Texas collection, 1836-1850.

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Texas collection, 1836-1850.

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Photocopy of the Texas declaration of independence (1836 May 2); typescript list of the signers of the Texas declaration; report (1845 June 25) of a committee of Massachusetts legislators opposing the annexation of Texas signed by Charles Francis Adams, Charles Allen, and Stephen C. Phillips; photocopy of the joint resolution by the U.S. Congress for the annexation of Texas (1845 December 2); and certification of indebtedness (1850 August 26) of John Milton Swisher to Joseph Bates.

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Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886

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American diplomat, lawyer, and biographer; son of John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848; U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts 1859-61, U.S. Minister to England, 1861-68; U.S. Arbitrator at the Geneva Tribunal ("Alabama" claims), 1871-72. From the guide to the Charles Francis Adams letters, 1844-1878, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857

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U.S. representative from Massachusetts, public official of Massachusetts, mayor of Salem, Mass., and businessman. From the description of Letter of Stephen C. Phillips, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450059 ...

Allen, Charles, 1797-1869

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Charles Allen (1797-1877), Worcester County judge and lawyer, was the son of Joseph Allen (1749-1827) and the brother of Samuel Allen (1789-1863). He attended Leicester Academy and studied at Yale College in 1811 and 1812. He served in the Massachusetts state legislature and the U.S. Congress and was an abolitionist and one of the founders of the Free Soil Party. From the description of Papers, 1828-1877. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record id: 191259098 ...

Bates, Joseph, 1805-1888

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Swisher, John Milton, 1819-1891

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John Milton Swisher (1819-1891) was born in Tennessee to Elizabeth (Boyd) and James Gibson Swisher. The family moved to Texas in 1833. Swisher, accompanied by a dozen or so others, left for San Antonio to assist William B. Travis at the Alamo. They intercepted Sam Houston’s army in Gonzales and formed into Captain William W. Hill’s Company H of Colonel Edward Burleson’s First Regiment, Texas Volunteers. Swisher was discharged in May after serving in the battle of San Jacinto. He wor...