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[Letter from Martin Perfecto de Cos to Political Chief of Nacogdoches] August 8th, 1835

Description: Transcribes a communication from the War department stating the refusal of Lorenzo Zavala to present himself in Mexico to render account of his diplomatic commission to the court of France, and that as it is known that said Zavala had landed at Brazoria coming from New Orleans, to endeavour by all possible means to have him arrested he being a very dangerous person under the present circumstances, and to send him to the disposal of the Supreme Government
Date: August 8, 1835
Creator: de Cos, Martin Perfecto
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas State Library and Archives Commission

[Letter from Jorge Ant'o Nixon to Enrique Rueg] April 30th, 1835

Description: Letter to Henry Rueg accompanying communications received from W. S. Allen calling himself agent of the Impresarios Zavala Vehlein and Burnett -- protesting against Arturo Henry, the actual agent of said impresarios and also protesting as illegal the titles given by the former as such commissioner unless they had the signature of said Allen attached to them, and asking instructions on the subject.
Date: April 30, 1835
Creator: Nixon, Jorge Ant'o
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Texas State Library and Archives Commission

When Texas was young

Description: The battle of San Jacinto -- A surgeon's story -- The "Twin Sisters" -- Reminiscences, piratical and revolutionary, from the career of Colonel Warren D.C. Hall.
Date: 1930
Creator: Ziegler, Jesse A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries

"Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto"

Description: "Map of the Battlefield of San Jacinto and map of the positions of the Texan and of the Mexican Armies, at the commencement of the Battle of San Jacinto, at half past three o'clock in the afternoon of Thursday, April 21, 1836."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Biography of Private Alfonso Steele (Deceased) Last Survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto, Together with Mr. Steele's Account of the Campaign and Fight, and the Official Report of General Sam Houston, With Complete Roster of the Commands Composing the Little Army.

Description: This book is separated into three basic sections starting with an autobiographical sketch about Alfonso Steele, the last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto. Next, an article by the editor of The Mexia Daily News that gives an overview of Steele's children and grandchildren. Finally, the report from General Houston includes "documents of Major General Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Texas army, sent to David G. Burnett, President of the Republic of Texas" which "give an authentic acc… more
Date: 1925~
Creator: Steele, Alfonso
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Partner: UNT Libraries

Military Maps of the Texas revolution

Description: Relief shown by hachures. "To accompany Texas independence by Col. A.J. Houston." NTSU copy classed 976.4 H818t. Combat near the Mission Concepción -- The siege of Bexar -- Refugio Mission -- Ground plan of Fort Defiance -- Map of Texas, with Coahuila, in 1835-36 -- Military map of Texas and Coahuila, as Mexican territory, 1835-36 -- The Alamo -- Siege of the Alamo -- Fannin's fight -- Map of the battlefield of San Jacinto.
Date: 1938
Creator: Houston, Andrew Jackson
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

"Surrounded by Dangers of All Kinds": The Mexican War Letters of Lieutenant Theodore Laidley

Description: This book contains a collection of letters written by Lieutenant Theodore Thadeus Sobieski (T. T. S.) Laidley between 1845 and 1848. The letters discuss life as a soldier during the Mexican War; most of the letters were written from various stations in Mexico. Each letter is bracketed by editorial commentary on the historical context and the collection is prefaced by a brief biography of Laidley's life prior to the first letter. Index starts on page 179.
Date: 1997
Creator: McCaffrey, James M., 1946- & Laidley, Theodore, 1822-1886.
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Partner: UNT Press

Seige of the Alamo

Description: Map of the zone fire between Mexican batteries and the Alamo, showing the San Antonio River, various locations of attach, streets, trees, and places where bodies were burned. Distances to various cities are given. Some twentieth century features of the city are superimposed. No scale indicated.
Date: 1938?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

North America.

Description: Map shows North America as known during the early nineteenth century. Some areas of note are: Native American habitation, "Austin's colony" in Texas, the 1825 British-Russian boundary line, and B[ay] of Sir Francis Drake [San Francisco Bay]. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [1:35,000,000].
Date: 1835
Creator: Bradford, T. G. (Thomas Gamaliel), 1802-1887
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

"Refugio Mission"

Description: One of 8 maps of battle sites of the Texas Revolution drawn to accompany A.J. Houston's 1938 volume "Texas Independence"; this map shows "Ground plan of the original buildings, with walls enclosing the cemetery"
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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