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Sketch of Texas

Description: Sketch map of the state of Texas, showing major cities and water bodies, with two proposals for the Texas northwestern boundary, Clay's Compromise Line and Pearce's Line. Map includes table of "Areas" in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. No scale information given.
Date: September 5, 1850
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Official order

Description: Official order--King Don Carlos to Ministers of Guadalajara concerning the impeachment of Don Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola and financial reimbursements to the king. Spanish translated.
Date: unknown
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Order for Copies of Hon. J. Brooks' Speech]

Description: Letter containing an order for Copies of Hon. J. Brooks' Speech "to be printed at the Office of the Globe." The order was placed by four men, but only two names are fully legible: William H. Sewell and Sam Houston.
Date: unknown
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 & Sewell, William H.
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

The treachery in Texas, the secession of Texas, and the arrest of the United States officers and soldiers serving in Texas. Read before the New-York Historical Society, June 25, 1861. By Major J. T. Sprague, U. S. A.

Description: The treachery in Texas, the secession of Texas, and the arrest of the United States officers and soldiers serving in Texas. Read before the New-York Historical Society, June 25, 1861. By Major J. T. Sprague, U. S. A.
Date: 1862
Creator: Sprague, John Titcomb
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas Almanac, 1859

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1859~
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Legal Statement of Sale for Slave]

Description: Bill of sale of 45 year old slave woman (Cate) to James S. Hanna at auction at Brenham court house. Text of document: The State of Texas, Washington County April 5th A.D. 1852 Know all men by these presents, that whereas on the 16th day of November A.D. 1849, Davis [...] Recovered & obtained a judgment against Charles J. C. Lockhart, R. Autrey and A. B. [...]lurey for the sum of three hundred and seven[ty] seven dollars & twenty eight cents, together with Cost of suit, on which judgment an … more
Date: April 5, 1852
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Julia Barrow Arwine

Description: Julia Barrow Arwine seated holding a book. Julia Ann Barrow,born July 4, 1832 in Monroe County, Indiana and died March 29, 1913 in Tarrant County, Texas. Daughter of David M. Barrow and Elizabeth Rader. Married Daniel Arwine April 3, 1851 in Monroe County, Indiana.
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
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