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Title: An Account of the Yellow Fever
Identifier: foth_0421_multipage
Creator: Smith, Ashbel, 1805-1886
Dates: 1839
Description: 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.

Title: Address to the Central Committee
Identifier: foth_0237_multipage
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Dates: 1833-04
Description: Stephen F. Austin delivered an address to the "Gentlemen of the Convention," citing reasons for Texas separating from Coahuila.

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

Title: Anonymous Englishman's Diary
Identifier: foth_0417_multipage
Dates: 1842
Description: This anonymous writer records physical descriptions of the country and discusses several issues confronting the Republic of Texas.

Title: Appointing James Kerr as acting empresario of DeWitt's Colony
Identifier: foth_0089_multipage
Creator: DeWitt, Green
Dates: 1827-07-14
Description: 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.

Title: Austin to Cherokee Chiefs
Identifier: foth_0221_multipage
Creator: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Dates: 1827-01-24
Description: Stephen F. Austin addresses his letter to his "friends and Brothers, the Chiefs and Warriors of the Cherokee living in Texas." Austin cautions the Cherokee against siding with the Nacogdoches men leading the rebellion against Mexico.

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

Title: Béxar Register Book, Candidates for delegates
Identifier: foth_0265_multipage
Dates: 1836-02-01
Description: 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.

Title: Certificate for admittance in the Nashville Colony
Identifier: foth_0104
Creator: Robertson, Sterling C. (Sterling Clark), 1785-1842
Dates: 1835
Description: Sterling C. Robertson issued this receipt to A.F. Burchard, awarding Burchard admittance as a colonist into the Nashville Colony.

Title: Certification of Mexican Citizenship granted to Stephen F. Austin
Identifier: foth_0026_multipage
Creator: Republic of Mexico
Dates: 1824-03-09
Description: Document certifying that Stephen F. Austin had been granted Mexican citizenship. All Americans settling in Texas were required to become Mexican citizens.

Title: Colorado and Red River Land Company
Identifier: foth_0114_multipage
Creator: Colorado and Red River Land Company
Dates: 1835
Description: 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.

Title: Commandment of Arms at La Bahía
Identifier: foth_0086_multipage
Creator: DeWitt, Green
Description: 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.

Title: Constitution of the Republic of Texas
Identifier: foth_0410_multipage
Dates: 1836-08-09
Description: 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.

Title: 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]
Identifier: foth_0318_multipage
Creator: Peña, José Enrique de la, 1807-1841 or 1842
Dates: 1836-03-18
Description: 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.

Title: Crockett at the Alamo
Identifier: foth_0325
Dates: 1848
Description: 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[. . .].

Title: Diary of Somervell's Expedition Against the Southwest in 1842 and 1843
Identifier: foth_0516_multipage
Dates: 1843
Description: Led by General Alexander Somervell, the expedition answered the Mexican army's raids into Texas in 1842. A force of 700 men left San Antonio in November 1842, but by mid-December Somervell recognized the insufficiencies in planning and preparation and, to avoid an overwhelming defeat, ordered his men to return home. Almost half of the original force continued to Mexico as part of the Mier Expedition.

Title: Diary of Thomas Nunn
Identifier: foth_0172_multipage
Creator: Nunn, Thomas
Dates: 1835-05-18
Description: Thomas Nunn records his trip on board a schooner from New Orleans to Texas beginning in February 1835. He discusses a cholera outbreak, Velasco, San Felipe de Austin, [Robertson's] Colony, and the changing landscape during his journey.

Title: Dispatch book of the Legation of Texas in Paris
Identifier: foth_0480
Dates: 1844-11-13
Description: Texas maintained a diplomatic legation in France and England throughout the life of the Republic. This letterbook contains copies of dispatches sent by Texas ministers James Pinckney Henderson and Ashbel Smith to the secretary of state of the Republic of Texas, 1838 to 1844.

Title: Dispatch book of the Legation of Texas in Paris
Identifier: foth_0473_multipage
Dates: 1844-11-13
Description: Gives results of elections and slate of officials taking office on December 13, 1841. Ashbel Smith served as chargé d'affaires to England and France from 1842 to 1844.

Title: East Texas Oil Fields, East Texas Oil Fields
Identifier: e_enr_292
Contributor: Studtman Photo Service, 19th & Lavaca, Austin
Topic: Petroleum industry
Dates: circa 1920-1930
Resource: Oral history of the Texas oil industry collection
Description: Derrick in field with wooden outbuildings and 2 cars

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