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Title: Andrew Jackson to Anthony Butler
Identifier: foth_0563_multipage
Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Dates: 1829-10-19
Box: 2b180
Description: President Andrew Jackson replaces Joel Poinsett with Anthony Butler who will continue negotiations with the Mexican government for the purchase of Texas.

Title: Authorization letter from President James K. Polk
Identifier: foth_0583
Creator: Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
Dates: 1845-12-29
Box: TMM Box 2AA9a
Description: Letter from President James K. Polk admitting Texas to the United States.

Title: B. R. Edwards to Capt. Ayleth C. Buckner
Identifier: foth_0616_multipage
Creator: Edwards, B. R.
Dates: 1826-12-26
Box: 2a151
Description: Letter from B.R. Edwards requesting support for Texas' independence from Mexico.

Title: B. R. Edwards to Col. James Rofs
Identifier: foth_0620_multipage
Creator: Edwards, B. R.
Dates: 1826-12-26
Box: 2a151
Description: Letter from B.R. Edwards requesting support for Texas' independence from Mexico.

Title: B.W. Edwards to Jesse Thompson
Identifier: foth_0211_multipage
Creator: Edwards, Benjamin W.
Dates: 1826-12-26
Box: 2a151
Description: B.W. Edwards reports that "we have raised the flag of Liberty in Nacogdoches - We have made a solemn treaty with all the Northern Indians in this Province."

Title: General A. Somervell to Sam Houston
Identifier: foth_0513_multipage
Creator: Somervell, Alexander, 1796-1854
Dates: 1842-03-18
Box: 3n199
Description: General Alexander Somervell urges Sam Houston to order an invasion of Mexico in retaliation for the predatory raids by the Mexican Army into Texas.

Title: General Martín Perfecto de Cós to Political Chief at Béxar
Identifier: foth_0302_multipage
Creator: Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854
Dates: 1835-10-17
Box: 2s320
Description: General Cós's letter calls upon the citizenry of Béxar to rally to the defense of San Antonio against the "rebel colonists" shortly before the Texan siege of the city.

Title: Henri Castro to Louis Huth
Identifier: foth_0447_multipage
Creator: Castro, Henri, 1786-1865
Dates: 1845-03-02
Box: 3k380
Description: Castro reports that annexation is complete and that the success of Castro's colony is inevitable.

Title: Henri Castro to Louis Huth
Identifier: foth_0441_multipage
Creator: Castro, Henri, 1786-1865
Dates: 1843-11-15
Box: 3k380
Description: Writing from Paris, Henri Castro counsels his agent Louis Huth regarding matters of colonization in Texas. In 1842, Castro received a grant from the Texas government to settle on the Medina River near San Antonio.

Title: Henri Castro to Louis Huth
Identifier: foth_0444_multipage
Creator: Castro, Henri, 1786-1865
Dates: 1844-12-03
Box: 3k380
Description: After arriving in Washington, Texas, Henri Castro reports to Huth of the impending annexation events.

Title: Henry Fisher to Anson Jones
Identifier: foth_0453_multipage
Creator: Fisher, Henry F., 1805-1867
Dates: 1844-06-27
Box: 2d145
Description: Fisher reports that he has procured the necessary funds and emigrants to carry out his colonization contract - Society for the Protection of German Emigrants to Texas.

Title: J Miguel Falcón to the Ayuntamiento of Béxar
Identifier: foth_0029_multipage
Creator: Falcón, J. Miguel
Dates: 1833-12-11
Box: 2s305
Description: Sr. Falcón's notification to the Ayuntamiento of San Antonio that Austin was to be arrested and returned to Mexico City. The Mexican government's refusal to grant statehood to Texas led Austin to advise the Ayuntamiento of San Antonio to take the lead in forming a provisional state government. That action was considered treason, and in this document, Sr. Falcón of the Mexican government alerts the Ayuntamiento of San Antonio to arrest Austin. Austin eventually spent more than two years in prison.

Title: Juan N. Seguín to Sam Houston
Identifier: foth_0489_multipage
Creator: Seguín, Juan Nepomuceno, 1806-1890
Dates: 1837-03-09
Box: 3n199
Description: Juan Seguín recounts his troop's movements, news of a possible Mexican invasion, and Texas Indian tribes' collaboration with the Mexican army.

Title: Letter, 1832
Identifier: foth_0161_multipage
Creator: Henson, W. N.
Dates: 1832
Box: 2.0E+239
Description: Letter describes birth of son, and writes that "death is abroad in this land," in reference to a typhoid outbreak in 1832.

Title: Letter from John Joseph Linn
Identifier: foth_0386_multipage
Creator: Linn, John J. (John Joseph), 1798-1885
Dates: 1836-04-28
Box: 2k211
Description: During the Revolution, John Joseph Linn served with General Sam Houston, who sent Linn to Galveston for supplies. With supplies in tow, Linn returned to the mainland and found Houston at San Jacinto after the capture of Santa Anna. Linn sent this letter to a merchant in New Orleans and reports of his conversation with General Santa Anna after the Texan defeat of Santa Anna's army.

Title: Lorenzo de Zavala to his son
Identifier: foth_0399_multipage
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de 1788-1836
Dates: 1836-05-28
Box: 2n143
Description: Lorenzo de Zavala reports to his son that he has agreed to escort Antonio López de Santa Anna from Texas to Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Title: Lorenzo de Zavala to Manuel de Mier y Terán
Identifier: foth_0196_multipage
Creator: Zavala, Lorenzo de 1788-1836
Dates: 1829-06-24
Box: 2n143
Description: Lorenzo de Zavala expressed the same confidence that Mexican President Guerrero had for Mier y Terán in maintaining the frontiers.

Title: Martin Van Buren to Joel Poinsett
Identifier: foth_0562
Creator: Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862
Dates: 1829-08-25
Box: 2b180
Description: President Martin Van Buren instructs Joel Poinsett to open negotiations with the Mexican government for the purchase of part of Texas.

Title: Memorial from Ayuntamiento of Brazoria to the Mexican Government for release of Stephen F. Austin
Identifier: foth_0032_multipage
Creator: Warton, William H., Waller, Edwin
Dates: 1834-07
Box: 2a153
Description: Memorial to the Mexican government from William H. Wharton and Edwin Waller sent in response to Austin's request that colonists petition for his release from prison.