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Annexation of Texas
Title
Annexation of Texas
Identifier
foth_0549
Dates
1837
Description
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.
Manifiesto que de sus operaciones en la campaña de Tejas y en su cautiverio dirige a sus concuidadanos
Title
Manifiesto que de sus operaciones en la campaña de Tejas y en su cautiverio dirige a sus concuidadanos
Identifier
foth_0401_multipage
Creator
Santa Anna, Antonio López de 1794-1876
Dates
1837
Description
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.
Mary Austin Holley Diary
Title
Mary Austin Holley Diary
Identifier
foth_0413_multipage
Creator
Holley, Mary Austin, 1784-1846
Dates
1837
Description
Stephen F. Austin's cousin, Mary Austin Holley, drew this sketch of Peach Point Plantation, the home of Austin's sister Emily Austin Perry and her husband James Franklin Perry. Mrs. Holley visited Texas in 1831, 1835, and 1837 and kept this diary account during her latter two visits to Texas. The diary includes sketches of Texas scenes.
New Map of Texas with Contiguous American and Mexican States
Title
New Map of Texas with Contiguous American and Mexican States
Identifier
foth_0647
Creator
Young, J.H. (James Hamilton)
Dates
1837
Description
Map by cartographer J. H. Young delineates land grants and includes an explanatory inset with empresarios and their grants.
The War in Texas: a review of facts and circumstances
Title
The War in Texas: a review of facts and circumstances
Identifier
foth_0554_multipage
Creator
Lundy, Benjamin, 1789-1839
Dates
1837
Description
Benjamin Lundy claims in this pamphlet that the Texas Revolution had been a conspiracy to expand slavery.