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From Slave to Statesman: The Legacy of Joshua Houston, Servant to Sam Houston

This biography discusses the life of Joshua Houston starting at around twelve years of age until his death in 1902. The text includes commentary on the historical context of his life and anecdotal accounts. Index starts on page 259.

Date: 1993

Creator: Prather, Patricia Smith, 1943- & Monday, Jane Clements, 1941-

Item Type: Book

Partner: UNT Press

[News Script: Slave]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about local Dallas citizen, a former slave, celebrating his 101st birthday.

Date: June 10, 1960

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Old Slave]

Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a birthday celebration for Jake King, a 109-year old former slave.

Date: June 19, 1960

Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Script

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities

Full color atlas map by county of the state of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a population table, and notes on Rio Grande, Grande Indian Crossing, El Llano Estacado, and railroads in Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000] (approximately 55 miles to the inch). There is an inset map in the upper-left corner titled “Northern Texas,” on the same scale as the larger map, and an inset map in the lower-left corner t… more

Date: 185u

Creator: Young, J. H. & Sculp, J. L. Hazzard

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations

Map of Narragansett Bay at the time of the ratification of the Constitution, showing islands, towns, inlets, coves, rivers, and plantations. The map includes a table of "References to the Batteries" and "A List of the Principal Farms in Rhode Island." The map also includes an inset map of Rhode Island in its entirety, showing counties and water bodies. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:82,368] (approximately 1.3 miles to the inch).

Date: 1938

Creator: Blaskowitz, Charles & Faden, William

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Speech of Hon. Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, on the boundaries of Texas. Delivered in Senate of the United States, February 27 and 28, 1850.

No Description Available.

Date: 1850

Creator: Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Speech of Hon. L.T. Wigfall, of Texas, on the motion to print extra copies of the president's message. : Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 5, 1860.

No Description Available.

Date: unknown

Creator: Wigfall, Louis T., 1816-1874

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Address of Hon. W.L. Harris, Commissioner from the State of Mississippi, delivered before the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, on Monday, Dec. 17th, 1860.

No Description Available.

Date: 1860

Creator: Harris, W. L.

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Speech of Hon. H.S. Foote, of Mississippi, on establishing governments for California, Deseret, New Mexico, and Jacinto : delivered in Senate of the United States, January 8, 1850.

No Description Available.

Date: 1850

Creator: Foote, Henry S. (Henry Stuart), 1804-1880

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

State rights and state equality. Speech of Hon. Thomas Ruffin, of North Carolina, delivered in the House of Representatives, February 20, 1861.

No Description Available.

Date: unknown

Creator: Ruffin, Thomas, 1820-1863

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Speech of Mr. Calhoun, of South Carolina, on the Resolutions giving notice to Great Britain of the abrogation of the convention of joint occupancy.

No Description Available.

Date: 1846

Creator: Calhoun, John C. (John Caldwell), 1782-1850

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Address of the committee appointed by the Friends of Southern Rights to the people of Mississippi, December 10th, 1850. : published by order of the Central Southern Rights Association.

No Description Available.

Date: December 10, 1850

Creator: Clayton, A. M.; Barton, Roger.; Stewart, T. Jones; McRae, John J., 1815-1868.; Clifton, C. R.; Smith, C. P. et al.

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Speech of Hon. George W. Summers, on federal relations in the Virginia convention, delivered March 11, 1861.

No Description Available.

Date: 1861

Creator: Summers, George W. (George William), 1804-1868

Item Type: Pamphlet

Partner: Schreiner University

Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities

Atlas map of Texas, showing county towns, post offices, forts, railroads, roads, and water bodies. Map includes a population table, and notes on Rio Grande, Grande Indian Crossing, El Llano Estacado, and railroads in Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,400,000] (approximately 55 miles to the inch). There is an inset map in the upper-left corner titled “Northern Texas,” on the same scale as the larger map, and an inset map in the lower-left corner titled "Map of the Vicinity of Galve… more

Date: 185u

Creator: Young, J. H. & Sculp, J. L. Hazzard

Item Type: Map

Location: None

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library