Texas Adjutant General's Department: An Inventory of Army Papers at the Texas State Archives, 1835-1846


Overview
	Creator:	Texas. Adjutant General's Dept.
	Title:	Army papers
	Dates:	1835-1846
	Abstract:	These records include correspondence, reports, orders, legislation, President's proclamations, certifications, contracts, bonds, powers of attorney, letters of credit, receipts, requisitions, vouchers, invoices, IOUs, promissory notes, bills, abstracts, statements, accounts current, returns of public property, returns of ordnance, estimates of funds required, statements of appropriations, inventories of stores and munitions, receipt rolls for employees, bills of lading, lists of notes and monies due, bank drafts, travel vouchers, and lists of stoppages. This subgroup comprises the army correspondence of the Republic of Texas, and records of each of the departments under the Secretary of War: Quartermaster, Subsistence, Ordnance, Purchases, Medical, and Pay, and the Commission for Fortifying Galveston Island. Records date 1835-1846.
	Quantity:	16.28 cubic ft.
	Language	English.

Agency History

On November 13, 1835, the Texas Consultation created the office of Adjutant General, as one of five heads of departments under the Commander-in-Chief of the Texian Army (the other offices being Inspector General, Quartermaster General, Surgeon General, and Paymaster General). On December 20, 1836, the 1st Congress passed "an Act to organize and fix the Military establishment of the Republic of Texas," which in addition to the aforementioned bureaus, created a Commissary General of Subsistence, a Commissary General of Purchases, and a Colonel of Ordnance, all of whom answered to the Secretary of War. On December 18, 1837, the 2nd Congress passed--and later passed again over President Sam Houston's veto--an act making the Adjutant General a position elected by the Congress; the first man so elected was Hugh McLeod. This arrangement lasted less than two years, however, with subsequent Adjutants General--beginning with McLeod on January 30, 1839--being appointed by the President. The 4th Congress combined the offices of Adjutant General and Inspector General on January 28, 1840, and the 5th Congress technically abolished this position on January 18, 1841. Yet Peter Hansborough Bell served as Adjutant General of Militia soon thereafter; and in legislation of February 1842, there is a reference to an Acting Adjutant General.

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Scope and Contents of the Records

These records include correspondence, reports, orders, legislation, President's proclamations, certifications, contracts, bonds, powers of attorney, letters of credit, receipts, requisitions, vouchers, invoices, IOUs, promissory notes, bills, abstracts, statements, accounts current, returns of public property, returns of ordnance, estimates of funds required, statements of appropriations, inventories of stores and munitions, receipt rolls for employees, bills of lading, lists of notes and monies due, bank drafts, travel vouchers, and lists of stoppages. This subgroup comprises the army correspondence of the Republic of Texas, and records of each of the departments under the Secretary of War: Quartermaster, Subsistence, Ordnance, Purchases, Medical, and Pay, and the Commission for Fortifying Galveston Island. Records date 1835-1846.

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Organization
	The Army Papers subgroup of the Adjutant General's records is organized into nine series:

		Army correspondence, 1835-1846, 5.95 cubic ft.
		Records of the Quartermaster-General, 1835-1846, 3.97 cubic ft.
		Records of the Subsistence Department, 1836-1842, 1.48 cubic ft.
		Records of the Ordnance Department, 1835-1846, 0.85 cubic ft.
		Records of the Commissary General of Purchases, 1835-1842, 0.96 cubic ft.
		Records of the Medical Department, 1835, 1837, 1839-1842, 0.24 cubic ft.
		Records of the Pay Department, 1835-1845, 1.99 cubic ft.
		Records of the Commissioners for Fortifying Galveston Island, 1843-1846, 0.14 cubic ft.
		Wrappers, 1835-1846, 0.71 cubic ft.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

None.

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Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
	Corporate Names:
		Texas. Army--Archives.
	Subjects:
		Armies--Texas--Revolution, 1835-1836.
		Armies--Texas--Republic, 1836-1846.
		Military bases--Texas.
	Places:
		Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.
		Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
		Texas--History, Military.
	Document Types:
		Military records--Texas--1835-1846.
		Muster rolls--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
	Functions:
		Protecting republic.

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Related Material


	The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
	Texas State Archives
		Texas Secretary of State, Correspondence relating to diplomatic relations with Mexico, 1835-1845, 0.47 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Domestic correspondence, 1822-1845, 1860, 2.40 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Home letters, 1835-1847, 1.28 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Correspondence relating to domestic affairs, 1825-1826, 1830-1831, 1834-1846 (bulk 1836-1846), 1.28 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Index to correspondence of 1822-1859, undated, 0.43 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Records of the Permanent Council, 1835, fractional.
		Texas Secretary of State, Records of the Consultation, 1835, 0.5 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Records of the General Council, 1835-1836, 1 cubic ft.
		Texas Secretary of State, Records of the Ad Interim Government, 1836, fractional.
		Texas Comptroller's Office, Republic of Texas claims, 1835-[ca. 1900], 259 reels of 35mm microfilm. [Index available at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/repclaims/index.html]
		A.J. Houston Collection, 1812-1941 (bulk 1812-1867), approx. 30.5 cubic ft.
		Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar Papers, 1733-1859, 16.12 cubic ft.
		Samuel Hamilton Walker Papers, 1836-1905, [ca. 1982], undated, 0.71 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Military rolls, Texas Revolution military rolls, 1835-1836, 0.27 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Military rolls, United States Volunteers military rolls, 1835-1837, 1842 (bulk 1842), 0.41 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Military rolls, Army of the Republic military rolls, 1836-1842 (bulk 1839-1841), 1.8 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Military rolls, Republic of Texas Militia military rolls, 1836-1845 (bulk 1838-1839), 4.01 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Military rolls, Republic of Texas Minute Men military rolls, 1841-1842, 0.83 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Military rolls, Campaigns of 1842 military rolls, 1842, 0.27 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Service records, Army of the Republic service records, 1836-1845, 5.64 cubic ft.
		Texas Adjutant General's Department, Ranger records, Republic Ranger records, 1839-1846 (bulk 1845), 1.12 cubic ft.
	Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
		Sam Houston Papers, 1814-1957
	Publications
		Official Correspondence of the Texan Revolution, William C. Binkley (ed.), 1936
		The Papers of the Texas Revolution, 10 volumes, John H. Jenkins (ed.), 1973

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item and cite the series), Army Papers, Texas Adjutant General's Department. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1932/012, and unknown others

These records (or at least the core of them) were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the Texas Secretary of State in two transfers, 1903 and 1905. The first transfer is described in the 1903 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History as consisting of approximately 300 items, in three boxes, including 155 enlistments, muster and receipt (pay) rolls (1839-1845). The second transfer (itemized in AC 1904/003), occurred on July 8, 1905, consisting of between 190 and 200 items of correspondence, all records of the office of the Secretary of War. In the 1930-1932 biennium, the Texas Secretary of State transferred to the Texas State Archives a letter book of Almanzon Huston, Quartermaster General (1836). The Army Papers has also grown by accretion of items drawn from other record groups, especially the Secretary of State's Diplomatic, Consular, and Domestic Correspondence. (These records were named "Army Papers" by the Secretary of State. The misnomer has persisted and is, therefore, adopted.)

Processing Information

Tony Black, March 1988, January 1991

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Detailed Description of the Records



Army correspondence, 1835-1846, 5.95 cubic ft.
	This series consists of correspondence concerning the Army of the Republic of Texas, including letters, reports, orders, legislation, President's proclamations, and certifications. Dates covered are 1835-1846. The items were written to and from the Secretary of War, the Adjutant General, the Inspector General, the various captains and other officers of the Army of the Republic, the Presidents of the Republic, the Provisional Government, the Congress of the Republic, other Republic officials, and private citizens.
	Some, but not all, of the items in this correspondence series have been calendared, in two separate locations. The accession file of the original accession of Army Papers (1904/003) contains a chronological list including date, author, recipient, subject matter, and a file number. A slightly fuller calendar, adding the place of each letter, was copied onto pre-printed index cards compiled in the first decade of the 20th century. This latter index file was augmented by items drawn from the Nacogdoches Archives and especially from the Diplomatic, Consular, and Domestic Correspondence of the Secretary of State, more accurately reflecting the present contents of the Army Correspondence. Both of these calendars are available upon request, but the researcher should remember several points: the Army Correspondence contains many items not in either list; many of the items in both lists are now located in the series corresponding to the appropriate department under the Secretary of War; and a large percentage of the items in the card index are not found anywhere in the Army Papers.
	Housed separately are two additional types of oversized documents. Three of the items are Returns of Captain Andrew Neill's Company, 1st Regiment of Permanent Volunteers (February-April 1837), stationed at Colorado River, Texas; like most returns of personnel, these contain the following information: number of officers and enlisted men present and absent (by rank and by status--e.g., sick, extra duty, in arrest, etc.); name, rank, and remarks concerning commissioned officers; and name, rank, date, and remarks concerning all non-commissioned officers and soldiers required in explanation of alterations since the last return.
	The other type of oversized document grouped separately consists of 14 recruiting accounts, which include the following information from the 1st Regiment Infantry and the 1st Regiment Cavalry at Galveston, Houston, and Velasco recruiting stations (1838-1839): number, names (in alphabetical order), age, size (height); enlistment data (when, where, by whom, and for what period); amount due and amount paid of $12 extra pay to re-enlisted soldiers; the letter of company first mustered into; remarks (transfers, discharges, desertions, apprehensions, etc.); and an account current on the verso.
	There are also a considerable number of passes (1836-1837), signed by army captains, usually declaring "Let the bearer(s) pass and return by the ferry." These are maintained separately and arranged roughly chronologically by month.
	Also included are jacket covers to some of the correspondence, which were created at some unknown date after the fact, probably by the Secretary of State. These jacket covers have been separated from the correspondence to which they related. The Army Papers jackets follow the following format: "Republic of Texas. Army [and Navy] Affairs. No._____. File Box_____. _____ to _____. Subject Matter:_____. [Date]." In addition, there are jackets to army-related Provisional Government records, Governor's Proclamations, and Secretary of State Diplomatic, Consular, and Domestic Correspondence.
	Finally there are a sizable number of typed transcripts of unknown origin, mainly of Texas Revolutionary documents. These have been retained primarily because the originals of many of these documents are now missing from the Army Papers, although they are cited in that subgroup by William C. Binkley (ed.), Official Correspondence of the Texan Revolution (1936), and John H. Jenkins (ed.), The Papers of the Texas Revolution (1973). Of particular interest is a 27-page set of Army Regulations (undated).
	Any surviving records created by the Adjutant General and the Inspector General have been absorbed into this series. Both positions were created by the Consultation on November 13, 1835, and again by Congress on December 20, 1836. They were combined into one position, that of Adjutant and Inspector General, on January 28, 1840; this office in turn was abolished on January 18, 1841, with the duties being assumed by the Secretary of War. However, the Adjutant General is mentioned as existing in legislation of February 5, 1842.
	Arrangement
	The pure correspondence is arranged chronologically, with oversized correspondence housed separately, followed by returns, passes, jackets, and transcripts, each arranged chronologically.
	Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
		Personal Names:
			Bowie, James, d. 1836.
			Travis, William Barret, 1809-1836.
			Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836.
			Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
			Burleson, Aaron B., 1815-1885.
			Burnet, David Gouverneur, 1789-1870.
			Fannin, James Walker, 1804?-1836.
			Huston, Felix, 1800-1857.
			Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857.
			Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862.
			Neill, Andrew, d. 1883.
			McLeod, Hugh, 1814-1862.
			Neill, James (James Clinton), 1790-1845.
			Hockley, George W. (George Washington), 1802-1854.
			Smith, Henry, 1788-1851.
		Corporate Names:
			Texas. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
		Subjects:
			Armies--Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.
			Armies--Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
		Places:
			Texas--History--Revolution, 1835-1836.
			Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
		Document Types:
			Reports--Military records--1835-1846--Texas.
		Functions:
			Protecting republic.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Army correspondence, Army Papers, Texas Adjutant General's Department. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	Accession Information
	Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1932/012, and unknown others
	These records (or at least the core of them) were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the Texas Secretary of State in two transfers, 1903 and 1905. The first transfer is described in the 1903 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History as consisting of approximately 300 items, in three boxes, including 155 enlistments, muster and receipt (pay) rolls (1839-1845). The second transfer (itemized in AC 1904/003), occurred on July 8, 1905, consisting of between 190 and 200 items of correspondence, all records of the office of the Secretary of War. The Army Papers has also grown by accretion of items drawn from other record groups, especially the Secretary of State's Diplomatic, Consular, and Domestic Correspondence. (These records were named "Army Papers" by the Secretary of State. The misnomer has persisted and is, therefore, adopted.)
	Restrictions on Access
	None.
	Restrictions on Use
	None.
	Processed by
	Tony Black, March 1988, January 1991
			Army correspondence
box	folder
401-1212	1.			May 1835
	2.			June 1835
	3-13.			October 1835
	14-37.			November 1835
	38-62.			December 1-19, 1835
box	folder
401-1213	1-12.			December 20-30, 1835
	13-26.			January 1836
	27-39.			February 1836
	40-49.			March 1836
	50-60.			April 1836
box	folder
401-1214	1-2.			May 1836
	3-7.			June 1836
	8.			July 1836
	9.			August 1836
	10.			September 1836
	11.			October 1836
	12.			November 1836
	13.			December 1836
	14.			undated [1836]
	15.			January 1837
	16.			February 1837
	17.			March 1837
	18.			April 1837
	19-20.			May 1837
	21.			June-July 1837
	22.			September-December 1837
	23.			January-June 1838
	24.			July-August 1838
	25.			September-October 1838
	26.			November-December 1838
	27.			January 1839
	28.			February 1839
	29-30.			March 1839
	31.			April 1839
	32.			May 1839
	33.			June 1839
	34.			July 1839
	35-36.			August 1839
	37.			September 1839
	38.			October 1839
	39.			November 1839
	40-42.			December 1839
	43.			undated [1839]
	44.			January-March 1840
	45.			April-May 1840
	46.			June 1840
	47.			July 1840
	48.			August-September 1840
	49.			October 1840
	50-51.			November 1840
box	folder
401-1215	1-2.			December 1840
	3.			January 1841
	4-5.			February 1841
	6.			March 1841
	7.			April 1841
	8.			May 1841
	9.			June 1841
	10.			July 1841
	11.			August 1841
	12.			September 1841
	13.			October 1841
	14.			November-December 1841
	15.			January 1842
	16.			February-March 1842
	17.			March 1842
	18.			April 1842
	19.			May 1842
	20.			June 1842
	21.			July 1842
	22.			August 1842
	23.			September 1842
	24-25.			October 1842 (copies)
	26-27.			November 1842 (copies)
	28.			October-December 1842
	29.			January-February 1843
	30.			April 1843
	31.			May 1843
	32.			June 1843
	33.			July 1843
	34.			November 1843
	35.			January-February 1844
	36.			March-April 1844
	37.			June-August 1844
	38.			November 1844
	39.			January-February 1845
	40.			March-May 1845
	41.			July-September 1845
	42.			October-December 1845
	43.			January, May 1846
	44.			undated
			Oversized Army correspondence
oversize	folder
401-1302	1.			May 1835
	2-6.			October 1835
	7-17.			November 1835
	18-25.			December 2-11, 1835
oversize	folder
401-1303	1-10.			December 13-30, 1835
	11.			1835
	12-19.			January 1836
	20-25.			February 1836
oversize	folder
401-1304	1-5.			March 1836
	6.			undated [spring 1836]
	7-13.			April 1836
	14.			May 1836
	15.			June 1836
	16.			July 1836
	17.			August 1836
	18.			September 1836
	19.			October 1836
	20.			November 1836
	21.			December 1836
	22.			1836
oversize	folder
401-1305	1.			January 1837
	2.			February 1837
	3.			March 1837
	4.			April 1837
	5.			May 12, 1837
	6.			May 25 and [ ], 1837
	7.			June-August 1837
	8.			October, December 1837
	9.			February-June 1838
	10.			July-August 1838
	11.			September-October 1838
	12.			November-December 1838
	13.			January 1839
	14.			February 1839
oversize	folder
401-1306	1.			March 1839
	2.			April -May 1839
	3.			June 1839
	4.			July 1839
	5-6.			August 1839
	7.			September-October 1839
	8.			November 1839
	9.			December 12, 1839
	10-11.			December 18, 1839
	12.			undated [1839]
	13.			January-March 1840
	14.			April 1840
	15.			May 1840
oversize	folder
401-1307	1.			June 1840
	2.			July 1840
	3.			August 1840
	4.			September 1840
	5.			October 1840
	6.			November 1840
	7.			December 1-16, 1840
	8.			December 17-31, 1840
	9.			1840
	10.			January 1841
	11.			February-March 1841
	12.			April 1841
	13.			May 1841
	14.			June 1, 2, and 13, 1841
	15.			June 5, 1841
	16.			June 19, 1841
oversize	folder
401-1308	1.			July 1, 2, 8, 13, and 28, 1841
	2.			July 10, 1841
	3.			August 1841
	4.			September 1841
	5.			October 1841
	6.			November-December 1841
	7.			January-February 1842
	8.			April-May 1842
	9.			July 1842
	10.			August-September, November 1842
	11.			January-February, April 1843
	12.			May 1843
	13.			June-July, November 1843
	14.			January-February 1844
	15.			March-April 1844
	16.			June-August, November 1844
	17.			January-February 1845
	18.			March-May 1845
	19.			July, September, November-December 1845
	20.			January, May 1846
	21.			undated
oversize	folder
401-1241	1.			[May 10,] 1836; February 27, 1839; October 1, 1840; [ ] 1840; April 27, 1842
oversize	folder
401-1266	4.			Returns of Captain Neill's Company, 1837;
	4.			Recruiting Accounts, 1838-1839
			Passes
box	folder
401-1216	29.			May, August 1836
	30-31.			September 1836
	32.			October 1836
	33.			November 1836
	34.			December 1836
	35.			January 1837
	36.			February 1837
	37.			March 1837
	38.			April 1837
	39.			May 1837
	40.			June 1837
	42.			August 1837
	43.			September 1837
	44.			undated
			Jackets
box	folder
401-1215	45.			1835
	46.			1836
	47.			1837
	48.			1838
	49.			1839
	50-51.			1840
	52-54.			1841
	55-56.			1842
	57.			1843
			Transcripts
box	folder
401-1216	1.			June 1835
	2-3.			October 1835
	4-7.			November 1835
	8-12.			December 1835
	13-14.			undated [1835]
	15-16.			January 1836
	17-18.			February 1836
	19-20.			March 1836
	21-22.			April 1836
	23.			May 1836
	24.			June 1836
	25.			undated [1836]
	26.			1838
	27.			1839
	28.			1840-1843
box	folder
401-1234	16.			List of Fannin's Men, 1836
	17-18.			Republic Military Roll Transcripts

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Records of the Quartermaster-General, 1835-1846, 3.97 cubic ft.
	Created by the Consultation on November 13, 1835, and again by Congress on December 20, 1836, the position of Quartermaster-General was abolished by Congress on January 18, 1841; the duties were assumed by the Secretary of War. On December 11, 1841, Congress also abolished the office of Quartermaster of the Regular Army.
	This series consists of quartermaster correspondence and other quartermaster records, 1835-1846. The correspondence includes letters, reports, orders, contracts, bonds, certifications, powers of attorney, letters of credit, etc. Of particular interest is a bound letter book, containing copies of letters and orders written by Quartermaster General Almazon Huston between March 5 and August 26, 1836; recipients of these letters included Secretary of War Thomas Rusk, Commander-in-Chief Sam Houston, President David G. Burnet, plus quartermasters and assistant quartermasters, Texian agents at New Orleans, captains and other army officers, and private citizens.
	The other quartermaster records include receipts, requisitions, vouchers, IOUs, promissory notes, bills, abstracts (of expenditures, of issues, of requisitions, of bills, of disbursements), statements, accounts current, returns of public property, estimates of funds required, statements of appropriations, etc. Officials who most often figure in these documents include Quartermaster-General William G. Cooke, Acting Quartermaster R. S. Neighbors, Quartermaster and Commissary General William L. Cazneau, and Auditor Charles Mason.
	In addition to records which clearly pertain to the office of the Quartermaster-General, this series also contains other records of goods and services which probably belong to the Commissary General of Subsistence, the Paymaster General, or some other official of the War Department, but which are not so designated. In addition, especially during 1839-1841, there are many records whose outside notations indicate that they were paid out of multiple accounts, e.g.:
	"Com'y Dept. -- $8,"
	"QM -- $55,"
	"Ordnance -- $39."
	Multiple-account records of this type are placed, for consistency, among the Quartermaster-General records.
	There is also one volume, which is an alphabetical index of names, followed by numbers up to approximately 1,980, labelled on its flyleaf "Index to Payments made by William G. Cook, Quartermaster General, 1839."
	Arrangement
	These records are arranged by type of record, beginning with correspondence (which is chronological), followed by the other quartermaster records, which are arranged roughly chronologically, by month. Oversized records are listed at the end of each respective section.
	Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
		Personal Names:
			Cooke, William G., 1808-1847.
			Houston, Sam, 1793-1863.
			Rusk, Thomas J. (Thomas Jefferson), 1803-1857.
			Burnet, Davis Gouverneur, 1789-1870.
		Corporate Names:
			Texas. Army--Equipment.
			Texas. Army--Commissariat.
		Subjects:
			Quartermasters--Texas.
			Armies--Equipment.
			Armies--Commissariat.
		Places:
			Texas--History--Republic, 1835-1846.
			Texas--History--Revolution, 1836-1846.
		Document Types:
			Correspondence--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Abstracts--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Invoices--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Governments contracts--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Bonds (legal records)--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Requisitions--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Records of the Quartermaster-General, Army Papers, Texas Adjutant General's Department. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	Accession Information
	Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1932/012, and unknown others
	These records (or at least the core of them) were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the Texas Secretary of State in two transfers, 1903 and 1905. The first transfer is described in the 1903 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History as consisting of approximately 300 items, in three boxes, including 155 enlistments, muster and receipt (pay) rolls (1839-1845). The second transfer (itemized in AC 1904/003), occurred on July 8, 1905, consisting of between 190 and 200 items of correspondence, all records of the office of the Secretary of War. In the 1930-1932 biennium, the Texas Secretary of State transferred to the Texas State Archives a letter book of Almanzon Huston, Quartermaster General (1836).
	Restrictions on Access
	None.
	Restrictions on Use
	None.
	Processed by
	Tony Black, March 1988
			Quartermaster correspondence
box	folder
401-1217	1.			1835
	2.			1836
	3.			1837
	4-5.			1838
	6.			January-April 1839
	7.			May-June 1839
	8.			July 1839
	9.			August-September 1839
	10.			October-November 1839
	11.			December 1839
	12.			1839
	13.			January 1840
	14.			February 1840
	15.			March 1840
	16.			April 1840
	17-18.			May 1840
	19.			June 1840
	20.			July 1840
	21.			August 1840
	22.			September 1840
	23.			October 1840
	24.			November 1840
	25.			December 1840
	26.			January-February 1841
	27.			March-April 1841
	28.			May-June 1841
	29.			July-August 1841
	30.			September-December 1841
box	folder
401-1218	1.			February-May 1842
	2.			August-December 1842
	3.			1843
	4.			1844
	5.			January-May 1845
	6.			July-December 1845
	7.			1846
	8.			undated
	9.			Letter Book of Almanzon Huston, March-August 1836
	10.			Quartermaster jackets, 1835, 1838-1841
oversize	folder
401-1266	5.			Oversized, 1838, 1840, 1842
oversize	folder
401-1241	1.			Oversized, 1840
			Quartermaster records
box	folder
401-1218	11-12.			October 1835
	13-16.			November 1835
	17-23.			December 1835
	24.			undated [1835]
	25.			January 1836
	26.			February 1836
	27.			March 1836
	28.			April 1836
	29.			May 1836
	30.			June 1836
	31.			July 1836
	32.			August 1836
	33.			September 1836
	34.			October 1836
	35.			November 1836
	36.			December 1836
	37.			1836
box	folder
401-1219	1.			January-March 1837
	2.			April-May 1837
	3.			June 1837
	4.			July-September 1837
	5.			October-December 1837
	6.			January-March 1838
	7.			April 1838
	8.			May-June 1838
	9.			July 1838
	10.			August-September 1838
	11.			October 1838
	12-14.			November 1838
	15-16.			December 1838
	17-18.			January 1839
	19-21.			February 1839
	22-25.			March 1839
	26-29.			April 1839
box	folder
401-1220	1-4.			May 1839
	5-6.			June 1839
	7-13.			July 1839
	14-19.			August 1839
	20-25.			September 1839
	26-31.			October 1839
box	folder
401-1221	1-5.			November 1839
	6-12.			December 1839
	13.			1839
	14-17.			January 1840
	18-22.			February 1840
	23-27.			March 1840
	28-33.			April 1840
box	folder
401-1222	1-5.			May 1840
	6-11.			June 1840
	12-17.			July 1840
	18-26.			August 1840
box	folder
401-1223	1-10.			September 1840
	11-16.			October 1840
	17-18.			November 1840
	19-20.			December 1840
	21.			1840
	22-24.			January 1841
	25.			February 1841
	26.			March 1841
	27.			April 1841
	28.			May 1841
	29.			June 1841
	30.			July 1841
	31.			September 1841
	32.			October 1841
	33.			November 1841
	34.			December 1841
box	folder
401-1224	1.			January-February 1842
	2.			March 1842
	3.			April 1842
	4.			July 1842
	5.			September-December 1842
	6.			March-May 1843
	7.			June-August 1843
	8.			September-December 1843
	9.			January-February 1844
	10.			March 1844
	11.			April-June 1844
	12.			July-September 1844
	13.			October-December 1844
	14.			January-June 1845
	15.			July-December 1845
	16.			January-February 1846
	17-20.			undated
oversize	folder
401-1266	5.			Oversized , 1835-1838
	6-7.			Oversized, 1839
	8-9.			Oversized, 1840
	10.			Oversized, 1841-1843
	11.			Oversized, 1844-1846
oversize	folder
401-1241	1.			Oversized, 1839-1841, 1844
map-case	folder
401-1325	1.			Oversized, 1838
volume
401-1131				Index to Payments made by William G. Cooke, 1839

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Records of the Subsistence Department, 1836-1842,
1.48 cubic ft.

The Office of Commissary General of Subsistence, aided by two Commissaries of Subsistence, was created by Act of Congress on December 20, 1836. It was abolished on January 18, 1841, but there is reference to an Acting Commissary General of Subsistence in legislation of February 5, 1842.

This series consists of subsistence correspondence, including letters, reports, orders, contracts, certifications, letters of credit, etc.; and other records of the Subsistence Department, including requisitions, receipts, vouchers, invoices, bills, abstracts of purchases, abstracts of expenditures, abstracts of issues, abstracts of rejected vouchers, statements, accounts current, returns of commissary stores, estimates of funds required, etc. Dates covered are 1836-1842. Officials who most often figure in these documents include Commissary General of Subsistence William L. Cazneau, and Commissary of Subsistence H. Landers.

Arrangement

These records are arranged by type of record, beginning with correspondence (arranged chronologically), followed by the other records, which are arranged roughly chronologically, by month.

Index Terms

The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.

Personal Names:

Cazneau, William L. (William Leslie), 1807-1876.

Corporate Names:

Texas. Army--Commissariat.

Subjects:

Armies--Commissariat--Texas.

Document Types:

Correspondence--Texas--Military records--1836-1842.

Invoices--Texas--Military records--1836-1842.

Abstracts--Texas--Military records--1836-1842.

Reports--Texas--Military records--1836-1842.

Government contracts--Texas--Military records--1836-1842.

Requisitions--Texas--Military records--1836-1842.

Preferred Citation

(Identify the item), Records of the Subsistence Department, Army Papers, Texas Adjutant General's Department. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Accession Information

Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1932/012, and unknown others

Restrictions on Access

None.

Restrictions on Use

None.

Processed by

Tony Black, March 1988

Subsistence correspondence

box

folder

401-1224

21.

1836

22.

1839

23.

January-May 1840

24.

June-August 1840

25.

September-December 1840

26.

January-February 1841

27.

March-May 1841

28.

undated

29.

Subsistence jackets, 1839

oversize

folder

401-1267

Oversized, 1840

Subsistence records

box

folder

401-1224

30.

1836

31.

April 1837

32.

May 1837

33.

June-August 1837

34.

December 1837

35.

August-September 1838

36.

October 1838

37.

November 1838

38.

December 1838

39.

January-February 1839

40.

March-April 1839

41.

May-June 1839

box

folder

401-1225

July 1839

2-3.

August 1839

September 1839

October 1839

November 1839

December 1839

8-11.

January 1840

12-13.

February 1840

14-16.

March 1840

17-20.

April 1840

21-24.

May 1840

25-29.

June 1840

box

folder

401-1226

1-5.

July 1840

6-10.

August 1840

11-16.

September 1840

17-19.

October 1840

20-21.

November 1840

22-25.

December 1840

26-27.

January 1841

28-29.

February 1841

30-31.

March 1841

32.

April 1841

33.

May 1841

34.

June 1841

35.

October 1841

36.

February-March 1842

37.

undated

oversize

folder

401-1241

Oversized, 1840

Oversized, 1840-1841

oversize

folder

401-1267

Oversized, 1837, 1839-1840

Oversized, 1841

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Records of the Ordnance Department, 1835-1846, 0.85 cubic ft.
	Congress created the position of Colonel of Ordnance on December 20, 1836, and abolished it on January 18, 1841, whereupon the duties were assumed by the Armorer. On December 11, 1841, Congress created the position of Captain of Ordnance, who was also Superintendent of the Arsenal.
	This series consists of letters, reports, orders, contracts, letters of credit, and other certifications; plus other records of the Ordnance Department, including requisitions, receipts, vouchers, invoices, inventories of stores and munitions, accounts current, abstracts of disbursements, returns of ordnance, receipt rolls for employees of the Houston and Austin Arsenals, etc. Dates covered are 1835-1846. Officials who most often figure in these documents include George W. Hockley, Colonel of Ordnance; David Ross, Chief Clerk of the Ordnance Department; and Captain James Goodall, commander of the Austin Arsenal.
	Arrangement
	These records are arranged by type of record, beginning with correspondence (which is arranged chronologically), followed by other ordnance records which are arranged roughly chronologically, by month.
	Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
		Subjects:
			Army--Ordnance and ordnance stores--Texas.
			Firearms--Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.
			Armies--Equipment--Texas.
		Document Types:
			Correspondence--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Vouchers--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Invoices--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Receipts--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Abstracts--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Inventories--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
			Requisitions--Texas--Military records--1835-1846.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Records of the Ordnance Department, Army Papers, Texas Adjutant General's Department. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	Accession Information
	Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1932/012, and unknown others
	These records (or at least the core of them) were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the Texas Secretary of State in two transfers, 1903 and 1905. The first transfer is described in the 1903 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History as consisting of approximately 300 items, in three boxes, including 155 enlistments, muster and receipt (pay) rolls (1839-1845). The second transfer (itemized in AC 1904/003), occurred on July 8, 1905, consisting of between 190 and 200 items of correspondence, all records of the office of the Secretary of War.
	Restrictions on Access
	None.
	Restrictions on Use
	None.
	Processed by
	Tony Black, March 1988
			Ordnance correspondence
box	folder
401-1227	1.			1838-1839
	2.			January-June 1840
	3.			July-September 1840
	4.			October-December 1840
	5.			1841
	6.			1842-1843
	7.			1844, 1846, undated
			Ordnance jackets
box	folder
401-1227	8.			1835
	9.			1840
	10.			1841, 1843
oversize	folder
401-1267	1.			Oversized, 1839
			Ordnance records
box	folder
401-1227	11.			October-December 1835
	12.			January-April 1836
	13.			June-October 1836
	14.			1837
	15.			March-August 1838
	16.			September-December 1838
	17.			January-March 1839
	18.			April 1839
	19.			May 1839
	20.			June 1839
	21.			July 1839
	22-23.			August 1839
	24.			September 1839
	25.			October 1839
	26.			November 1839
	27.			December 1839
	28.			January 1840
	29.			February 1840
	30.			March 1840
	31.			April 1840
	32.			May 1840
	33.			June 1840
	34.			July 1840
	35-37.			August 1840
	38-39.			September 1840
box	folder
401-1228	1-2.			October 1840
	3.			November 1840
	4.			December 1840
	5.			1841
	6.			February-May 1842
	7.			July-September 1842
	8.			1843
	9.			1844
	10.			1845-1846
	11.			undated
oversize	folder
401-1267	1.			Oversized, 1838-1839
	2.			Oversized, 1840
	3.			Oversized, 1841-1843

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Records of the Commissary General of Purchases, 1835-1842, 0.96 cubic ft.
	Congress created the office of Commissary (General) of Purchases on December 20, 1836, and abolished it on January 28, 1840.
	This series consists of letters, orders, contracts, bonds, letters of credit and other certifications, written to and from Commissaries General of Purchases A. S. Thurston (1837-1838) and William Henry Daingerfield (1838-1840). Dates covered are 1835-1842. The bulk of the material pertains to Daingerfield; some of his letters are personal in nature, and almost all pertain to his activities in New York and Philadelphia. In addition, there are other records of the Commissary of Purchases, including requisitions, receipts, vouchers, bills of lading, invoices, statements, accounts current, abstracts of disbursements, lists of notes and monies due, bank drafts, etc. Of unusual interest is a series of memo and account books, and bank passbooks, mainly for the branches of the Bank of the United States in Philadelphia and in New York.
	Arrangement
	These records are arranged by type of record (with correspondence first), and therein chronologically.
	Index Terms
	The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
		Personal Names:
			Thurston, A. S. (Algernon Sidney), 1801-1864.
			Daingerfield, William Henry, 1808-1878.
		Corporate Names:
			Texas. Army--Commissariat.
		Subjects:
			Armies--Commissariat--Texas.
		Document Types:
			Correspondence--Texas--Military records--1835-1842.
			Government contracts--Texas--Military records--1835-1842.
			Bonds (legal records)--Texas--Military records--1835-1842.
			Abstracts--Texas--Military records--1835-1842.
			Invoices--Texas--Military records--1835-1842.
			Bills of lading--Texas--Military records--1835-1842.
	Preferred Citation
	(Identify the item), Records of the Commissary General of Purchases, Army Papers, Texas Adjutant General's Department. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
	Accession Information
	Accession numbers: 1904/003, 1932/012, and unknown others
	These records (or at least the core of them) were transferred to the Texas State Archives by the Texas Secretary of State in two transfers, 1903 and 1905. The first transfer is described in the 1903 Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History as consisting of approximately 300 items, in three boxes, including 155 enlistments, muster and receipt (pay) rolls (1839-1845). The second transfer (itemized in AC 1904/003), occurred on July 8, 1905, consisting of between 190 and 200 items of correspondence, all records of the office of the Secretary of War.
	Restrictions on Access
	None.
	Restrictions on Use
	None.
	Processed by
	Tony Black, March 1988
			Commissary General of Purchases correspondence
box	folder
401-1228	12.			1836
	13.			1837
	14.			1838
	15.			February-October 1839
	16.			November 1839
	17.			December 1839
	18.			January-March 1840
	19.			April-June 1840
	20.			September-December 1840
	21.			1841
	22.			1842
	23.			undated
	24.			Wrappers
oversize	folder
401-1267	6.			Oversized, 1839
			Commissary General of Purchases records
box	folder
401-1228	25.			June-December 1835
	26.			1836
	27.			January-April 1837
	28.			May 1837
	29.			June-August 1837
	30.			October-December 1837
	31.			January-June 1838
	32.			July-October 1838
	33.			November-December 1838
	34.			1838
	35.			(A. S. Thurston) June 1837-January 1838
	36.			January-February 1839
	37.			March-April 1839
	38.			May-November 1839
	39.			December 1839
box	folder
401-1229	1-4.			January 1840
	5-6.			February 1840
	7.			March 1840
	8.			April 1840
	9-10.			May 1840
	11.			June 1840
	12.			July 1840
	13.			August 1840
	14.			September 1840
	15.			October 1840
	16.			November-December 1840
	17.			1840
	18.			January-March 1841
	19.			undated
oversize	folder
401-1267	6.			Oversized, 1837, 1839, 1841-1842, undated
	7.			Oversized, 1840
oversize	folder
401-1241	4.			Oversized, 1837, 1839-1840
			Daingerfield books
box	folder
401-1229	20.			Memo book, 1837-1838
	21.			Account book, 1839-1840
	22.			Bank books, 1839
	23-25.			Bank books, 1840

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Records of the Medical Department, 1835, 1837, 1839-1842,
0.24 cubic ft.

The office of the Surgeon General was created by the Consultation on November 13, 1835, and again by Congress on December 20, 1836; Congress abolished it on January 18, 1841, with the duties to be assumed by the Secretary of War.

This series consists of records of the Medical Department of the Office of Secretary of War, including requisitions, receipts, vouchers, invoices, bills, orders, certifications, etc., relating to medicines, hospital stores, and medical services. Dates covered are 1835, 1837, 1839-1842.

Arrangement

These records are arranged chronologically.

Index Terms

The terms listed here were used to catalog the records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.

Corporate Names:

Texas. Army--Medical supplies.

Subjects:

Medicine, Military--Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846.

Armies--Medical and sanitary affairs--Texas.

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