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Collection Summary
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Calendar
Description of Series
Correspondence
Financial
Legal
Printed Materials
Photographs
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James L. Britton Collection
Manuscript Collection: MC010
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Creator: |
Britton, James L., collector |
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Title: |
James L. Britton collection |
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Dates: |
1817-1889 |
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Dates: |
(Bulk: 1829-1855)
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Abstract: |
This collection of Texana was brought together by James L. Britton. |
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Identification: |
MC010 |
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OCLC Record No. |
46636450 |
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Quantity: |
1 box (.2 linear ft.) |
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Language |
Materials are in English and Spanish. |
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Repository: |
Albert and Ethel Herzstein Library, San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte, Texas |
Correspondence, financial and legal documents, printed materials, and a photograph (1817-1889) comprise this collection of Texana accumulated by James L. Britton and donated to the San Jacinto Museum of History in December of 1983.
A calendar of the James L. Britton Collection is available in the Herzstein Library or online at http://www.sanjacinto-museum.org/Herzstein_Library/Manuscripts/Finding_Aids/Britton/
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Arrangement |
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Documents are arranged according to series and then chronologically. |
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Restrictions on Access
None.
Terms Governing Use
Open for research by appointment.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
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Names: |
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Baker, Moseley, 1802-1848 |
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Bird, John, 1795-1839 |
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Bowie, James, d. 1836 |
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Burnet, David Gouverneur, 1789-1870 |
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Davis, Andrew Jackson |
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Eastland, William M., 1806-1843 |
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Fisher, Samuel Rhoads, 1794-1839 |
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Flores de Abrego, José Gaspar María, 1781-1836 |
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Grayson, Peter Wagener, 1788-1838 |
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Green, Thomas, 1814-1864 |
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Houston, Sam, 1793-1863 |
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Ingram, Ira, 1788-1837 |
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Jones, August |
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Jones, William |
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Lamar, G.B. |
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Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, 1798-1859 |
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McCaleb, T.F. |
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McCall, John G. |
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McLeod, Hugh, 1814-1862 |
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Morgan, James, 1787-1866 |
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Músquiz, Ramón, b. 1797? |
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Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869 |
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Price, Rodman, 1816-1894 |
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Ripley, Henry |
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Robinson, James W., 1790-1857 |
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Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857 |
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Thompson, Waddy, 1798-1868 |
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Travis, William Barret, 1809-1836 |
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Williams, Samuel May, 1795-1858 |
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Subjects: |
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Texan Mier Expedition (1842-1844) |
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Texan Sante Fé Expedition, 1841 |
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Texas--History--To 1846 |
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Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836 |
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[Identification of Item], James L. Britton Collection, MC010, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.
James L. Britton, 1983.
Processed by Sarah Canby Jackson, 2001.
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Correspondence |
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Gaspar Flores to Stephen Austin's Colony 1829, 09/26 |
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Ramon Musquiz to Governor of Texas and Coahuila 1829, 10/25 |
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Henry Foley to J. Robertson ＆ Son 1835, 10/12 |
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Henry D. Ripley to father 1835, 11/12 |
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John McCall to Sarah McCall 1836, 01/27 |
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John McCall to Sarah McCall 1836, 02/20 |
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Thomas Jefferson Rusk to Colonel James Morgan 1836, 03/29 |
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Ira Ingram 1836, 06/10 |
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Andrew Jackson Davis to Colonel James Morgan 1836, 09/17 |
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T. F. McCaleb to S. Rhoads Fisher 1839, 07/25 |
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James W. Robinson to William and Augustus Jones 1841, 07/01 |
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Rodney Price to Sam Houston 1853, 02/03 |
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Hugh McLeod, appended by Waddy Thompson and G. B. Lamar 1855, 12/10 |
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Financial |
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Public Debt Certificates 1851, 1855 |
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Republic of Texas Bonds 1840, 1841 |
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Receipts 1828, 1829, 1835, 1836 |
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Legal |
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Land Grants 1833, 1848, 1852 |
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Resolution to Form a Council of War 1835, 10/07 |
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Petition by Freeman Wilkinson 1836, 05/30 |
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Will 1842, 03/10 |
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Protest by John Swett 1842, 08/13 |
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Petition 1845 |
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Administrator's Bond 1847, 04/02 |
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Rejection of Appeal 1850, 05/04 |
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Printed Materials |
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Sheet Music: "Texian Grand March" 1836 |
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Broadside: "To the Citizens of Texas" 1836, 02/24 |
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Pamphlets: "ALCANCE AL NUM 15. De la Gaceta del Gobierno de Coahuila" 1838, 04/28 |
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Pamphlets: "Speeches of Sam Houston of Texas..." 1855, 01/29-01/31 |
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Pamphlets: "Boundary Between Texas and the Territories" 1855, 03/01 |
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Newspapers: Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. 1, No. 17 1817, 12/20 |
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Newspapers: Niles' Weekly Register, Vol. VII, No. 7 1820, 10/14 |
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Newspapers: Oversize 1817-1845 |
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Photographs |
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Photographs: Flintlock and sword 1889 |
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