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The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Description: Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 1837
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The War in Texas; A Review of Facts and Circumstances, showing that this contest is a Crusade Against Mexico, set on foot by Slaveholders, Land Speculators, &c. In Order to Re-Establish, Extend, and Perpetuate the System of Slavery and the Slave Trade.

Description: Opinion piece describing the history and reasons for the Texas Revolution, including the position that it was intended to support slavery in Texas.
Date: 2017
Creator: Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas in the Civil War: Comfort's Monument Story

Description: Book containing information about the Civil War in Texas, including the story of the Nueces Massacre and oral histories from individuals living in Texas during the Civil War. The index begins on page 64.
Date: 1997
Creator: Stewart, Mike & Stewart, Anne
Location: 29.969774 -98.913845
Partner: Anne and Mike Stewart Collection

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Austin session, 1866. Volume 28.

Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1866 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal discusses the history of the court during and immediately after the Civil War. Four pages of advertising for law books published by W. H. & O. H. Morrison appear before the title page.
Date: 1869
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Austin session, 1874. Volume 40.

Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1874 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. The preface memorializes deceased former justice Peter W. Gray and includes remarks by the Hon. W. W. Morris, resolutions from the members of the bar of the Texas Supreme Court, a brief address by the Hon. T. J. Jennings, and the remarks of Chief Justice Oran M. Roberts.
Date: 1882
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Ross' Texas Brigade : being a narrative of events connected with its service in the late war between the states / By Victor M. Rose.

Description: A history of Ross' Texas Brigade. Includes details on: the organization of the 3rd Regiment Texas Cavalry; the march to Missouri; Battle of Oaks Hills; Mabry and Johnson's Gallant fight; death of Captain Harris; Battle of Chustenahlah; Winterquarters; Van Dorn assumes command; Elk Horn; Battle of Iuka; Battle of Oakland; Campaign in Tennessee and Missippi; Battle of the Wichita; reminiscences of Camp Chase; and the death of Gen. Van Horn. Features biographical sketches of Gen. John S. Griffit… more
Date: 1881
Creator: Rose, Victor M.
Partner: Dallas Public Library

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the latter part of the Galveston session, 1870, the entire Tyler session, 1870, and part of the first annual session of the court organized under the constitution of 1869, which commenced on the first Monday in December, 1870. Volume 33.

Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1870 along with a list of Supreme Court Justices, a preface, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Date: 1882
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Partner: UNT Libraries

1941: Texas Goes to War

Description: This book is a collection of essays discussing the role of Texans in World War II. It examines both the Texas soldiers fighting in the European and Pacific theaters as well as the Texans on the Homefront. The essays describe both the military and social aspects of the war. Index starts on page 241.
Date: 1991
Creator: Lee, James Ward; Barnes, Carolyn N.; Bowman, Kent A. & Crow, Laura
Partner: UNT Press

The Evolution of a State, or, Recollections of Old Texas Days

Description: "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.”
Date: 1900
Creator: Smithwick, Noah, 1808-1899 & Donaldson, Nanna Smithwick
Partner: UNT Libraries

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the Tyler and Austin sessions, 1869, and the greater part of the Galveston session, 1870. Volume 32.

Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1869 and 1870 along with lists of Supreme Court Justices for the Tyler session, Austin session, and Galveston session; a table of the names of cases included in the volume; and an index.
Date: 1871
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during the conclusion of the Tyler session, 1860, and the whole of Austin session, 1860, and the case of Texas vs. White & Chiles et al. about Texan indemnity bonds, decided at the session of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1868, and the habeas corpus case of Caesar Griffin, involving the Reconstruction laws. Volume 25--supplement.

Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1860 along with lists of Texas Supreme Court Justices and District Judges, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index. Preface by George W. Paschal explains why cases in this volume were not published until 1869. A U.S. Supreme Court case from 1868 and a U.S. Circuit Court case from 1869 are reprinted in this volume on pages 465-642.
Date: 1869
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Ernst Hermann Altgelt: Founder of Comfort, Texas

Description: Book about Ernst Hermann Altgelt, the founder of Comfort, Texas. It includes information about Altgelt and his family, and information about the establishment of the city.
Date: 2010
Creator: Stewart, Anne & Stewart, Mike
Partner: Anne and Mike Stewart Collection

Captain Charles Schreiner, Father of The Hill Country

Description: A biographical piece that covers the life of Captain Charles Schreiner. It has been published in celebration of the 150th anniversary of Captain Schreiner's birth.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bowlin, Michael
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Down Historic Trails of Fort Worth and Tarrant County

Description: Book of historic people, places, and things in Fort Worth and Tarrant County, Texas. It includes photographs of the subjects and some line illustrations in the text.
Date: 1949
Creator: Arlington Heights Junior Historians
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Philosophical Society of Texas, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting: 2004

Description: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the Philosophical Society of Texas held December 3-5, including a list of attendees, text of addresses, changes to membership, and biographical information about members who have passed. The theme of the conference was "Texas Military History."
Date: 2007
Creator: Philosophical Society of Texas
Partner: Philosophical Society of Texas

Pictorial History of Fort Wolters, Volume 13: Police, Fire, Training Aids, Band, Weather Squadron, Recreation, Prisoner of War Camp, Nike, Camp Wolters Enterprise, Parks

Description: This volume includes a brief history (and many photographs) of Fort Wolters' 84th Military Police Detachment, Fire Department, Training Aids, 328th Army Band, Weather Squadron, Recreation, Prisoner of War Camp 1943-1945, Nike, Camp Wolters Enterprise, and Parks.
Date: unknown
Creator: Casper, Willie H., Jr.
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

The Austin Papers: October 1834--January, 1837, Volume 3

Description: This text contains the third portion of the Austin Papers, which are documents covering October, 1834 to January, 1837. According to the preface, the documents include, "business memoranda, physiographical observations, petitions and memorials to local and superior governments, political addresses and proclamations, and much personal and official correspondence" (p. iii). Index starts on page 489.
Date: 1926~
Creator: Barker, Eugene C.
Partner: UNT Libraries

The Battle-Field of San Jacinto: An Historical Sketch

Description: A book about the Battle of San Jacinto; from the title page: "A concise treatment of the causes which brought about the battle, the results which flowed from it, and the character and qualities of the man who composed the Texas Army."
Date: unknown
Creator: Kittrell, Norman G. (Norman Goree), 1849-1927
Partner: UNT Libraries
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