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Title: Citizens of Texas
Identifier: foth_0477
Dates: 1841
Description: Ballot for the Republic of Texas presidency. Sam Houston defeated David G. Burnet in the election.

Title: Peter Gallagher's Journal of the Santa Fe Expedition
Identifier: foth_0492_multipage
Creator: Gallagher, Peter
Dates: 1841
Description: Despite failing to get Congressional approval, President Mirabeau Lamar commissioned an expedition to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to extend commerce by way of a western trade route. In June 1841, a volunteer military force accompanied the merchants on the expedition, but all were met with resistance in New Mexico. Forced to march to Mexico City and imprisoned there, the prisoners gained release in April 1842.