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[Transcript of Letter from Antonio López de Santa Anna, March 21, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Antonio López de Santa Anna, on March 21, 1836, discussing the battle of the Alamo from the Mexican point of view.

Date: March 21, 1836

Creator: Santa Anna, Antonio López

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Supplement to El Nacional, Number 79, March 21, 1836]

Copy of transcript for a supplement to "El Nacional" number 79, which contains the official news of Texas.

Date: March 21, 1836

Item Type: Text

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, July 13, 1837]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to Samuel M. Williams, in which Perry attempts to contact Williams since they are co-executors of Stephen F. Austin's estate. Perry has enclosed a document concerning land parcels written in Williams's handwriting and signed by Austin that he has questions about.

Date: July 13, 1837

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Edward Burleson to James F. Perry, June 5, 1838]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Edward Burleson to James F. Perry concerning a potential town site.

Date: June 5, 1838

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter to John S. Brickey, April 19, 1839]

Copy of transcript for a letter to John S. Brickey, in which the author answers Brickey's questions about moving to Texas.

Date: April 19, 1839

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, September 16, 1841]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry requesting the ability to pay off cash debts owed to Perry by bartering corn, horses, and one slave.

Date: September 16, 1841

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, [1847]]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry to James F. Perry discussing her return journey home and reminding James of items he and others need to attend to while she is away.

Date: August 26, 1847

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, August 26, 1847]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily Margaret Austin Perry to James F. Perry, in which Emily Perry let's her husband know she has arrived at her current destination, with their daughter, safely but that the trip home will require a detour due to outbreaks of fever around the Bastrop area. Emily Perry also provides a list of tasks that need to be tended to in her absence (preserves, garden, weather boarding, etc.).

Date: August 26, 1847

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, January 20, 1848]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, in which White informs Perry that he does not have cash but would like to settle his debt to Perry either by handing over his home or by paying in negro slaves.

Date: January 20, 1848

Item Type: Letter

Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 27, 1854

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: May 27, 1854

Creator: Stanley, John T.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Bastrop Public Library

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 2, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 14, 1857

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: March 14, 1857

Creator: Cain, William J.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Bastrop Public Library

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 29, 1858

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: May 29, 1858

Creator: Cain, William J.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Bastrop Public Library

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 5, 1858

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: June 5, 1858

Creator: Cain, William J.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Bastrop Public Library

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 24, 1858

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: July 24, 1858

Creator: Cain, William J.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Bastrop Public Library

The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 14, 1858

Weekly - and some times semi-weekly - newspaper from Bastrop, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.

Date: August 14, 1858

Creator: Cain, William J.

Item Type: Newspaper

Partner: Bastrop Public Library

[Agreement for Sale of Multiple Enslaved People]

An agreement for the sale of multiple enslaved people of the following names and ages: Adam (25), Major (25), Tom (25), Charley (18), James (18), Hannibal (16), Charles (15), Julius (15), Ned (14), Samuel (14), Sandy (14), Scott (7), Frank (7), Mason (4), Mayo (4), Lucinda (26), Mary (18). Eliza (22), Catherine (14), Francis (12), Matty (10), Rovina (10), Martha (9), Joanna (7), Louis (15), Richard (14), Nash (18), and Marella & child.

Date: January 1, 1864

Item Type: Text

Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 22, 1864]

Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the order from Captain Weir stating that the men are to report to their captains in their respective counties. He writes of his plans to return home. He also gives an update on his health.

Date: February 22, 1864

Creator: Fentress, David

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Transcript of Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 22, 1864]

Transcript of a letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara regarding the order from Captain Weir stating that the men are to report to their captains in their respective counties. He writes of his plans to return home. He also gives an update on his health.

Date: February 22, 1864

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from David Fentress to his wife Clara, February 27, 1864]

Letter written by David Fentress to his wife stating that his brigade has been furloughed and requesting that she come to collect him in Bastrop. He has been sick since the party at Colonel Groce's and she needs to bring a wagon or ambulance to move him.

Date: February 27, 1864

Creator: Fentress, David

Item Type: Letter

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from H. M. Bouldin to George W. and Bettie Wade, February 15, 1868]

Letter from H. M. Bouldin to George W. and Bettie Wade discussing recent news. He says that he wishes he could see them, but he doesn't know when that will be possible. There is a note written at the top of the first page in pencil that says "to George W. Wade of Bastrop."

Date: February 15, 1868

Creator: Bouldin, H. M.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Letter from E. Walker to George W. Wade, February 27, 1868]

Letter E. Walker to George W. Wade telling him that he will probably not be sued. Mr. Walker does not mention why Mr. Wade might have been sued.

Date: February 27, 1868

Creator: Walker, E.

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Letter from Jennie to Bettie Wade, April 5, 1868]

Letter from Jennie to Bettie Wade discussing her living situation in Houston, Texas, an upcoming trip to the North, the possibility of yellow fever in Houston during the summer, the hanging of an African American man who committed murder, and other news.

Date: April 5, 1868

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

[Letter from Fannie to Lizzie Johnson, dated September 10, 1868]

Letter from Fannie to Lizzie Johnson, discussing news in Bastrop. Fannie implies she is now married to Kleberg Trigg, and that the Democratic Party celebrations in Bastrop bother her.

Date: September 10, 1868

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Southwestern University

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Patent for a cotton press that is constructed using fewer parts than other models. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: August 30, 1870

Creator: Knowles, William Wadsworth

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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