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Texas History for Teachers: Who was Susanna Dickenson?

Description: Video of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Susanna Dickinson, who survived the Alamo siege. She relayed a message to General Sam Houston about the outcomes of the Alamo from Santa Anna, and made sacrifices during the Texas Revolution.
Date: September 17, 2021
Duration: 10 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Transcript of Letter from Henry Smith (on behalf of the Executive Council) to Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, December 17, 1835]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Smith (on behalf of the Executive Council) to Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton, in which Smith instructs Austin, et al., to avoid providing supplies to Mexicans who claim to be friends of Texas and the revolutionary cause, and to correspond with the executive council through agents stationed in each city rather than direct correspondence.
Date: December 17, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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Texas History for Teachers: Who was Susanna Dickenson? (ASL Interpretation)

Description: American Sign Language interpretation of Dr. Andrew Torget discussing the life of Susanna Dickinson, who survived the Alamo siege. She relayed a message to General Sam Houston about the outcomes of the Alamo from Santa Anna, and made sacrifices during the Texas Revolution.
Date: September 17, 2021
Duration: 10 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Torget, Andrew J.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Letter from Martín Perfecto de Cos to Commandant General June 17th 1835

Description: Letter from Martín Perfecto de Cos to Commandant General José Domingo Ugartechea, Principal Commandant of Texas. Instructing Ugartechea to order the military commandants that, if found, Lorenzo de Zavala be forced to sail to Veracruz and also that General Mexía be taken into custody and securely transported to Veracruz. 6/17/1835 127/12, p. 90
Date: June 17, 1835
Creator: de Cos, Martin Perfecto
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to Martín Perfecto de Cos, [October 17, 1835]]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to Martín Perfecto de Cos, which accompanied Austin's letter to Cos of October 17, 1835 asking for truce. This letter acknowledges Austin's receiving Cos's letter of the 5th, and expresses Austin's wish to settle affairs in Texas with Cos.
Date: October 17, 1835
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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