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Title: Army Orders
Identifier: foth_0645
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
Dates: 1836-03-02
Description: [Text begins:] Convention Hall, Washington, March 2, 1836. War is raging on the frontiers. Bejar is besieged by two thousand of the enemy...The citizens of Texas must rally to the aid of our army...Independence is declared, it must be maintained. ...[Signed:] Sam. Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Army. [Followed by P. S. signed:] S. H. [handwriting on back] [Decorated with patterns as design elements.]

Title: A List of Titles Made Under the Special Contract with the State of Coahuila and Texas by Stephen F. Austin 1828 to Settle 300 Families within the Ten Border Leagues on the Gulf of Mexico
Identifier: foth_0641_multipage
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Dates: 1833
Description: Title page of the List; Ledger recording the first settlers in Austin's original colony. Those settlers, the first Americans to settle in Texas legally, are known today as the Old Three Hundred. Austin's original plan for land distribution was superseded by a colonization law in 1823 by which each family received not less than one labor (177 acres) or one league (4428 acres) of land depending on whether the head of household was a farmer or stockman. Commissioner Baron de Bastrop issued the lands and titles to settlers designated by Austin. The three hundred families were nearly all in Texas by 1824, and the work of issuing the titles continued until 1827. One of the premier documents of Texas history, Austin's ledger lists the name of the settler and designates the location and quantities of land and the date of title.

Title: Map of Texas by Stephen F. Austin
Identifier: foth_0630
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Dates: 1829
Description: Austin's detailed hand-drawn map showing the Austin and DeWitt colonies, various towns and rivers, and other natural features in Texas. Austin prepared the map sometime between 1823 and 1828 and based the map on firsthand observations as well as information gathered from travelers and surveyors.

Title: Map of Texas With Parts of the Adjoining States
Identifier: foth_0634
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Dates: 1835
Description: The 1835 edition of Austin's 1830 Map of Texas, the first map to show on a large scale the beginnings of immigration into Texas from the United States. This later edition depicts additional land grants and presents a section of text stating the number of families to be located on each grant shown on the map.

Title: Stephen F. Austin [portrait]
Identifier: foth_0636
Creator: Howard, William
Dates: 1833
Description: Ivory miniature watercolor portrait of Stephen F. Austin; This original watercolor portrait miniature of Stephen F. Austin depicts him in his hunting costume with his dog Cano. William Howard painted the portrait in Mexico City in 1833.

Title: Stephen F. Austin, the "Father of Texas," Issues a Land Title to a Texas Colonist of 1822
Identifier: foth_0643
Creator: Price, Norman
Dates: 1822
Description: In addition to the original land grant he received, Austin obtained three more contracts to settle a total of 900 additional families.