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: An Account of the Yellow Fever; The state of public health in Texas was precarious at best, and epidemics of cholera, typhus, and other diseases were common. Ashbel Smith gained national notice with a study of yellow fever in Texas., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Catalogue of the University of Texas, 1896-97; Course catalogue for the University of Texas at Austin for the years 1896-1897, Catalogue of the University of Texas, 1896-97, T378.764 UH 1896/97 TXC Cop. 2, The University of Texas History

: Colorado and Red River Land Company; The Colorado and Red River Land Company issued this pamphlet to assure stockholders that speculation in Texas lands would prove to be a prudent move., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Crockett at the Alamo; The Idle Hour Book is a joke book that contains an illustrated biography of David Crockett, including an image depicting Crockett's heroic death at the Alamo while swinging his musket. Page from The Idle Hour Book, or Scrapiana; Being a Nerve-Worker, Care Destroyer, and Genuine Countenance Disturber . . . Containing all the Information Necessary to Raise a Laugh at the Shortest Notice[. . .]., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days; Tennessee blacksmith Noah Smithwick first journeyed to Texas in 1827. He dictated his impressions of Texas to his daughter who later published them., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Fall of the Alamo-- Death of Crockett; This fanciful wood engraving is thought to be the first published illustration of Crockett's death at the Alamo. Page from Davy Crockett's 1837 Almanack, of Wild Sports in the West, Life in the Backwoods, & Sketches of Texas., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Joint Endeavor; Bound volume of Joint Endeavor magazines, published by inmates at the Huntsville unit of the Texas Department of Corrections., Joint Endeavor

: The Legion of Liberty, remonstrance of some free men, states, and presses to the Texas Rebellion; The American Anti-Slavery Society distributed this pamphlet attacking the Texas Revolution and the possible annexation of Texas as part of a larger conspiracy to expand the institution of slavery to the western United States., Texas History, Focus on Texas history, Distributed by the American Anti-Slavery Society

: Manifiesto que de sus operaciones en la campaña de Tejas y en su cautiverio dirige a sus concuidadanos; Following the loss of Texas and his release from captivity, Santa Anna published his own justification of the Texas campaign and of his conduct while being held prisoner., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Matty meeting the Texas Question; Political cartoon depicting Texas as the hag of slavery., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: O Kentucky: The Hunters of Kentucky!; This cover illustration is from one of a series of popular almanacs featuring David Crockett, which continued to promote the frontier exploits of the adventurer well after his death at the Alamo. In it Crockett accounts for his going to Texas as follows: "At the last canvass for a Member of Congress, in our district, I told my constituents, if they did not re-elect me, they might go to hell and I'd go to Texas. I was beaten . . . And I am now about to cut out to that country to help give the Mexicans a licking." Page from Davy Crockett's 1837 Almanack, of Wild Sports in the West, Life in the Backwoods, & Sketches of Texas., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Texas in 1840, or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic; A travel publication intended to entice people to Texas. The text contains a color lithograph of Austin, new capital of the Republic of Texas., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Texas: its history, topography, agriculture, commerce, and general statistics; A London-published guidebook authored by Arthur Ikin, Texas consul in London., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Translation of the laws, orders, and contracts on colonization from January 21, 1821, up to this time; Austin's contemporary account of the establishment of the first Anglo-American settlement of Texas, with his English translations of the documents and laws relating to the founding of the colony, is the first book of more than twelve pages printed in Texas., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: The War in Texas: a review of facts and circumstances; Benjamin Lundy claims in this pamphlet that the Texas Revolution had been a conspiracy to expand slavery., Texas History, Focus on Texas history

: Wynot Magazine, 1980-83; Bound volume of Wynot magazines, a quarterly publication from the Texas Prison System Groups of Alcoholics Anonymous., Wynot Magazine, v. 20-21

: Wynot Magazine, 1984/86; Bound volume of Wynot magazines, a quarterly publication from the Texas Prison System Groups of Alcoholics Anonymous., Wynot Magazine, v. 25-26

: Wynot Magazine, 1987-88; Bound volume of Wynot magazines, a quarterly publication from the Texas Prison System Groups of Alcoholics Anonymous., Wynot Magazine, v. 28-29