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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: 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: B. R. Edwards to Capt. Ayleth C. Buckner
Identifier: foth_0616_multipage
Creator: Edwards, B. R.
Dates: 1826-12-26
Description: Letter from B.R. Edwards requesting support for Texas' independence from Mexico.

Title: B. R. Edwards to Col. James Rofs
Identifier: foth_0620_multipage
Creator: Edwards, B. R.
Dates: 1826-12-26
Description: Letter from B.R. Edwards requesting support for Texas' independence from Mexico.

Title: Bond of Emancipation for Ann Maria
Identifier: camh-dob-025713
Topic: Slavery, Freed persons
Dates: 1825-06-13
Resource: Natchez Trace slaves and slavery collection
Description: Josias Gray's bond on emancipation of Ann Maria, an enslaved person.

Title: B.W. Edwards to Jesse Thompson
Identifier: foth_0211_multipage
Creator: Edwards, Benjamin W.
Dates: 1826-12-26
Description: B.W. Edwards reports that "we have raised the flag of Liberty in Nacogdoches - We have made a solemn treaty with all the Northern Indians in this Province."

Title: Correspondence between Ruthe Weingarten and John Manguso
Identifier: camh-dob-018893
Topic: African Americans, Riots, Soldiers
Dates: 1992-05-12
Resource: Black Texas women archive
Description: Correspondence between Ruthe Weingarten and John Manguso concerning records about soldiers involved in the 1917 Houston Riot.

Title: Emancipation papers for Josias Gray
Identifier: camh-dob-025710
Topic: Slavery, Freed persons
Dates: 1826-07-04
Resource: Natchez Trace slaves and slavery collection
Description: Act of Emancipation Josias Gray to Thomas Hardy to Josephine Gray

Title: Freedom Papers for Silvia Green
Identifier: camh-dob-025708
Topic: Slavery, Freed persons
Dates: 1839
Resource: Natchez Trace slaves and slavery collection
Description: Letter and wrapping papers from James Wilson to captain Cromwell, free papers for Silvia Green.

Title: General A. Somervell to Sam Houston
Identifier: foth_0513_multipage
Creator: Somervell, Alexander, 1796-1854
Dates: 1842-03-18
Description: General Alexander Somervell urges Sam Houston to order an invasion of Mexico in retaliation for the predatory raids by the Mexican Army into Texas.

Title: General Martín Perfecto de Cós to Political Chief at Béxar
Identifier: foth_0302_multipage
Creator: Cos, Martín Perfecto de, 1800-1854
Dates: 1835-10-17
Description: General Cós's letter calls upon the citizenry of Béxar to rally to the defense of San Antonio against the "rebel colonists" shortly before the Texan siege of the city.

Title: Handwritten note from Tom Shelter to Ruthe Weingarten with enclosed documents
Identifier: camh-dob-018897
Topic: African Americans, Race riots, Soldiers
Resource: Black Texas women archive
Description: A handwritten note from Tom Shelter to Ruthe Weingarten with two documents of photocopied images and their corresponding descriptions attached.

Title: Henri Castro to Louis Huth
Identifier: foth_0447_multipage
Creator: Castro, Henri, 1786-1865
Dates: 1845-03-02
Description: Castro reports that annexation is complete and that the success of Castro's colony is inevitable.

Title: Henri Castro to Louis Huth
Identifier: foth_0441_multipage
Creator: Castro, Henri, 1786-1865
Dates: 1843-11-15
Description: Writing from Paris, Henri Castro counsels his agent Louis Huth regarding matters of colonization in Texas. In 1842, Castro received a grant from the Texas government to settle on the Medina River near San Antonio.

Title: Henri Castro to Louis Huth
Identifier: foth_0444_multipage
Creator: Castro, Henri, 1786-1865
Dates: 1844-12-03
Description: After arriving in Washington, Texas, Henri Castro reports to Huth of the impending annexation events.

Title: Henry Fisher to Anson Jones
Identifier: foth_0453_multipage
Creator: Fisher, Henry F., 1805-1867
Dates: 1844-06-27
Description: Fisher reports that he has procured the necessary funds and emigrants to carry out his colonization contract - Society for the Protection of German Emigrants to Texas.

Title: J Miguel Falcón to the Ayuntamiento of Béxar
Identifier: foth_0029_multipage
Creator: Falcón, J. Miguel
Dates: 1833-12-11
Description: Sr. Falcón's notification to the Ayuntamiento of San Antonio that Austin was to be arrested and returned to Mexico City. The Mexican government's refusal to grant statehood to Texas led Austin to advise the Ayuntamiento of San Antonio to take the lead in forming a provisional state government. That action was considered treason, and in this document, Sr. Falcón of the Mexican government alerts the Ayuntamiento of San Antonio to arrest Austin. Austin eventually spent more than two years in prison.