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Ovs_box 4

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

Land - Land Book of Texas, 1838

 File — OVS_Box: 4, Folder: 1
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1974-001, Claude Elliott Texana Collection / Republic (1836-1845) / Documents
Dates: 1838
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Items in this series pertain to Texas as an independent republic. Items of interest include a promissory note to Mirabeau B. Lamar, president of the Republic; an early Land Book of Texas; a Gonzales County Probate book; a journal by early Texan Ammon Underwood; Colonel Pedro Delgado's account of the battle of San Jacinto; and accounts of early Texans Peter Gallagher and Robert Potter.

Legal - Gonzalez County Probate book, 1838-1845

 File — OVS_Box: 4, Folder: 2
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1974-001, Claude Elliott Texana Collection / Republic (1836-1845) / Documents
Dates: 1838-1845
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Items in this series pertain to Texas as an independent republic. Items of interest include a promissory note to Mirabeau B. Lamar, president of the Republic; an early Land Book of Texas; a Gonzales County Probate book; a journal by early Texan Ammon Underwood; Colonel Pedro Delgado's account of the battle of San Jacinto; and accounts of early Texans Peter Gallagher and Robert Potter.

Journals/Memoirs - Ammon Underwood journal (photostat copy), 1834-1838

 File — OVS_Box: 4, Folder: 3
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1974-001, Claude Elliott Texana Collection / Republic (1836-1845) / Creative Works
Dates: 1834-1838
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Items in this series pertain to Texas as an independent republic. Items of interest include a promissory note to Mirabeau B. Lamar, president of the Republic; an early Land Book of Texas; a Gonzales County Probate book; a journal by early Texan Ammon Underwood; Colonel Pedro Delgado's account of the battle of San Jacinto; and accounts of early Texans Peter Gallagher and Robert Potter.

Government - Bell County Official Bonds book, 1850-1851

 File — OVS_Box: 4, Folder: 4
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1974-001, Claude Elliott Texana Collection / Annexation and Early Statehood (1845-1860) / Documents
Dates: 1850-1851
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material relating to the early years of Texas statehood. Items of interest include gubernatorial appointments to local offices, and a Bell County Official Bonds book. Folder 33 contains a document of public sale of land and enslaved people dated 1858.

Land - land grant, 1847

 File — OVS_Box: 4, Folder: 5
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / 1974-001, Claude Elliott Texana Collection / Annexation and Early Statehood (1845-1860) / Documents
Dates: 1847
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains material relating to the early years of Texas statehood. Items of interest include gubernatorial appointments to local offices, and a Bell County Official Bonds book. Folder 33 contains a document of public sale of land and enslaved people dated 1858.