Secretary of state colonization records, 1820-1879, undated, bulk 1836-1845.

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Secretary of state colonization records, 1820-1879, undated, bulk 1836-1845.

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Colonization records were created to document the efforts of the Republic of Texas to encourage the immigration of new citizens by the signing of contracts with agents, similar to the Mexican government's empresario grants, and the enforcement of the agreements contained within those contracts. Types of records include lists of immigrants, contracts, correspondence, reports, resolutions, petitions, and proclamations, filed with the Department of State or maintained by the Texas Secretary of State. Dates covered are 1820-1879, undated, the bulk covering the Republic period, 1836-1845. This series consists of colony contracts filed in the Department of State, as well as correspondence of the Department relating to the colonies. Also included is correspondence of the President and members of Congress relating to colonies and a small amount of material related to colonization in the Republic of Mexico. In addition, documents received in the office of the Secretary of State after annexation relating to the colonies is included. Lists of immigrants brought to Texas as colonists (usually called "ships? lists") were filed in the Department of State in accordance with the requirement that evidence be made of meeting the numbers of colonists specified in the contract and are included with this series. Specific colonies to which the records relate are those granted to Stephen F. Austin, John C. Beales, Henri Castro, Juan Dominguez y Valdez, Henry F. Fisher and Burchard Miller, Arthur Ikin, William Kennedy and William Pringle, John McMullen and James McGloin, Charles F. Mercer, Alexander Bourgeois d'Orvanne, W. S. Peters, V. Pirson, the Rio Grande and Texas Land Company, Sterling C. Robertson, and John L. Woodbury. This series also includes some non-governmental collections: Papers of the Society for the Protection of German Emigrants, 1844-1846; Papers of Henri Castro, 1846, 1850; Letters of John E. Cravens and W. G. W. Jowers, 1849, 1852; and the Robert Swartwout Papers, 1820-1848. [Note: Alphabetical name indexes (in card-file format) are available in the State Archives search room for the Fisher-Miller Colony, the Peters Colony, and the Castro Colony.]

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