Lenz, Louis, Collection, 1688-1966

Houston, Sam, 1793-1863

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Texas politician, soldier, and frontier hero. He was the first president of the Republic of Texas and served as a United States Senator for that state. From the description of Letter, ca. 1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699442 From the description of Letter, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145435304 Sam Houston's colorful public life began with his heroic action during the war of 1812. He served as congressman and governor of Tennessee, spent years amon...

Turner, Amasa, 1800-1877

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Born in Massachusetts, Amasa Turner (1800-1877) moved to Mobile, Alabama, where he joined the lumber business in 1825. The next year, Turner married Julia Morse, another Massachusetts native living in Texas. The couple had four children, including George Quincy, Marcellus Granville, and Julia Amanda. In 1835, the family moved to Texas to help Amasa recover from yellow fever. He enlisted in the Texas Revolutionary Army, fighting at Gonzales, San Antonio, and the Siege of Bexar. As a ...

Frobese, William.

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Isleib, Carl

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Texas. Navy

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The Texas Navy was organized in November, 1835, to protect the lines of supply between New Orleans and Texas during the Texas Revolution. It ceased to operate in 1843. From the description of Collection, 1836-1961, (bulk 1836-1856). (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 32048914 ...

Buchel family

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Buchel, Augustus Carl, Family.

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Cuero (Tex.). Turkey Trot

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Whittaker family

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Seeligson family

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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)...

Smith, Erastus, 1787-1837

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Grayson, Benjamin S., -1849

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Wade, Houston, 1882-1947

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Byran, Travis B.

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Zavala, Lorenzo de, 1788-1836

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Liberal Mexican national, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and ad interim vice-president of the Republic of Texas, March 17-October 17, 1836. From the description of Estate records, 1838-1844. (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 29376873 Zavala held various important posts in liberal Mexican governments including governor of the state of Mexico, minister of the treasury, and minister to France but was imprisoned and forced into exile on oc...

De Zavala, Lorenzo, Jr.

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Talahina, R.

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Texas Heritage Foundation, Inc.

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Founded in 1948, the Texas Heritage Foundation educated the public, especially youths and new citizens, about the “heroic past” of Texas. To support its mission, the THF acquired historical Texas documents, distributed Texas flags to servicemen abroad and copies of historical documents to schools and libraries, as well as funded portraits of historical figures and the identification of landmarks. The foundation also published historical books, pamphlets, and periodicals, such as its monthly maga...

Kunitz family.

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Seguín, Juan Nepomuceno 1806-1890

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Chabot, Frederick C. (Frederick Charles), 1891-

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Texas author; founder and secretary of the Yanaguana Society, an organization devoted to collecting, preserving, and publishing manuscript history of San Antonio, Texas. From the description of Papers, 1918-1934, (bulk 1931-1934). (University of Texas at Arlington). WorldCat record id: 28833032 Frederick Charles Chabot (1891-1943) was an accomplished musician, linguist, diplomat, and historian best known for his contributions to Texas history. His most important works were p...

Menchaca, Antonio, 1800-1879

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Lenz, Louis, 1885-1967

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Louis Lenz (1885-1967) was a civil engineer and Texana collector. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1907 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. After working for the Southern Pacific Railroad, he helped construct a railroad in Uruguay in 1912. He served as chief engineer for the Vacuum Oil Company until its merger with the Magnolia Petroleum Company in 1931, when he became district engineer for Magnolia in Louisiana until his retirement in 1951. Afterwards he mov...

Grimes, Jesse, 1788-1866

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The son of Sampson and Bethsheba (Winder) Grimes, Texas judge and legislator Jesse Grimes (1788-1866) was born in Duplin County, North Carolina. In 1817, he moved to Washington County, Alabama. Grimes’ first wife, and the mother of nine of his children, Martha Smith, died in 1824. In 1826, he married Rosanna Ward, with whom he had six children, and the family moved to Texas. After a temporary stay in Stephen F. Austin’s colony, the family settled on Grimes Prairie, now in Grimes Cou...

Straube family.

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Flick family

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Yanaguana Society

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Historical society, of San Antonio, Tex.; founded 1933; dissolved 1947. From the description of Yanaguana Society records, 1931-1960. (Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library). WorldCat record id: 70949940 ...

Howerton family

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Leinhardt, Henry

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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-...

Petty family

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Grayson, Thomas W. (Thomas Wigg), 1808-1873

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Sheriff of Beaufort District, S.C. From the description of Letter, 1789 July 8, Beaufort, S.C., to Jacob Read, Charleston, S.C. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 33018581 ...