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[Letter from Sam Houston to Charles Sims, August 12, 1838]

Description: Letter with orders from Sam Houston to Charles Sims instructing him to proceed to various Indian tribes to assure them that they will have peace. The text reads: Nacogdoches, Texas 12th Aug, 1838 to Charles Sims, Sir, You will proceed to the various Tribes of Indians, and assure them them [sic], that no harm is in=tended towards them, but that the Treaty shall be [...] with them, and that they shall have their homes and their lands, and Peace will be kept with them; Tell them my words shall… more
Date: August 12, 1838
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

[Letter from Austin with Map]

Description: Hand-written instructions concerning land surveys along the coast, signed by S. F. Austin. He mentions Duke, Nelms, and [Rales]. On the reverse, a map of the land survey is sketched with notes about dimensions. In the digital version, the first page is included twice - the second time a hand-written transcription of the letter is pictured beneath the original.
Date: November 1, 1830
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

Letter from William Bryan

Description: Letter from William Bryan of New Orleans to James Webb of Galveston concerning the exchange of $2,000 in Texas Treasury Bonds for Mexican and Spanish doubloons
Date: unknown

[Letter to Jesse Grimes]

Description: Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter to Jesse Grimes, concerns medicine and immigration
Date: unknown

[Letter to Johnson Moorhead]

Description: Papers of Johnson Moorhead. Letter to Johnson Moorhead from Turon City, Kansas regarding family and friends.
Date: unknown
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