A Guide to the John Peace Collection, 1800-1973

Biographical Note

John Robert Peace, Jr. (1917-1974) was a Texas lawyer and public official. Born and raised near Wharton, Texas, he moved to San Antonio soon after receiving his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1939. He married San Antonio native Ruby McGee and, together, they raised three children. In 1967, Governor John B. Connolly named Peace to the University of Texas Board of Regents, where he served as chairman from 1971 until the expiration of his term in 1973. He is credited with being a driving force in the establishment of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Peace also was an avid collector of Texana, and he amassed a collection of about 900 books and 500 manuscripts, some dating back to the 1700s.

Peace was associated with several of the rare book and manuscript dealers of Texana, including Ray Walton, Fred White, Ben Whitehead and John Jenkins.

The manuscript of José Enrique de la Peña, popularly known as the "De la Peña diary", first appeared publicly in 1955 under the title La Rebelión de Texas. The manuscript was edited and published by Jesús Sánchez Garza, a Mexico City antiquities dealer. Peña served as a Mexican Army officer under General Antonio López Santa Anna's 1836 campaign in Texas, and his papers provide a first-person account of the Texas Revolution. The original manuscript and subsequent publication were practically unknown in the United States, until the 1975 publication of an English-language edition, translated by Carmen Perry, under the title With Santa Anna in Texas: A Personal Narrative of the Revolution (Texas A&M University Press).

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Scope and Content Note

The collection is comprised of materials collected by John R. Peace, Jr. Materials document Texas history, including the publication of the "De la Peña diary" (La Rebelión de Texas). Materials are divided into three series: Historical Manuscripts, La Rebelión de Texas Collection, and Other Materials.

The Historical Manuscripts series is comprised of more than 350 documents--both original manuscripts and printed material--related to Texas history, concentrating on the periods before 1860: Vice-regal Mexico, Republic of Texas, U.S. annexation, and Confederate state. Peace used Thomas W. Streeter's Bibliography of Texas, 1795-1845 as a collecting guide.

The La Rebelión de Texas Collection collection is comprised of twenty-two folders containing original documents and typescripts, as well as copies of manuscript and typescript documents related to the publication of La Rebelión de Texas. The documents consist of historical manuscripts, copies and transcriptions of original documents, dated 1825-1840. Other documents, mostly undated but circa 1954, consist of letters, newspaper articles, transcriptions, drafts and notes probably created or used by Sánchez Garza for the publication.

The Other Materials series comprises additional materials either collected by or related to John Peace. Materials include an autographed record, a photograph of John Peace, and two resolutions. One resolution, from the University of Texas at San Antonio, recognizes John Peace's contributions to the University. The second resolution, from the University of Texas System, recognizes John Peace's service on the University of Texas Board of Regents.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

This collection is housed at UTSA's Main Campus and must be accessed via the John Peace Library Special Collections reading room. To request access, please use the Collections Request Form.

Usage Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

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Related Material

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Peace Collection, MS 296, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

Received from John Peace, Jr. in 1973, and from the Peace family in 1980-1981. Broadside purchaded in 2009 (Acc. 2008-079, 2009-057).

In 1973, John Peace, Jr. donated his collection of Texana materials to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in order to establish a center for historical research at the University. In 1980, the Peace family donated a collection of 53 original Congressional Reading Bills. Then, in 1981, the family donated an additional collection of 300 books and documents, including the "De la Peña diary" and related documents, in order to augment the original contribution.

The Rebelión de Texas ("De la Peña diary") collection was purchased in 1973 by John Peace, Jr. from the widow of Jesús Sánchez Garza. At the time of its purchase, the collection included the original Peña manuscript. The collection remained in the Peace family until 1981, at which time John's widow, Ruby, loaned the Peña manuscript to UTSA for an indefinite period, and donated the related documents, along with a number of other items. In 1998, the Peace family retrieved the Peña manuscript from indefinite loan at UTSA and offered it for sale. The manuscript was purchased jointly by two private individuals who, in turn, donated it to the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. The related material remained at UTSA.

Processing Information

Processed by Dennis Medina, Special Collections Librarian, with Jose Faz, Student Assistant, June 2008; and Angela McClendon Ossar, University Archivist, December 2008.

Encoded by Angela McClendon Ossar, January 2009.

Addition encoded by Tatina Wulzer, October 2009.

Revisions: Finding aid updated in June 2011 by Juli McLoone. JPL map case materials added in "Other Materials" series.

Digital objects addition encoded by Sean Heyliger, June, 2011.

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Other Descriptive Tool

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 Note to Researchers 

For more information on Peace, see the Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/), particularly the articles on John Robert Peace, the University of Texas at San Antonio, and the University of Texas System. See also: "Texas Collectors VI: John Peace," in the Library Chronicle of the University of Texas at Austin, new series, no.6 (1973), pp. 106-107.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Historical Manuscripts, 1800-1973
	This series is comprised of more than 350 documents--both original manuscripts and printed material--related to Texas history, concentrating on the periods before 1860: Vice-regal Mexico, Republic of Texas, U.S. annexation, and Confederate state. Peace used Thomas W. Streeter's Bibliography of Texas, 1795-1845 as a collecting guide.
	The series is divided into four subseries. Three subseries are based on the original language of the document. The two major subseries are Spanish-language and English-language documents. French and German-language documents are grouped together in the third series. Congressional Reading Bills are housed separately in a fourth subseries.
			1.1. Spanish Language Manuscripts 1800-1973 and undated (about 270 items)
			Arranged chronologically.
			Note: folder titles include a description of the item followed by the item's creator (when available) in parentheses.
Box	Folder
1	1			Untitled, 1811 View Contents
	2			Untitled, 1800-1801 View Contents
	3			Untitled, 1802 View Contents
	4			Census record, 1810 View Contents
	5			Untitled, 1811 View Contents
	6			Works of Don Jose de Masaxnara, 1811-1812 View Contents
	7			Untitled, 1812 June View Contents
	8			Untitled, 1812 August 30 View Contents
	9			Untitled, 1813 February 22 View Contents
	10			Untitled, 1813 February 23 View Contents
	11			Untitled, 1813 February 23 View Contents
	12			Untitled, 1813 February 23 View Contents
	13			Untitled, 1813 May 22 View Contents
	14			Regulation for the Inner Government, 1813 View Contents
	15			Untitled, 1813 September View Contents
	16			Instructions to administer the vaccine, 1814 View Contents
	17			Decreto, Rafael Gonzalez, 1820 View Contents
	18			Mexican Imperial Army Trigarante, 1821 August 12 View Contents
	19			Ministry of the Army and Navy, 1822 May 24 View Contents
	20			Ministry of the Interior and Exterior circular, May 1823 View Contents
	22			Untitled, 1824 July 19 View Contents
	23			Untitled, 1829-1831 View Contents
	24			Fredonian Rebellion Report, 1826 View Contents
	25			Secretary of the Army and Navy circular, 1826-1828 View Contents
	26			List of Civil Expedients, 1826 November 18 View Contents
	27			List of Criminal Expedients, 1826 December 12 View Contents
	28			Untitled, 1827 View Contents
	29			Yearly report of the Ministry of Interior and Exterior the Mexican Republic, 1827 January 12 View Contents
	30			Army General Staff Central Section, 1827 January 19 View Contents
	31			Decree concerning the use of militia in Coahuila, 1827 View Contents
	32			First Secretary of State Decreto, 1827 May 5 View Contents
	33			Secretary of the Government Finance Department Decreto, 1827 View Contents
	34			Opinion of the Chamber of Deputies of the General Congress, 1828 View Contents
	35			Yearly report of the Ministry of Interior and Exterior the Mexican Republic, 1828 February 9 View Contents
	36			Unititled, 1828, 1846 View Contents
	37			Correspondence from free state government of Yucatan, 1828 May 16 View Contents
	38			Correspondence from free state government of Yucatan, 1828 May 22 View Contents
	39			Untitled, 1828 September 1 View Contents
	40			Representation to the Council, 1828 November 18 View Contents
	41			Untitled, 1829 View Contents
	42			Opinion of the Commission, 1829 View Contents
	43			Untitled, 1829 July 3 View Contents
	44			Austin's Colony Agreement, 1829 July 24 View Contents
	45			Untitled, 1829 September 9 View Contents
	46			Letter from J. Antonio Vasquez, 1829 September 25 View Contents
	47			Untitled, 1829 October 1 View Contents
	48			Treasury Secretary Decreto, 1829 November 6 View Contents
	49			Untitled, 1829 November 23 View Contents
	50			Dictamen (Mexico. Comision de Puntos Constitutionales), 1830 January 8 View Contents
	51			Disposition to restore Yucatan and Tabasco, 1830 January 14 View Contents
	52			Reestablish Constitution and Laws, 1830 January 14 View Contents
	53			Military rules of dress, 1830 January 18 View Contents
	54			Reestablishment of Constitution, 1830 January 19 View Contents
	55			Promissory note, 1830 April 5 View Contents
	56			Land granted to Eddings, signed by Estevan F. Austin, 1830 April 5 View Contents
	57			Mexican government declaration, 1830 January 26 View Contents
	58			Vicente Guerrero unable to rule Republic, 1830 February 4 View Contents
	59			Yearly report of Mexican State Department, 1830 February 12 View Contents
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2	1			Voz de la Patria, 1830 February 18 View Contents
	2			Impose taxes, 1830 View Contents
	3			Copper coins to be minted, 1830 View Contents
	4			Manuel Lozano named Judge, 1830 View Contents
	5			Duty on foreign goods from Yucatan, 1830 View Contents
	6			Guia del Pueblo, 1830 View Contents
	7			Land grant, 1830 View Contents
	8			Citizenship for Diego Grant (Leona Vicario), 1830 View Contents
	9			Collection of taxes, 1830 View Contents
	10			Did not replace governor who is on leave, 1830 View Contents
	11			Votes for mayor (Villa de Austin), 1830 View Contents
	12			Five autographed letters, Ramon Musquiz, 1831 View Contents
	13			Land title (San Felipe de Austin), 1831 View Contents
	14			General Miguel de Cervantes, 1831 View Contents
	15			Law of December 17, 1824, 1831 May 20 View Contents
	16			Census (Villa de Austin), 1831 View Contents
	17			Rescue the Natives, 1831 View Contents
	18			Resolution, Rafael Eca y Musquiz, 1832 View Contents
	19			Municipal account (Coahuila y Tejas), 1832 View Contents
	20			Gazeta Constitutional de Nuevo Leon, 1832 View Contents
	21			Colonization contracts, 1832 View Contents
	22			Processing of copper (Monterrey), 1832 View Contents
	23			Establish peace and order (Monterrey), 1832 View Contents
	24			Land grant (Gonzalez), 1832 View Contents
	25			Mexico Treasury Department, 1832 View Contents
	26			Recognize Manuel Pedraza as President (Leona Vicario), 1832 View Contents
	27			Gazeta Constitucional de Nuevo Leon, 1832 View Contents
	28			Payment of duties (Leona Vicario), 1832 View Contents
	29			Pablo Fernandez granted immunity (Leona Vicario), 1832 View Contents
	30			Ayuntamiento to be supplied 1500 pesos (Leona Vicario), 1832 View Contents
	31			Supreme Tribunal War and Navy (Mexico City), 1832 View Contents
	32			Letter signed by Santa Anna (Zacatecas), 1832 View Contents
	33			Gazeta Gobierno Supremo del Estado de Coahuila y Tejas, 1833 View Contents
	34			Manuel Pedraza elected President, 1833 View Contents
	35			Congressional decree (Leona Vicario), 1833 View Contents
	36			Mexico Department of the Navy, 1833 View Contents
	37			Substitute councilors, 1833 View Contents
	38			Collection on foreign goods (Leona Vicario), 1833 View Contents
	39			Gaceta of the Supreme Government of Coahuila and Texas, 1833 View Contents
	40			Order from the Secretariat of War (Mexico, D.F.), 1833 View Contents
	41			Concerning silver and coins (Leona Vicaria), 1833 View Contents
	42			Decrees are repealed (Leona Vicaria), 1833 View Contents
	43			Civilian militia (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	44			Resignation of State Counselors (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	45			Congressional decree (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	46			Juan Brown citizenship (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	47			District of Saltillo to form sole department (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	48			Custom duties (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	49			Present medal to those participated in Battle of Tampico (Mexico City), 1833 View Contents
	50			Court translators (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	51			Smuggling (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	52			Construction of wells or reservoirs (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	53			Cattle traders (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	54			Salary assigned to officers (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	55			Rules concerning reforming the Federal Constitution (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	56			Absence of the Minister (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	57			Congressional decree, Jesus Estrada granted bachelor degree (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	58			Regarding Governor of Nacogdoches (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	59			Protocol concerning proper signatures (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	60			Report on foreign relations: Memoria-Secretaria de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Interiores y Esteriores (Mexico City), 1833 View Contents
	61			Gaceta (Coahuila y Tejas), 1833 View Contents
	62			Grant his liberty to Santa Anna (Mexico, D.F.), 1833 View Contents
	63			Executive power (Monterrey), 1833 View Contents
	64			Alcance (Coahuila y Tejas), 1833 View Contents
	65			Gaceta (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	66			Promotion of Manuel Lozano (Mexico City), 1833 View Contents
	67			Cholera (Mexico City), 1833 View Contents
	68			Cholera epidemic (Mexico City), 1833 View Contents
	69			Luis Guzman speech (San Luis Potosi), 1833 View Contents
	70			Junta patriotica (Mexico), 1833 View Contents
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3	1			Civil laws abolished (Mexico, D.F.), 1833 View Contents
	2			Division between church and state (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	3			Various subjects (Monclova), 1833 View Contents
	4			Appointment to Office of Brigadier General (Mexico City), 1834 View Contents
	5			Decree concerning robbers (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	6			Decree concerning militia-Texas (Monclova), 1834 January 13 View Contents
	7			Decree concerning various subjects (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	8			Decree concerning civil militia (Monclova), 1834 January 25 View Contents
	9			Decree concerning empresarios (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	10			Decree concerning decree 166 (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	11			Decree concerning expense accounts (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	12			Routine military correspondence - General Vicente Filisola (Mexico City), 1834 View Contents
	13			Land granted to Power and Hewetson (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	14			Mexican Republic expression (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	15			Decree concerning private property (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	16			Bustamante (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	17			Salary assigned to clerks (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	18			Reduced executive council (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	19			Decree concerning public scribes (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	20			Decree concerning water laws (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	21			Rules concerning charitable foundations (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	22			Decree concerning various subjects (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	23			Decree establishing boundaries (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	24			Governor's salary (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	25			Water to be provided to Guerrero (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	26			Decree concerning the iron mill (Monterrey), 1834 View Contents
	27			Congressional decree (Coahuila y Tejas), 1834 March 18 View Contents
	28			Congressional decree (Coahuila y Tejas), 1834 April 29 View Contents
	29			Concerning jurisdiction (Bejar), 1834 View Contents
	30			Selection of Political Chief of the Department of Bejar to the Governor of the State (Bejar), 1834 June 2 View Contents
	31			Selection of Political Chief of the Department of Bejar to the Governor of the State (Bejar), 1834 June 2 View Contents
	32			Decree concerning various subjects (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	33			Decree concerning Council of State (Monclova), 1834 View Contents
	34			Decree concerning the iron mill (Monterrey), 1834 View Contents
	35			Resignation of Santa Anna (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 View Contents
	36			Anniversary death of General Guerrero (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	37			Concerning officers dismissed from the Army (Mexico City), 1835 February 27 View Contents
	38			Concerning officers dismissed from the Army (Mexico City), 1835 April 10 View Contents
	39			Governor of Coahuila and Texas addresses its citizens (Monclova), 1835 View Contents
	40			Rebels from Leona Vicario (Monclova), 1835 View Contents
	41			Decree concerning local militia (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	42			Decree concerning various subjects (Monclova), 1835 View Contents
	43			Disposing of vacant lands for colonization (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	44			Government authorized to receive 200,000 pesos (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 View Contents
	45			Decree regarding changes to the Constitution of 1824 (Mexico), 1835 View Contents
	46			General inspection of active militia, 1835 View Contents
	47			Decree concerning colonization contracts (Monclova), 1835 View Contents
	48			Decree regarding second colony (Monclova), 1835 View Contents
	49			Naming another commissioner (Monclova), 1835 View Contents
	50			Report covering all branches of National and State budget (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	51			Decree concerning public order (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	52			Decree regarding printers (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	53			Regarding military deserter Felipe Medina (Merida), 1835 View Contents
	54			Articles concerning various subjects (Nuevo Leon), 1835 View Contents
	55			Articles concerning various subjects (Matamoros), 1835 View Contents
	56			Letters concerning the Department of Texas (Matamoros), 1835 View Contents
	57			General inspection of active militia (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 View Contents
	58			Decree regarding the Chambers (Mexico City), 1835 View Contents
	59			General inspection of active militia circular no.150 (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 September 19 View Contents
	60			General inspection of active militia circular no.151 (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 September 20 View Contents
	61			General inspection of active militia circular no.153 (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 September 25 View Contents
	62			General inspection of active militia circular no.154 (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 October 10 View Contents
	63			General inspection of active militia circular no.175 (Mexico, D.F.), 1835 October 15 View Contents
	64			Proclama by Jose Mariano Guerra, 1835 November 12 View Contents
	65			Decree to the Congreso General, 18396 View Contents
	66			Decreto, Jose Maria Ortiz, 1836 View Contents
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4	1			Two letters from Jose Antonio Romero to Carlos Maria de Bustamante (Guadalajara), 1836 View Contents
	2			Vallejo Treasury Department Section 1 (Mexico City), 1836 January 20 View Contents
	3			Laws (Republic), 1836 February 3 View Contents
	4			Army orders, Sam Houston (Washington, Tex.), 1836 March 2 View Contents
	5			Mexico claims war indemnity from Texas, 1836 April 9 View Contents
	6			Presidential decree on the war (Mexico City), 1836 April 14 View Contents
	7			Passport No. 2 (Tabasco), 1836 April 25 View Contents
	8			Various subjects (Mexico City), 1836 May 20 View Contents
	9			Governor Jose Gomez de la Cortina decree regarding urban property taxes, 1836 July 15 View Contents
	10			Presidential decree regarding duty (Mexico City), 1836 July 16 View Contents
	11			Congressional decree regarding war tribunal, 1836 July 23 View Contents
	12			Presidential decree over the tribunal (Mexico City), 1836 July 23 View Contents
	13			Law for amortizement of copper coins (Mexico), 1836 July 29 View Contents
	14			Presidential decree regarding imports (Mexico City), 1836 October 15 View Contents
	15			El Imparcial Vol.1, No. 8 (Toluca), 1836 October 25 View Contents
	16			Slavery, Ministry of the Interior (Mexico City), 1837 April 5 View Contents
	17			Freedom of slaves (Mexico City), 1837 April 5 View Contents
	18			Abolition of slavery in Mexico, Circular #103 (San Luis Potosi), 1837 April 5 View Contents
	19			Bylaws for the government of the Interior of the Supreme Military Court of Republic of Mexico (Mexico City), 1837 April 27 View Contents
	20			Congressional decree regarding U.S. claims, 1837 May 20 View Contents
	21			Presidential decree regarding administration of justice in the tribunals of courts of common law, 1837 May 23 View Contents
	22			Permanent general inspection - correspondence (Mexico), 1837 June-November View Contents
	23			Report complaints made by travelers and merchants (Mexico City), 1837 August 3 View Contents
	24			Regarding districts in Mexico (Mexico City), 1838 January 9 View Contents
	25			Various subjects, Jose Francisco Orrantia (Culiacan, Sinaloa), 1838 January 16 View Contents
	26			Texas War - bank loan (Mexico City), 1838 January 27 View Contents
	27			President of Banco Nacional (Mexico City) 1838 February 1 View Contents
	28			Laws concerning deserters (Mexico City), 1838 April 4 View Contents
	29			Importation of mercury (Mexico City), 1838 May 12 View Contents
	30			Congressional decree, Republic divided into 24 departments (Mexico City), 1838 June 30 View Contents
	31			Gaceta de Gobierno 1st vol. (Coahuila), 1838 July 21 View Contents
	32			Prefecture of the District of Campeche (Campeche), 1838 November 3 View Contents
	33			Constitutional Governor of the Department of Tabasco, territorial divisions (Tabasco), 1838 December 24 View Contents
	34			Regulations concerning tobacco (Mexico City), 1839 February 1 View Contents
	35			Manifesto-Anastasio Bustamante (Mexico City), 1839 March 19 View Contents
	36			Free and Sovereign Government of Nuevo Leon (Monterrey), 1839 April 26 View Contents
	37			Decree, Jose Maria Tornel, 1839 May 13 View Contents
	38			Collection of arms and ammunition (Tamaulipas), 1839 June 7 View Contents
	39			The occupation of the city of Santa Anna de Tamaulipas (Tamaulipas), 1839 June 15 View Contents
	40			Governor of Nuevo Leon addresses citizens (Monterrey), 1839 June 23 View Contents
	41			Project of common utility submitted for the approval of the general congress (Atlixco), 1839 July 20 View Contents
	42			Agreement between Mexico and Great Britain (Mexico City), 1839 July 29 View Contents
	43			Seminario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon (Nuevo Leon), 1839 August 15 View Contents
	44			Valentin Canalizo, Commanding General of Northern Division, reports defeat of 600 rebels, 1839 August 23 View Contents
	45			Villa Aldama, 1839 August 25 View Contents
	47			Land grant Bastrop County (Bastrop), 1839 November 5 View Contents
	48			General commander addresses the people, Jose Maria de Ortega (Monterrey), 1839 November 7 View Contents
	49			Supplying aid to the local garrison (Monterrey), 1839 November 8 View Contents
	50			War threatens the towns (Monterrey), 1839 November 9 View Contents
	51			Minister of War addressed his excellency (Monterrey), 1839 November 30 View Contents
	52			General asking for locals to help fight rebels (Saltillo), 1839 December 12 View Contents
	53			Department of Government of the State of Nuevo Leon, regarding the war (Monterrey), 1839 View Contents
	54			Arista addresses the troops (Saltillo), 1839 December 20 View Contents
	55			Statement from Minister of War the Navy about treatment of persons involved in revolution in Morelos (Saltillo), 1840 April View Contents
	56			Ending the war (Merida), 1840 April 14 View Contents
	57			Speech by the President of the Republic of Mexico, General Anastacio Bustamante, 1840 July 1 View Contents
	58			Letter from Mariano Arista to Governor of Puebla about Jose Urrea and accomplice Carlos Furlong, 1840 August 1 View Contents
	59			Noticia Historica de los Cuerpos de Infanteria Permanente y Activa (Mexico), 1840 December 6 View Contents
	60			Mariano Arista offers to sell guns to bordertown residents for five pesos (Monterrey), 1840 December 30 View Contents
	61			Guns for sale to arrive on February 15th (Monterrey), 1841 January 30 View Contents
	62			Congressional decree about taxes (Mexico City), 1841 April 26 View Contents
	63			Boletin Comercial de Merida y Campeche, 1841 August 7 View Contents
	64			Reglamento de la Compania Lancasteriana de Mexico (Mexico), 1842 View Contents
	65			Presidential decree: Jose Maria Ortega, 1842 January 13 View Contents
	66			Infantry battalion and ten squadrons of cavalry in Nuevo Leon (Monterrey), 1842 January 16 View Contents
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5	1			Semanario Politico, 1842 January 20 View Contents
	2			Jose Maria de Ortega: statement about smugglers, 1842 January 28 View Contents
	3			Decree regarding pawn shops, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Monterrey), 1842 February 13 View Contents
	4			Jose Maria Ortega: statement about counterfeit copper coins, 1842 August 5 View Contents
	5			Chart outlining the number of men and horses for defenses near Monterrey, 1842 August 15 View Contents
	6			Jose Maria Ortega: statement urging citizens in Nuevo Leon to confront Texans in their region, 1842 December 16 View Contents
	7			Broadside issued from Jose Maria de Ortega, Governor of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, December 28, 1842 View Contents
	8			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1843 January 5 View Contents
	9			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1843 February 16 View Contents
	10			Presidential decree regarding taxes, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, 1843 March 16 View Contents
	11			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1843 April 6 View Contents
	12			Jose Maria de Ortega: taxes to pay United States 2.5 million pesos, 1843 May 16 View Contents
	13			Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: debt of Mexican government, 1843 May 26 View Contents
	14			Santa Anna political decree, 1843 June 10 View Contents
	15			Decree regarding various subjects, 1843 June 16 View Contents
	16			Jesuits to educate the Indians by allowance of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, 1843 June 22 View Contents
	17			Regarding the Treasury Department, 1843 August 2 View Contents
	18			Santiago Vidaurri, document concerning pay for military, 1843 August 14 View Contents
	19			Political weekly of the Government of Nuevo Leon, 1843 September 7 View Contents
	20			Presidential decree regarding an annual fair, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, 1843 September 8 View Contents
	21			Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, decree regarding the establishment of two schools, 1843 October 2 View Contents
	22			Decree regarding minor infractions (Monterrey), 1843 October 3 View Contents
	23			Jose Maria de Ortega: letter from Santa Anna proclaiming power change for the winter months, 1843 October 16 View Contents
	24			Treasury Department of Chihuahua, detailed accounting, 1843 December 4 View Contents
	25			Statement condemning war between Mexico and state of Yucatan, 1843 December 15 View Contents
	26			Congressional decree establishing special tax to defray urgent needs of the Treasury (Mexico), 1844 View Contents
	27			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1844 March 21 View Contents
	28			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1844 May 23 View Contents
	29			Act of vindication from the Supreme Court of Justice (Queretaro), 1844 June 19 View Contents
	30			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1844 July 25 View Contents
	31			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1844 August 1 View Contents
	32			Death of Santa Anna's wife, Ines Garcia de Lopez de Santa Anna (Monterrey), 1844 September 17 View Contents
	33			Ad Interim President of the Republic addresses the National Army, 1844 November 7 View Contents
	34			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1844 November 21 View Contents
	35			Governor of Chihuahua appeal to the citizens of Chihuahua, 1844 November 26 View Contents
	36			Consitutional President of the Executive Council addresses the citizens of Mexico, 1844 December 7 View Contents
	37			General Headquarters of the South, 1844 December 7 View Contents
	38			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1844 December 19 View Contents
	39			Alcance political weekly, 1844 December 19 View Contents
	40			General Commander of the Army, 1844 December 20 View Contents
	41			Account of the merits and services by Don Jose Maria Casasola, 1844 View Contents
	42			Brigadier General Matias de la Pena y Barragan, regarding five assistants that were hired (Mexico), 1845 April 4 View Contents
	43			Congressional Department of Nuevo Leon, regarding various subjects (Monterrey), 1845 April 27 View Contents
	44			Opinion of the United Commissions (Mexico), 1845 May 14 View Contents
	45			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1845 May 29 View Contents
	46			Presidential decree, 1845 June 26 View Contents
	47			Report about the crisis concerning money, 1845 September 15 View Contents
	48			Civic oration (Monterrey), 1844 September 16 View Contents
	49			Semanario Politico del Gobierno de Nuevo Leon, 1845 December 18 View Contents
	50			Speech by Luis Gutierrez Solana, 1845 December 31 View Contents
	51			Superior Government of Nuevo Leon, 1846 January 26 View Contents
	52			Document between Mexico and United States concerning Texas, 1846 March 21 View Contents
	53			Violent aggressions made by the United States, 1846 July 6 View Contents
	54			Brigadier General Jose Gomez de la Cortina - war involving Mexico, 1846 October 5 View Contents
	55			Gubernatorial merits for Enrique Duque Estrada, 1851 February 21 View Contents
	56			Contract for arms, 1851 September View Contents
	57			Exemption from service for Manuel Santana in the State of Yucatan, 1851 September 9 View Contents
	58			Order forbidding giving aid from the barracks to locals with a penalty of up to 100 lashes, 1851 October 5 View Contents
	59			Guillermo Prieto is the Minister of Treasury (Mexico), 1852 September 14 View Contents
	60			Minister of War and Navy, 1855 October 26 View Contents
	61			Dubois de Saligny - letter to minister of Prussia regarding French troops occupying Mexico (Veracruz), 1862 February 2 View Contents
	62			Benito Juarez, 1858 November 3 View Contents
	63			Letter to Melchor Ocampo from Robert McClane, 1859 View Contents
	64			Sociedad Mexicana de Geografia y Estadistica Boletin, 1864 View Contents
	65			Fray Juan Agustin de Morfi y su Obra, 1935
	66			Reproduction of "Christmas at the Alamo" [painting], 1937 December 22
	67			San Antonio Historical Research and Archives Center - statement of purpose, 1973 February 23
	68			Military Plaza - San Antonio Plaza - print of engraving by Arther Schott, undated
	69			Instructions, bounty lands to soldiers in the Texian War, undated
	70			Henry Smith, Provisional Governor [print], undated
	71			Facsimile of letter (Civil War), undated
	72			Sam Houston [print], undated
	73			List of Spanish Viceroys in Mexico, undated
			1.2. English Language Manuscripts 1816-1971 and undated (about 140 items)
			Arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
6	1			Assorted documents, 1816-1864
	2			Leftwich's grant, 1825 October 15
	3			Two orphans (Hardeman City, Tennessee), 1830 October 7
	4			Certificate for sale of land for which Stephen F. Austin was the highest bidder, 1831 April 4
	5			Certificate issued to Jesse Burnam, 1831 April 7
	6			Arkansas and Texas Land Company, 1831 April 27
	7			John Dominguez grant, 1831 November 11
	8			300 dollars paid by Daniel Bird (Montgomery County), 1835 February 24
	9			House Bill, Texas State Legislature, 1835 November 13
	10			Indenture of agreement among Samuel M. Williams, Stephen F. Austin, John White, and Richard Salmon, 1835 November 28
	11			Land grand sale (San Agustin), 1835 December 5
	12			Bond No. 129 (Charles Bellinger Stewart, Montgomery County), 1841 December 1
	13			New Yorker, volume 1, number 8, 1836 May 14
	14			Act regarding the General Land Office, Republic of Texas, 1837?
	15			Colorado and Red River Land Company, 1837 January 10
	16			Administrators for the Estate of the deceased, William Menefee, 1837 February 28
	17			Volunteer soldier's land grant, 1837 April 4
	18			Power of attorney to Adolphus Sterne (Nacogdoches), 1837 May 23
	19			Sold lot of land in city of Houston, 1837 June 24
	20			Request for title for a quantum of land, 1837 December 11
	21			Instructions for surveyors, General Land Office, 1838
	22			Land granted to William T. Malone, 1838 February 2
	23			District court records (Austin County), 1838 March
	24			Record of bond, Stephen William Blount, 1838 March 9
	25			Copy of probate court document, Benjamin Briggs Goodrich (Montgomery County), 1838 March 26
	26			Petition to county court (Washington County), 1838 April 30
	27			Treasure note, no. 2127, 1838 May 1
	28			Republic of Texas Letter of Citizenship for Moses Velan, 1838 May 12
	29			Copy of Petition No. 31 (William B. Pillow versus Albert G. Rogers), 1838 September
	30			Town of Washington certificate of stock, 1839
	31			Land grant, Jasper County, 1839 July 5
	32			Receipt No. 11127, rendered by Paymaster General I. Snively, for five thousand dollars, 1839 August 30
	33			Certificate of stock for five hundred dollars, 1839 September 10
	34			Power of Attorney given by Thomas E. Robbins to Constitute and appoint John M. Swisher, 1839 October 14
	35			George W. Bonnell, receipt for land purchased in Austin, 1839 November 1
	36			Certificate of stock in the City of Galveston, 1839 November 4
	37			Writ of Fieri Facias (Bastrop), 1840 February 4
	38			Republic of Texas statement showing trip expenses, 1840 May 31
	39			Statement of facts, Monroe Edwards, Christopher Dart, 1841
	40			Republic of Texas government bond for one hundred dollars, 1841 January 1
	41			Monroe Edwards court notice, 1841 March 24
	42			Monroe Edwards attachment of estate, 1841 March 24
	43			Bond of Henrietta Stoner to act as guardian of Frederica and Mary Stoner, 1841 March 29
	44			Monroe Edwards suit in District Court of Brazoria County, 1841 May 24
	45			Monroe Edwards court case, 1841 June 9
	46			Land grant, Aaron Faris (duplicate), 1842 February 1842
	47			Indenture: deed of sale to Anna R. Beaumont, 1842 March 12
	48			Writ of execution, sale with appraisement Charles B. Stewart vs. John Powers for debt, 1842 April 9
	49			Bedford Gazette - news article about Monroe Edwards, 1842 July 1
	50			Republic of Texas, County of Montgomery bond, 1842 December 26
	51			Indenture (Galveston County), May 18, 1843
	52			Republic of Texas to the Sheriff of Fayette Countym, writ of execution, 1843 May 22
	53			Report from the Secretary of State, 1843 December 18
	54			Texas Agricultural Commercial and Manufacturing Company, 1843 December 21
	55			Message from the President, 28th Congress, 1st session, 1844 May 23
	56			Message from the President, 28th Congress, 1st session, 1844 June 1
	57			Republic of Texas, County of Galveston, District Court, Fall Term, 1844 September 6
	58			Playbill advertising five plays, 1845?
	59			28th Congress reference to Texas treaties, 1845 January
	60			Emigration to the Red River and Trinity Colony, 1845 July
	61			David G. Burnett to Hon. William Pennington, 1845 November 14
	62			Letter from General C.F. (Charles Fenton) Mercer, 1845 December 31
	63			The Causes and Justice of the Mexican War, 1846 December 15
	64			Austin County to Sheriff of Brazoria, 1848 January 18
	65			New York and Texas Land and Emigration Association, No. 87, 1848 March 1
Box	Folder
7	1			Deed transferring five hundred acres from Richard Smith to James Washington Smith, 1849 January 25
	2			Copy of memorial and statement of James Halford, 1850?
	3			31st Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, ex. doc. no. 66, 1850 May 16
	4			Honorable discharge issued to John N. Ely, 1851 July 14
Box	Folder
8	23			Pslams and Hymns, A. Jones, 1851 November
Box	Folder
7	5			Attorney General's report regarding difficulties in Peter's Colony; letter from W.G. Jowers to Col. John H. Reagan, 1852 January 14
	6			Statement of entire debt of Republic of Texas, 1852 January 31
	7			Texas Colorado Navigation Company Inc., certificate of stock, 1852 April 24
	8			An Act Granting Land in Peter's Colony, 1852 July 4
	9			Land scrip, No. 56, for 640 acres, 1853 January 28
	10			Letter from H. Yoakum to Charles Gayarre, 1853 February 10
	11			Treaty: United States and Mexico, 1853 December 30
	12			Memorial of Henry Castro, 1855
	13			Judge John C. Watrous and the New York Land Company, 1859 June 6
	14			Headquarters, Department of Texas, 1860 December 4
	15			Speech, Honorable L.D. Evans, 1869 January 6
	16			Soldier's reunion at San Antonio: souvenir book and program, 1888 August 16
	17			Fort Sam Houston: General Orders No. 99, 1890 September 11
	18			Letter from Henry Elmendorf, San Antonio mayor, 1896 June 6
	19			University of Texas Austin calendar with photos, 1913
	20			Letter from Chester H. Terrell to R.P. Ingram, 1914 February 10
	21			Texas Declaration of Independence (facsimile), 1943 [1836]
	22			University of Texas Ex-Students' Writings Collection (brochure), 1962
	23			Letter addressed to John Peace from William Glade, 1971 September 29
	24			Brochure, Stephen F. Austin - general regulations relating to Austin's Colony, stated in five parts, undated
	25			Land grant issued by the Rio Grande and Texas Land Company, undated
	26			Receipt, San Felipe de Austin, undated
	27			Statement from Daughters of the Republic of Texas to the Texas State legislature, undated
	28			"Fayette County: Her History and Her People," by F. Lotto, undated
			1.3. French and German Language Manuscripts, 1841-1852 and undated (7 items)
			Arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
7	29			Neue Gemeinnutziger, Pennsylvania Calendar, 1841
	30			Protective Organization for the German Immigrant in Texas - contract, 1844?
	31			Certificate No. 101, French Republic, 1849 August 9
	32			Veramend: land grant - Comal County, New Braunfels, 1852 November 1
	33			Local Association of the German Texas Association document, 1911?
	34			"To a European Immigrant," undated
	35		Map of Texas, , 1852
	36		Map of United States and Alaska, undated,
			1.4. Congressional Reading Bills, 1839-1849
			Arranged chronologically.
Box	Folder
7	37			Senate and House documents (assorted), 1839-1845
	38			Claims against the government of Mexico, 1845
	39			Annexation, 1845
	40			Exportation, 1845
	41			Civil and diplomatic expenses of government, 1845-1847
	42			Payment of debt due Texas, 1846
	43			Cession of property, 1846
	44			Agencies for Indians, 1846
	45			Mail service and post routes, 1846-1848
	46			Addition of the Texas Navy to that of the United States, 1846-1848
	47			Port of entry at Saluria, 1847
	48			Erection of lighthouses, 1847-1848
	49			Bills for relief, 1847-1849
	50			Survey of the mouth of the Red River, 1847-1848
	51			Payment of claims against Mexico, 1848
	52			Additional District Court, 1848
	53			Transcribing certain state papers of the late Republic of Texas, 1848
	54			Survey of the Sabine River, 1849

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