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[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala to David G. Burnet, September 11, 1836]
Lorenzo de Zavala to David G. Burnet: Correspondence indicating that Zavala will be able to join the Cabinet's next meeting. Buffalo Bayou, September 11, 1836. (Photographic copies)
[Report of sales of property real and personal belonging of Zavala's estate sold to Henry Fock, September 28, 1841]
Report of sales of property real and personal belonging to Zavala sold to Henry Fock. Harris County, September 28, 1841.
[Signed agreement upon administration of Zavala's estate, October 14, 1837]
Signed agreement upon administration of Zavala's estate between Henry Fock, Emily Fock (West), and Lorenzo de Zavala Jr.. Signed also in the presence of Aug. H. Radcliff and James Mal(). New York, October 14, 1837.
Letter from William L. Delap to George Cupples, March 20, 1845
Discusses the possible good effects of the recent proffer of annexation terms to Texas by the U.S. Congress and Delap's translation of de Zavala's book Ensayo Historico de las Revoluciones de Megico des 1808 hasta 1830
[Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, April 22, 1837]
Letter from Charlotte Mexia to Emily de Zavala, widow of Lorenzo de Zavala, dated April 22, 1837 from New Orleans. The letter refers to her sadness after her son Henry and many friends have left the city. Mrs. Zavala, with her three children and a servant, traveled from Texas to New Orleans on the schooner Flash, arriving March 20, 1837. She and Mrs. Mexia had been friends in Mexico in 1832. Mrs. Zavala and her children left New Orleans for New York on April 9, 1837, thirteen days before Mrs. Mexia wrote this letter to her. The letter also references Lorenzo de Zavala Jr., the son of Lorenzo de Zavala and stepson of Mrs. Emily de Zavala. Lorenzo, Jr. arrived in New Orleans from Texas on April 10, and sometime after April 22 left New Orleans for New York. Charlotte Mexia was married to Jose Antonio Mexia.
[Letter from Anthony Dey, May 5, 1834]
Letter from Anthony Dey to unknown person: On granting 200 Poles to settle in Zavala's granted land between the Sabine River and the town of Nacogdoches. New York, May 5, 1834. Anthony Dey was the New York attorney for the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company.
[Permission from Alien Office allowing Zavala to embark, May 17, 1831]
Permission from Alien Office in Dover allowing Zavala to embark, signed by R. Childress. Dover, May 17, 1831.
[Certified Marriage Record of Zavala and West]
A certified marriage record of Lorenzo de (Lawrence) Zavala and Emily (Emilia) West. Took place November 12, 1831 at R. C. Church of Transfiguration by the Rev. Felix Varela. New York. Copied from the Parish Register on October 11, 1900.
[Land grant title to John Bevil granted by Lorenzo de Zavala, October 29, 1834]]
Title of Possession of Land given to John Bevil October 28, 1834. Included are all the legal transactions made between Texas Government and authorized persons included in Bevil's Title of Land process. This copy is a translated copy by P.H. Buckley.
[Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]
Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
[Court transactions of Eleven leagues of land from Don Fernando del Valle to Zavala, November 11, 1833]
Valle granting permission to conclude the sale to Zavala of the eleven leagues of land which he possesses as his own in Texas. And the documents transferring power of ownership and land rights of the eleven leagues of land to Emily de Zavala. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
[School tuition and spelling book receipt, June 27, 1832]
Henry de Zavala's school tuition and spelling book receipt: Brooklyn, June 27, 1832.
[Lorenzo de Zavala's receipt during hotel stay in Brooklyn, June 29 1832]
Lorenzo de Zavala's receipt during hotel stay in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, June 29 1832.
[Abstract of Original Titles of Zavala's colony with names of grantees, dates ot title, and quantity during the years 1834-1835. September 1, 1932]
A true and correct copy of pages 137 to 151 inclusive taken from "An Abstract of the Original Titles of Record in the General Land office in Austin, Texas: September 1, 1932.
[A Receipt for Zavala's pants, October 11, 1830]
A receipt of Zavala's for purchase of 2 pair of pants: New York, October 11, 1830.
[A receipt for Zavala's purchase of Clarets and decanters, October 18, 1830]
Zavala's receipt for the purchase of decanters and a pair of clarets. New York, October 18, 1830.
[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830]
Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes: Philadelphia October 20, 1830
[Receipt of Fan Mill purchase and passage, December 13, 1830]
Receipt of Fan Mill purchase and passage: Manhattan, New York, December 13, 1830.
[Letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes, September]
A letter from Jose Antonio Mexia to a Mr. Holmes with orders to deliver information. New Orleans, September.
[Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony, September 1, 1932]
Photostatic copy of the original Index to Unfinished Business in Zavala's Colony found in the Spanish archives of the General Land Office. Austin, TX, September 1, 1932.
[Copy #2 of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833]
Copy of the Power of Attorney from Fernando del Valle to Lorenzo de Zavala, November 29, 1833, to sell eleven leagues of land in Texas. This is a typed translation that was filed in Houston County in 1905.
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879]
Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person enclosed with with an additional letter to W.E. Hutchison. The letter addressed to Hutchison describes the mis-handling of the affairs over the estate and property of the deceased Lorenzo de Zavala Sr. The additional letter to unknown person describes his own eye-witness account of the events of the Battle of San Jacinto and his personal endeavors afterwards. Merida, Yucatan, July 1, 1879.
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Julia Zavala, July 24, 1882]
Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Julia Zavala with handwritten copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
[Letter from Frank Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala, July 24, 1882]
Letter from Frank N. Johnson to Mrs. Louis Zavala with typed copy of Captain R.M. Potter's account of Zavala's life taken from a paper furnished by Captain Potter himself. This biography of Zavala that Potter sketches deals mostly with his political life.
[Letter from Jose Maria Viesca to Lorenzo de Zavala, May 12, 1828]
Letter from Jose Maria Viesca to Lorenzo de Zavala while Zavala was Governor of the state of Mexico. Concerning the colonization of Texas. May 12, 1828.
Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 7, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 6, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 13, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 9, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 20, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 10, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 27, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 3, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 12, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 10, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 17, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 14, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 24, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 3, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 16, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 10, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 17, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 18, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 24, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 19, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 7, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 20, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 14, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 23, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 2, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 12, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 9, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 16, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 23, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 30, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 6, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 17, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 13, 1842
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 1, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 22, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 2, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 29, 1841
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Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 3, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 5, 1842
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