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[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Orlando Osterhout, October 30, 1838]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his brother, Orlando Osterhout, discussing recent events in his life. He attended a Baptist convention in Independence, Texas and planned to return there to attend an examination of students at Baylor University. He wrote about the woman he was courting and told his brother that he hoped he would not remain a bachelor. John intended to return home and considered the different routes he could take while also requesting that his brother give him access to t… more
Date: October 30, 1838
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Partner: Austin College

[Transcript of a List of Names, December 22, 1831]

Description: Copy of transcript for a list of the names of citizens who have been given land by Gaspar Flores, drawn up by Miguel Arciniega on December 22, 1831. It lists the quantity of land, and their qualifications.
Date: December 22, 1831
Creator: Arciniega, Miguel
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter, December 7, 1830]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from, on December 7, 1830, denouncing Alexander Tomson, James Ledbetter, Thomas Sherman, and Overton Hennesy, who immigrated illegally to Texas.
Date: December 7, 1830
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from B. T. Archer to the editor of the Texas Republican, December 2, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from B. T. Archer to the editor of the Texas Republican, in which Archer has enclosed a copy of W. H. Wharton's letter to him dated November 28, 1835 for publication in the Texas Republican. In Wharton's letter he declines an appointment to be the Consultation Commissioner to the United States as he believes that Texas will not be able to obtain aid from the United States unless they fully declare independence from Mexico.
Date: December 2, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Encarnacion Chirino, Juan Mora, Antonio Minchaca, Charles S. Taylor, and Augustus Hotchkiss to the Mayor of Austin, July 28, 1832]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Encarnacion Chirino, Juan Mora, Antonio Minchaca, Charles S. Taylor, and Augustus Hotchkiss to the Mayor of Austin, on July 28, 1832, announcing José de las Piedras' abuse of his powers in regard to the colony of American settlers in Texas.
Date: July 28, 1832
Creator: Chirino, Encarnacion; Mora, Juan; Minchaca, Antonio; Taylor, Charles S. & Hotchkiss, Augustus
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Henry Smith, William Pettus, James B. Miller, and Wyly Martin, September 7, 1834]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Smith, James B. Miller, William Pettus, and Wyly Martin, on September 7, 1834, certifying that the electoral assembly has met to name two scribes, and that Stephen F. Austin has been named a deputy.
Date: September 7, 1834
Creator: Smith, Henry; Pettus, William; Miller, James B. & Martin, Wyly
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Horatio Chrisman, February 27, 1832]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Horatio Chrisman, on February 27, 1832, in which Thomas Powell resigns to allow Stephen F. Austin to take his job, as Austin knows Spanish.
Date: February 27, 1832
Creator: Chrisman, Horatio
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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