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Title
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An Account of the Yellow Fever
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Identifier
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foth_0421_multipage
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Creator
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Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886
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Dates
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1839
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Description
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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.
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Title
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Andrew Jackson to Anthony Butler
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Identifier
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foth_0563_multipage
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Creator
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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
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Dates
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1829-10-19
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Description
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President Andrew Jackson replaces Joel Poinsett with Anthony Butler who will continue negotiations with the Mexican government for the purchase of Texas.
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Title
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Annexation of Texas
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Identifier
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foth_0549
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Dates
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1837
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Description
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In the 25th Congress of the United States House of Representatives, 3,029 Massachusetts women signed a petition against the annexation of Texas into the United States as a slaveholding state.
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Title
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Anonymous Englishman's Diary
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Identifier
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foth_0417_multipage
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Dates
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1842
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Description
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This anonymous writer records physical descriptions of the country and discusses several issues confronting the Republic of Texas.
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Title
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Appointing James Kerr as acting empresario of DeWitt's Colony
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Identifier
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foth_0089_multipage
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Creator
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DeWitt, Green
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Dates
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1827-07-14
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Description
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Green DeWitt named surveyor James Kerr to be his official agent for the colony. In this capacity, Kerr would "do, act, and perform all and singular, the duties imposed" on DeWitt by the grant.
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Title
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Authorization letter from President James K. Polk
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Identifier
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foth_0583
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Creator
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Polk, James K. (James Knox), 1795-1849
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Dates
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1845-12-29
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Description
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Letter from President James K. Polk admitting Texas to the United States.
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Title
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Béxar Register Book, Candidates for delegates
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Identifier
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foth_0265_multipage
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Dates
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1836-02-01
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Description
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List of men elected by citizens of San Antonio to serve in the General Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos. This assembly declared Texas independent from Mexico.
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Title
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Brigade Orders
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Identifier
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foth_0488
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Creator
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Texas. Army
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Dates
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1838
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Description
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This broadside calls for volunteers to fight Indians on the northeastern frontier.
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Title
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Certificate for admittance in the Nashville Colony
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Identifier
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foth_0104
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Creator
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Robertson, Sterling C. (Sterling Clark), 1785-1842
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Dates
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1835
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Description
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Sterling C. Robertson issued this receipt to A.F. Burchard, awarding Burchard admittance as a colonist into the Nashville Colony.
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Title
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Certificate of shares
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Identifier
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foth_0544
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Dates
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1839-12
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Description
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The Consolidated Fund was established June 7, 1837, to help finance public debt.
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Title
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Certification of Mexican Citizenship granted to Stephen F. Austin
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Identifier
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foth_0026_multipage
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Creator
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Republic of Mexico
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Dates
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1824-03-09
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Description
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Document certifying that Stephen F. Austin had been granted Mexican citizenship. All Americans settling in Texas were required to become Mexican citizens.
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Title
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Circular from the Committee of Safety of the Jurisdiction of Austin
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Identifier
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foth_0257
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Creator
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San Felipe de Austin. Committee of Safety
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Dates
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1835-10-03
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Description
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Circular from the Committee of Safety of the Jurisdiction of Austin, dated October 3, 1835, reporting the advancing Mexican troops from Béxar.
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Title
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Citizens of Texas
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Identifier
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foth_0477
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Dates
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1841
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Description
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Ballot for the Republic of Texas presidency. Sam Houston defeated David G. Burnet in the election.
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The Citizens of the jurisdiction of Columbia--to their Fellow Citizens of all Texas
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Identifier
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foth_0255_multipage
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Creator
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Columbia. Committee of Safety
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Dates
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1835-08-20
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Description
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The citizens of the jurisdiction of Columbia issued this broadside on August 20, 1835, calling for a consultation to convene at Washington-on-the-Brazos on October 15, 1835.
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Title
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Colorado and Red River Land Company
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Identifier
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foth_0114_multipage
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Creator
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Colorado and Red River Land Company
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Dates
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1835
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Description
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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.
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Columbia citizens
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Identifier
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foth_0254
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Dates
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1835-08
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Description
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Resolutions adopted at a meeting held in Columbia on August 15, 1835. Columbia was one of the earliest communities within Stephen F. Austin's colony.
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Title
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Commandment of Arms at La Bahía
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Identifier
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foth_0086_multipage
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Creator
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DeWitt, Green
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Description
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Green DeWitt, empresario of the DeWitt Colony, writes to the Commandant of Arms at La Bahía, requesting troops be stationed at La Bahía to protect citizens and their property from Indians.
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Title
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Constitution of the Republic of Texas
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Identifier
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foth_0410_multipage
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Dates
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1836-08-09
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Description
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Up to the time of this publication, the Constitution of the Republic of Texas had not been widely distributed due to interruptions in press production caused by the Texas Revolution and its aftermath.
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Title
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Copia de un apunte suelto de la campaña de Tejas, que principia en 18 de marzo de 1836 [. . .] [Manuscript pages describing the death of David Crockett]
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Identifier
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foth_0318_multipage
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Creator
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Peña, José Enrique de la, 1807-1841 or 1842
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Dates
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1836-03-18
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Description
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Lt. Col. Nicolás de la Portilla presided over the garrison at Goliad when Santa Anna ordered the mass execution of prisoners there. Portilla's notes were lost and, thus, were never incorporated into the Mexican army's general report on the Texas campaign. Peña's narrative includes his account of the execution of David Crockett following the assault on the Alamo. The account, translated, reads as follows: Some seven men had survived the general carnage and, under the protection of General Castrillón, they were brought before Santa Anna. Among them was one of great stature, will proportioned, with regular features, in whose face there was the imprint of adversity, but in whom one also noticed a degree of resignation and nobility that did him honor. He was the naturalist David Crockett, well known in North America for his unusual adventures, who had undertaken to explore he country and who, finding himself in Bejar at the very moment of surprise, had taken refuge at the Alamo, fearing that his status as a foreigner might not be respected. Santa Anna answered Castrillón's intervention in Crockett's behalf with a gesture of indignation and, addressing himself to the sappers, the troops closest to him, ordered his execution ... Though tortured before they were killed, these unfortunates died without complaining and without humiliating themselves before their torturers.
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Crockett at the Alamo
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Identifier
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foth_0325
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Dates
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1848
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Description
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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[. . .].