Documents collection, 1519-1979.

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Documents collection, 1519-1979.

1519-1979

https://daughtersofrepublic.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1002194459

An artificial collection created by the DRT Library that gathers documents in a multitude of forms, the Documents Collection provides a sampling of government, business and personal activities in Mexico and Texas, from the earliest period of New World settlement through the twentieth century. Material from Mexico includes decrees, letters, broadsides, and other items issued by Kings of Spain, Mexican Viceroys, and prominent government and church officials. The bulk of the collection documents Texas, beginning with its earliest settlement, but concentrating on the period of Anglo-American colonization through the Civil War. Encountered most frequently are documents related to transactions of various types, such as land grants and sales, slave transactions, legal actions and monetary exchanges. Political and military events are represented, and letters reflect government, business, personal and social life. Also part of the collection is a small number of literary manuscripts such as memoirs, biographies, genealogies, histories, fiction and poetry, most unpublished. Some of the individual names represented in the collection are Stephen F. Austin, Thomas Barnett, Baron de Bastrop, David G. Burnet, Juan Bautista de las Casas, Agustín Fischer, José Antonio de la Garza, Thomas Gay, José Manuel Granados, Archibald Hotchkiss, Sam Houston, Francis W. Johnson, Benito Juárez, John W. Kenney, Luke Lesassier, John H. Money, Ramón Músquiz, José Antonio Navarro, Alonso Nuñez de Haro y Peralta, Juan Ruíz de Apodaca, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Juan Nepomuceno Seguín, Henry Smith, James Harper Starr, William Barret Travis, Francisco Javier de Venegas, Juan Martín de Veramendi, and Samuel May Williams.

14 document boxes 6 flat boxes 4 oversize boxes 5 oversize items 23 bound volumes

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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Starr, James Harper, 1809-1890

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Seguín, Juan Nepomuceno 1806-1890

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Venegas, Francisco Xavier, 1760-1838

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Venégas was Viceroy of New Spain; governor during the first four years of the Wars of Independence. From the description of Francisco Xavier Venégas: letter to Dr. Juan Anciceto de Silvestre y Olivares, 1811. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50156028 ...

Smith, Henry, 1788-1851

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Casas, Juan Bautista de las, 1775?-1811.

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Garza, José Antonio de la, 1776-1851?

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Born in San Antonio de Béxar, Texas, José Antonio de la Garza (1776-1851?) was the son of Leonardo de la Garza and Magdalena Martínez. After his first marriage to Josefa Rivas, with whom he had three children, Garza married María Josefa Menchaca in 1824, fathering four more children. Upon receiving permission from the Spanish governor in 1818, he became the first person to coin money in Texas. Garza was granted a Mexican title to two leagues in what would become Bexar County in 1824...

Johnson, Francis White, 1799-1884

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Kenney, John W., 1799-1865.

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Nichols, James Wilson, 1820-1891

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Born in Tennessee, James Wilson Nichols came to Texas with his family as a boy. Settling in central Texas, Wilson served in several frontier militia companies and was involved in numerous Indian battles. From the description of Memoir [manuscript]. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 310573852 ...

Músquiz, Ramón, 1797-1867.

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Money, John H.

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Navarro, José Antonio, 1795-1871

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Born in San Antonio to an aristocratic mother and a successful merchant as well as alcalde of the city, José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) became the most influential Tejano of his generation. As a young man Navarro supported the Gutierrez-Magee expedition, which aimed to seize Texas from Spanish rule. However, the attempt failed and Navarro fled to the United States to avoid execution. He returned to Texas in 1816, believing the brightest future for Texas lay with Anglo-...

Juárez, Benito, 1806-1872

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President of Mexico. Born 1806 in Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico; died 1872. Elected to Oaxaca state congress in 1833. Governor of Oaxaca 1847-1852; 1856-1857. In exile in New Orleans 1853-1855. Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs Oct. 6-Dec. 9, 1855; Ley Juárez passed Nov. 23, 1855. President of the Supreme Court (1857). Assumed presidency Jan. 1858 upon removal of Ignacio Comonfort. Elected president in March 1861, Juárez was re-elected in October 1867 and July 1871. He died in office. ...

Bastrop, Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de, 1759-1827

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A Dutch contractor who established a colony in what is today Morehouse Parish. He did this at the suggestion of Gov. Carondelet. Bastrop built Point Plantation with large warehouses along Bayou Siard, La. He conducted an extensive mercantile business and Indian trade under an exclusive concession given to him by Casa Calvo in 1801. From the description of Felipe E.N. Bastrop papers, 1796-1829. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 70665737 From the description of...

Hays, John Coffee, 1817-1883

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Texas Ranger and surveyor, John Coffee Hays (1817-1883), came to Texas in 1836, in time to participate in the Texas Revolution. At Sam Houston’s suggestion, Hays joined the Texas Rangers under Erastus “Deaf” Smith. He served in the rangers until 1846, reaching the rank of colonel, and participated in many skirmishes and engagements with Mexican and Indian forces, including the battles of Plum Creek, Salado Creek, Walker’s Creek, and Monterrey. Hays formed the 1st Texas Mounted Volun...

Santa Anna, Antonio López de, 1794?-1876

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Epithet: President of Mexico British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x000203 Commander in chief of Mexican Army and President of Mexico during war with United States (1846-1848). Letter thanks Don Juan Valdivia for providing lumber and use of his estate for defense against possible Spanish invasion (1829). From the description of Antonio Loṕez de Santa Anna letter, 1829. (University of the Pacific)...

Lesassier, Luke

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Williams, Samuel May, 1795-1858

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Travis, William Barret, 1809-1836

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As commander of the doomed Alamo garrison, Colonel William Barret Travis became a legendary figure in Texas history. Born in South Carolina in 1809, Travis went on to study law and marry Rosanna Cato before moving to Texas. He left his family behind and settled in Stephen F. Austin's colony to practice law. With the coming of war with Mexico, Travis became an army officer and was ordered to reinforce the Alamo garrison in San Antonio de Bexar. He took command after James C. Neill gave up the pos...

Hotchkiss, Archibald, 1794-1882

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Fischer, Agustín, 1825-1887.

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Veramendi, Juan Martín de 1778-1833

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Mexican governor of Coahuila and Texas; name also found as Veramenda and Beramendi. From the description of Letter, 1828 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70956202 ...

Gay, Thomas

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Burnet, David Gouverneur, 1789-1870

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David Gouverneur Burnet (1788-1870) was born in Newark, New Jersey. About 1817 he moved to Natchitoches, Louisiana, and in 1831 to Texas. He was ad interim president of the Republic of Texas from March 17 to October 22, 1836. In 1836 he was elected vice president of the Republic of Texas, serving part time as secretary of state and acting president. From the guide to the David G. Burnet letters MS 188., 1836-1859, (Woodson Research Center, ) Born April 14, 1788,...

Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Stephen F. Austin, son of Moses Austin, initiated the Anglo-American colonization of Texas by assuming ownership of a land grant given to his father by the Spanish government in 1821. From the description of Austin, Stephen F., papers, 1819-1821. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20430891 Stephen Fuller Austin was born on November 3, 1793 in Virginia to Maria and Moses Austin. He was educated in Connecticut and at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kent...

Núñez de Haro y Peralta, Alonso 1729-1800

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Granados, José Manuel, d. 1826.

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Barnett, Thomas, 1798-1843

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Ruíz de Apodaca, Juan.

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