TEXIAN LOAN, Certificate #120, $320, received of Robert TRIPLETT, City of New Orleans, January 11, 1836, signed by S.F. AUSTIN, B.T. ARCHER, William H. WHARTON. One way Texas financed the war for independence was by accepting loans from individuals; this certificate represents the first payment on a loan of $320 to the Government of Texas. The lender was paid 8 percent per annum or had the option of taking 640 acres of land. Note on this certificate indicates that Robert Triplett loaned more than $50,000. 1p.
U.S. Congressional publication. 1 pp. ; The U.S. Serial set is a specially bound, consecutively numbered version of all House and Senate reports and documents. Many, but not all, of the government documents in the Americas archive come originally from the U.S. Serial set, although were bound together at some later point into the collection that is now represented in this collection.
A summary view of the causes which led to the American Revolution. -- The American military biography of the officers of the Revolution. -- Biography of Revolutionary naval officers. -- Biography of Gilbert Motier La Fayette. -- Biography of officers from foreign countries, commissioned by Congress. ; Mode of access: Internet.
Imprint varies: 1827, New-York, G. & C. Carvill.--1828-30, New-York, E. & G.W. Blunt; [etc., etc.]--1832, Boston, Gray and Bowen [etc.]; New York, E. and G.W. Blunt.--1833, Brattleboro', Fessenden and company; Boston, Hilliard, Gray and co.; [etc., etc.]--1835, New-York, W. Jackson. ; Joseph Blunt, editor. ; Mode of access: Internet.
The Mexican Embassy in Washington and Consulates of Mexico in New Orleans and Havre de Grace, sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports concerning: the recognition of the independence of Texas by France, Holland, Belgium and England and proposed annexation; Mexican protest to the recognition; a draft treaty on the borders of Mexico-Texas; meeting with Mexican troops in Bexar, Texas; the meeting of the Mexican warship "Iturbide" and the American ship "Columbia" off of Mexican coasts. p. 1-77. Embassies and consulates of Mexico in the United States of America, France and New Orleans and Havre de Grace, sent reports to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on: recognition of the independence of Texas by France and England and the Mexican protest, a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between France and Texas; slaves in Texas and the mission of Barnard E. Bee, Texas agent in Mexico who is trying to handle the recognition and independence of their state. p. 78-139. The Mexican Embassy in England sends reports and press clippings to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on: the recognition of the independence of Texas by England; Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between England and Texas and a conference between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico with the Minister Plenipotentiary of England in Mexico over the affairs of Texas. p. 140-189. The mission of James Treat in Mexico to negotiate the recognition of the independence of Texas and an expedition of Texas ships against Matamoros, Tamaulipas. p. 190-213. The Mexican Embassies in Washington, and France and the Consulate in New Orleans send to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports concerning: an English land acquisition plan in California; a 37 million franc loan to the Texas Commerce House by the Jacques Laffite Company of France; recognition of the independence of Texas by the Netherlands and Belgium; Mexican plan to reconquer Texas; the rebellion of General Urrea and apprehension of President Anastasio Bustamante of Mexico. p. 214-270. ; https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/guerra/1012/thumbnail.jpg
No more published. The 1st, 2d and 3d series have never appeared. The 5th series, left unfinished, ends with the year 1776. ; 4th ser. Containing a documentary history of the English colonies in North America, from the King's message to Parliament, of March 7, 1774, to the Declaration of Independence by the United States. 6 v.--5th ser. Containing a documentary history of the United States of America, from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, to the definitive treaty of peace with Great Britain, September 3, 1783. 3 v. ; Mode of access: Internet.
