urn:taro:utexas.cah.01153 A Guide to the William Bollaert Papers, 1841-1849 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. October 2008 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Bollaert, William, 1807-1876. William Bollaert Papers 1841-1849 Materials are written in English. 3 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Observations by William Bollaert on the Republic of Texas include his description of the voyage from England to Texas and comments on the country, the people, and the political and military activities of the period. Biographical Note

William Bollaert (1807-1876) was an English writer, chemist, geographer, and ethnologist.

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Observations by William Bollaert on the Republic of Texas include his description of the voyage from England to Texas and comments on the country, the people, and the political and military activities of the period. The collection contains one of Bollaert's journals (1842) and copies of ten of his journals and sketches from the original material in the Newberry Library, including a brief sketch of Texan naval activities (1837-1843), written by D. H. Crisp, and also Bollaert's drawings of San Antonio, Galveston Harbor, the President's House (Austin), and a cotton gin and press as well as soil profiles, maps, and topographical sketches.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bollaert, William, 1807-1876 -- Archives. Subjects (Organizations) Texas. Navy. Subjects Ocean travel -- History -- 19th century -- Sources. Places San Antonio (Tex.) Texas -- History -- Republic, 1836-1846 -- Sources. Galveston (Tex.) Preferred Citation

William Bollaert Papers, 1841-1849, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 2H428 Diary, On Arrival in Texas 1842 Personal narrative of a residence and travels in the Republic of Texas by W. B. (transcript), contains much of the material from the diary. 2Q443 Notebooks, vol. 1 (1-4): 1. Texas sketches, 1841-1849 2-4. Private journals, 1841-1849 Notebooks, vol. 2 (5-11): 5-6. Private journals, 1841-1849 7. Notes and view of Galveston Island, notes on Indian slavery in Mexico, etc., 1843 8. Notes for a life of William Kennedy, 1846, 1849 9. Miscellaneous notes concerning Texas 10. Texan naval activities by Capt. D. H. Crisp, 1837-1843 11. William Kennedy, three letters to Bollaert, 1847-1848