Research Collection, University of Houston Libraries Special Collections, and Early Texas Documents Collection

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