Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: From Republic to State: Debates and Documents Relating to the Annexation of Texas, 1836-1856https://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/AD/browse/?sort=date_d&start=202005-09-01T13:06:24-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: From Republic to State: Debates and Documents Relating to the Annexation of Texas, 1836-1856Letter to W. Richardson, 13 July 18582004-05-21T10:50:21-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2380/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2380/"><img alt="Letter to W. Richardson, 13 July 1858" title="Letter to W. Richardson, 13 July 1858" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2380/small/"/></a></p><p>Letter from Mary Jones, widow of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.</p>Anson Jones. Obituary. 18582004-05-21T11:22:13-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2383/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2383/"><img alt="Anson Jones. Obituary. 1858" title="Anson Jones. Obituary. 1858" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2383/small/"/></a></p><p>Obituary of Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas, including a lengthy biography.</p>History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 12004-05-20T16:17:22-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/"><img alt="History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1" title="History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 1" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2385/small/"/></a></p><p>Book describing Texas history up to the time of annexation to the United States of America. This first volume is broken into 22 chapters covering the start of European immigration (roughly 1685) through the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1835, with a number of appendices containing supplementary information.</p>History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 22004-05-24T08:08:45-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2386/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2386/"><img alt="History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 2" title="History of Texas: From Its First Settlement in 1685 to Its Annexation to the United States in 1846, Volume 2" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2386/small/"/></a></p><p>Book describing Texas history; this second volume is broken into 14 chapters covering the start of the Republic of Texas in 1835 through annexation by the U.S. in 1846, with a number of appendices containing supplementary information.</p>Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation2004-05-24T14:14:24-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2390/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2390/"><img alt="Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation" title="Letters, Relating to the History of Annexation" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2390/small/"/></a></p><p>None</p>Land Grant Deed2004-05-21T15:43:10-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2399/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2399/"><img alt="Land Grant Deed" title="Land Grant Deed" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2399/small/"/></a></p><p>Land Grant</p>Congressional Globe (Permanent Edition) Volume 85: 28th Congress, 2nd session, Appendix2004-05-20T08:22:13-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2369/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2369/"><img alt="Congressional Globe (Permanent Edition) Volume 85: 28th Congress, 2nd session, Appendix" title="Congressional Globe (Permanent Edition) Volume 85: 28th Congress, 2nd session, Appendix" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2369/small/"/></a></p><p>Congressional debates and proceedings regarding the annexation of Texas to the United States of America. Only selected pages of the Congressional Globe are reproduced here.</p>Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 18452004-05-19T14:08:20-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2361/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2361/"><img alt="Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845" title="Address on the annexation of Texas, and the aspect of slavery in the United States, in connection therewith: delivered in Boston November 14 and 18, 1845" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2361/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet from Texana Collection</p>Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations2004-05-19T12:04:17-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2356/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2356/"><img alt="Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations" title="Anti-Texass Legion: Protest of some free men, states and presses against the Texass rebellion, against the laws of nature and of nations" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2356/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet from Texana Collection</p>Certificate of Election2004-05-21T15:31:00-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2394/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2394/"><img alt="Certificate of Election" title="Certificate of Election" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2394/small/"/></a></p><p>Certificate naming Benjamin B. Peck the Clerk of the County Court in Gonzales County, Republic of Texas.</p>How to Conquer Texas, Before Texas Conquers Us2004-05-19T13:22:20-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2357/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2357/"><img alt="How to Conquer Texas, Before Texas Conquers Us" title="How to Conquer Texas, Before Texas Conquers Us" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2357/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet discussing the geography of Texas and some political issues surrounding the annexation of Texas into the United States.</p>Land Grant Deed2004-05-21T15:33:49-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2395/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2395/"><img alt="Land Grant Deed" title="Land Grant Deed" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2395/small/"/></a></p><p>Land grant made out to Marshall B. McKeever.</p>Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth Congress.2004-05-19T14:53:20-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2365/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2365/"><img alt="Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth Congress." title="Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth Congress." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2365/small/"/></a></p><p>Presidential address to the 1845 Congress.</p>Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX2004-05-19T13:37:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2358/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2358/"><img alt="Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX" title="Annexation of Texas. By Junius no. IX" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2358/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet from Texana Collection</p>An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question.2004-05-19T14:01:46-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2360/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2360/"><img alt="An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question." title="An Appeal to the People of Massachusetts, on The Texas Question." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2360/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet written by "A Massachusetts Freeman" regarding issues in relation to the annexation of Texas by the United States.</p>Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas2004-05-19T13:56:24-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2359/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2359/"><img alt="Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas" title="Discourse on Slavery and the Annexation of Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2359/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet from Texana Collection</p>Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress. December 3, 1844.2005-09-01T13:06:24-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5829/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5829/"><img alt="Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress. December 3, 1844." title="Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress. December 3, 1844." src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5829/small/"/></a></p><p>Message: pp. [3]-18; Documents from the Department of State, accompanying the President's message ... : pp. [19]-112; Report of the Secretary of War; pp. [113]-129.</p>Proceedings of the Senate and Documents Relative to Texas, from which the Injunction of Secrecy Has Been Removed2004-05-19T14:28:27-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2363/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2363/"><img alt="Proceedings of the Senate and Documents Relative to Texas, from which the Injunction of Secrecy Has Been Removed" title="Proceedings of the Senate and Documents Relative to Texas, from which the Injunction of Secrecy Has Been Removed" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2363/small/"/></a></p><p>Record of 1844 Senate Proceedings.</p>Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions2004-05-19T11:23:43-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2355/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2355/"><img alt="Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions" title="Texas and the Massachusetts Resolutions" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2355/small/"/></a></p><p>Pamphlet containing an essay against the annexation of Texas, compiled from a series of newspaper columns.</p>[Texas Association Certificate]2004-05-24T08:31:07-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2400/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2400/"><img alt="[Texas Association Certificate]" title="[Texas Association Certificate]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2400/small/"/></a></p><p>Certificate of shareholding in "The Texas Association." The text of the document states that the recipient of the document is entitled to one share of stock in "The Texas Association."</p>Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States2004-05-24T08:55:53-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2387/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2387/"><img alt="Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States" title="Thoughts on the proposed annexation of Texas to the United States" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2387/small/"/></a></p><p>A book containing Theodor Sedgwick’s opinions about the annexation of Texas to the United States. The book contains discussions of issues that arise if Texas is annexed to the United States Union. A couple of the issues addressed are slavery and diplomatic relations between Texas and Mexico.</p>Land Grant Deed2004-05-21T15:40:06-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2398/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2398/"><img alt="Land Grant Deed" title="Land Grant Deed" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2398/small/"/></a></p><p>Land grant for Mary Gest signed by Sam Houston.</p>Land Grant Deed2004-05-21T15:35:56-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2396/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2396/"><img alt="Land Grant Deed" title="Land Grant Deed" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2396/small/"/></a></p><p>Land Grant</p>Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.12004-05-24T09:24:36-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/"><img alt="Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1" title="Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/small/"/></a></p><p>None</p>Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 22004-05-26T08:35:55-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/"><img alt="Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2" title="Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/small/"/></a></p><p>None</p>Texian Loan Agreement2004-05-21T15:37:41-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2397/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2397/"><img alt="Texian Loan Agreement" title="Texian Loan Agreement" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2397/small/"/></a></p><p>Certificate issued to Robert Triplett acknowledging the first installment of a payment on a loan from the Government of Texas, with details about the loan agreement.</p>[New Arkansas and Texas Land Company : [share] no. 4514 : New York, 1833 April 29]2004-05-24T08:35:38-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2402/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2402/"><img alt="[New Arkansas and Texas Land Company : [share] no. 4514 : New York, 1833 April 29]" title="[New Arkansas and Texas Land Company : [share] no. 4514 : New York, 1833 April 29]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2402/small/"/></a></p><p>Land certificate from the New Arkansas and Texas Land Company in printed form on onionskin paper, completed in manuscript. Signed by trustees and clerk, including Thomas Ludlow Ogden, Daniel Jackson, Edward Curtis, and James S. Huggins.</p>[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate]2004-05-24T08:34:14-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2401/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2401/"><img alt="[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate]" title="[Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Certificate]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2401/small/"/></a></p><p>This document is signed Oct. 16, 1830 by Rodman Moulton, W[illiam] H. Sumner, Geo[rge] Curtis and W. M. Willson.</p>