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Speech of Hon. Wm. Lowndes Yancey, of Alabama, on the annexation of Texas to the United States, delivered in the House of Representatives, Jan. 7, 1845.
A passionate speech supporting the annexation of Texas, given to the House of Representatives.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1846]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1846. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1847]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1847. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1848]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1848. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Texas Land Grant]
Land grant for Ira Ellis signed by the governor of the state of Texas. There is a handwritten note from the clerk of Smith County regarding the grant and where it is recorded in the clerk's office about a year after the grant was issued.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1849]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1849. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1852]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1852. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Letter from Atilano Sanchez to Mariano, March 13, 1857]
Transmittal of copies of documents in the reform of the Fundación de la Obra Pía; efforts to save the organization from destruction; opposition of “los principales en lo científico” Juan José Espinosa de los Monteros, Juan Francisco Azcárate, and Andrés Quintana Roó, directed by Francisco Sánchez de Tagle; mercantile opposition by Lorenzo Carrera; benefits obtained by Lorenzo Zavala for editing the “Decreto sentencia expoliatoria”; financial support given group by Francisco González Agüero; opposition of deputies and senators; provisions of benefactress' will changed; appointment of Patronos; fear of ministry of Lerdo; election of president; fear of spending of all money derived from “tratado pendiente” with the United States; effort to withdraw Jesuits from supervision of the Obra pía; denuncia made by Promotor Robledo; appeal to Pedro Escudero; “El Impreso del S. Vélez”; exclusion of Jesuits from Hacienda pública confirmed by Santa Anna in 1843; limits on amortization.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1858]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1858. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1866]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1866. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Constitution of the State of West Texas.
This text contains the Constitution of West Texas including details about the creation of government, Bill of Rights, and public services.
The adventures of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas ranger and hunter
Contains biographical information on Big-Foot Wallace.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1873]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1873. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1874]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1874. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1876]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1876. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1878]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1878. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Life and Adventures of Sam Bass, The Notorious Union Pacific and Texas Train Robber
Biographical sketch of Sam Bass with an emphasis on his time as a train robber.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1879]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1879. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Message of Gov. O. M. Roberts on appropriations and expenditures under the control of the governor to the seventeenth legislature of the state of of Texas, convened at the city of Austin, in regular session, January 11, 1881.
Message to the 17th Legislature, Jan, 1881.-Appropirations and expenditures under the control of the Governor.-The sale and exchange of lands.-On quarantine
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1882]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1882. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1883]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1883. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Scraps of Early Texas History: By Mrs. Mary S. Helm, who, with her first husband, Elias R. Wightman, founded the city of Matagorda, in 1828-9
Book discussing the memories and stories of the founding of Matagorda Texas.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1888]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1888. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1889]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1889. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Rules for the courts of Texas: adopted by order of the Supreme Court at Tyler on the first day of December, A.D. 1877: together with amendments thereto at various times up to the close of the Austin term, A.D. 1890
This book contains rules for the Supreme Court of the state of Texas. Also includes pictures of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court in 1846 and 1888.
Statistics and Information Concerning the State of Texas
This book covers statistical information for the state of Texas. It includes "great inducements for the investment of capital, health for the invalid, interesting sights and scenes for the tourist and pleasure seeker, broad fields of research for the historian, unsurpassed hunting grounds for the sportsman, and other resources waiting to be unlocked by the key of capital in the hands of labor and industry" (title page).
Rules for the courts of Texas. Adopted by order of the Supreme Court at Austin on the eighth day of October, A.D. 1892.
A book containing rules for the courts of Texas. The Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals are two examples of court rules listed in this book.
Message of Gov. J. S. Hogg to the twenty-third Legislature of Texas.
This document is a message to Texas legislature from Governor J. S. Hogg. The document was a call to action concerning the matters of: railroad bonds and stocks, municipal indebtedness, land corporations, the railway commission, land and county boundaries, state banks, public education, mechanics' liens, convict labor, indigent ex-confederates, taxation, criminal laws, deadly weapons, lotteries, injunctions, stock quarantine, charities, board of pardon advisers, and the overall condition of the state of Texas.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1894]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1894. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Message of Governor James S. Hogg to the twenty-fourth legislature of Texas
This message is about the condition of the state of Texas at the time the message was written. The book contains information about Texas' economics, government money allocation, organizations, and other issues relating to Texas at that time.
Prospectus of Twelve Central Texas Counties.
This book gives an overview of the twelve Blackland Counties of Texas in alphabetical order. For each county, a brief description of the geographic and agricultural characteristics is given as well as statistics on population and county income. Additionally, a geological description of the Black Prairie Region gives more specific aspects of the area and the soil compositions and a final chapter discusses the property market of the area.
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
A Comprehensive History of Texas 1685 to 1897, Volume 1
First volume containing a comprehensive history of Texas; this volume has two parts, starting with a reprint of "History of Texas, 1685-1845" by Henderson Yoakum (original text with additional notes). The second part contains a series of essays on various aspects Texas history, broken into 19 chapters. Index starts on page 849.
A Comprehensive History of Texas 1685 to 1897, Volume 2
Second volume containing a comprehensive history of Texas; this volume has parts three through six, containing a series of essays on various aspects Texas history. Index starts on page 841.
The Cuban and Porto Rican campaigns
This book covers the organization of warships during the Spanish American War, and discusses the battles in Cuba and Puerto Rico. Also mentioned in the book are the Rough Riders, General Miles, General Shafter, General Wheeler, General Sumner, Colonel Wood, General Young, the Red Cross, General Wilson, Key West, Admiral Sampson, Captain Chadwick, General Kent, General Lawton, Buena Ventura, Ensign Curtin, Captain Paget, Commander Davis, General Breckinridge, and General Chaffee.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1898]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1898. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Locations and Depths of the Artesian Wells of the Black and Grand Prairies of Texas
This map shows a portion of Texas with markings for different kinds of artesian wells. In the top, left-hand corner, there is an inset showing the entire state and marking the area detailed in the map. The header at the top of the map says, "U. S. Geological Survey, Twenty-First Annual Report, Part VII, PL. LXVIII." Scale [1:316,800] "Contour Interval 100 feet."
Marine School
Marine School. Marked beginning of Castleberry School District
Sabine Pass, Texas: A Few Facts concerning the Harbor and Town
Pamphlet about Sabine Pass, Texas gives an overview of the area and its potential as an area of trade and industry. According to the start of the text, "The object of this pamphlet is to present such facts in a strightforward manner as it will enable the fairminded investigator to draw just conclusions [...] to call attention to the advantages of Sabine Pass as the natural site, and where the most favorable conditions exist, for the building of a city upon Sabine Pass Harbor" (p. 3).
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1899]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1899. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days
"This reminiscence of a Texas pioneer summarizes the decades from the early settlements by U.S. immigrants in Texas until he left the region as the sectional conflict was beginning.”
Geologic Atlas of the United States: Uvalde Folio, Texas
This atlas contains three colored maps from the quadrangle region around Uvalde (Culberson County) and Zavalla (Angelina County), Texas including historical geography, topography, and structure sections. The illustrated text of the atlas discusses the geological elevation of the area, provides in-depth breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals as well as other features of the region, and includes economic geology, agriculture and cattle raising information.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1900]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1900. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Map of the Paluxy Artesian Reservoirs of the Black and Grand Prairies of Texas including the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers
This map shows a portion of Texas with shadings in different colors to represent depths of reservoirs. In the top, left-hand corner, there is an inset showing the entire state and marking the area detailed in the map. The header at the top of the map says, "U. S. Geological Survey, Twenty-First Annual Report, Part VII, PL. LXX." Scale [1:316,800] "Contour Interval 100 feet."
Map of the Woodbine Artesian Reservoirs of the Black and Grand Prairies of Texas including the Eastern and Western Cross Timbers
This map shows a portion of Texas with markings for different kinds of artesian reservoirs. The header at the top of the map says, "U. S. Geological Survey, Twenty-First Annual Report, Part VII, PL. LXXI." Scale [1:804,672] "Contour Interval 100 feet."
Topographic Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle
This topographic map shows the elevations and location of private and public roads, railroads, building structures, bridges, and dams, lakes and drainage structures in the Uvalde, Texas quadrangle. It contains a legend of each of the structural elements and a scale for the elevation and contour of the area.
Historical Geology Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle
This areal map shows the topography, contour elevations, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Uvalde Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Structure-Section Sheet: Texas Uvalde Quadrangle
This structure map shows the topography, altitude above sea level, and a breakdown of the kinds of rocks and minerals found in the Uvalde, Texas quadrangle region. The map contains a legend that represents with colors and line patterns the surface contour of the region and the kinds of sedimentary rocks and minerals from diverse geological eras.
Texas Petroleum.
This report contains information about the petroleum industry in the state of Texas, including chapters on the history, nature and origin of the resource, as well as oil and gas-bearing formations. The index begins on page 93.
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1901]
Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1901. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
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