texas, 19th century

Alamo. San Antonio Texas Stereoscope Card.

Texas stereoscopic card. Robert Dennis's stereographs collection includes more than 72,000 stereoscopic views organized primarily by geography. The collection bears the name of the native New Yorker who assemb... More

El Nuevo Mexico y Tierras Adyacentes Mapa Levantado para la demarcacio...

Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Spanish manuscript map of Spanish Texas, Louisiana Territory and the Trans-Mississippi West, prepared for the use by the Spanish Crown in defending its claims to Spanis... More

James K. Polk Papers: Series 6: Notes, circa 1831-1847; Subject file; ...

A nighttime view of the Alamo Chapel located at #1 Alamo Plaza, San An...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, CIV Release Status: Released to ... More

Letter from David Lee Child, London, [England], to George Thompson, 18...

David Lee Child writes to George Thompson thanking him for his proposal to be his guide while he is visiting England but he has to decline it. He hopes to visit him at some point but he won't be able to attend ... More

Houston, Santa Anna, and Cos - A cartoon of a group of men with skis

An imaginative portrayal (with overt propaganda value) of an event in the Texas war of independence --the surrender of Mexican commander Santa Anna and his brother-in-law General Martin Perfecto de Cos, to Amer... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Brooklyn, [Conn.], to Henry Clarke...

A view of the Alamo Chapel located at #1 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Tex...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Don S. Montgomery, CIV Release Status: Released to ... More

Letter from John Scoble, London, [England], to William Lloyd Garrison,...

John Scoble writes to William Lloyd Garrison saying that while he feels "cheered by the extension of Anti-Slavery principles in the United States," he feels "depressed at the state of the Anti-Slavery cause her... More

Letter from Henry Brewster Stanton, New York, to Maria Weston Chapman,...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Peas...

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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to George William...

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Elizabeth Peas...

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Major Joe Bunker's last parade, or the fix of a senator and his 700 in...

Democratic senator Nathaniel P. Tallmadge of New York was the leader of the conservative or pro-Bank Democrats. Here Clay satirizes Tallmadge's attempts to undermine party support for Van Buren's hard money fis... More

Letter from Deborah Weston, New Bedford, [Mass.], to Caroline Weston, ...

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Copy of letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to John F...

Letter from Anne Knight, Paris, [France], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1...

Anne Knight writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his last letter and sharing her "prediction that your march to emancipation will not be a very lengthy one." She comments that the British planters ... More

Letter from Anne Knight, Paris, [France], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1...

Anne Knight writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his last letter and sharing her "prediction that your march to emancipation will not be a very lengthy one." She comments that the British planters ... More

Letter from Anne Knight, Paris, [France], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1...

Anne Knight writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his last letter and sharing her "prediction that your march to emancipation will not be a very lengthy one." She comments that the British planters ... More

Letter from Anne Knight, Paris, [France], to William Lloyd Garrison, 1...

Anne Knight writes to William Lloyd Garrison thanking him for his last letter and sharing her "prediction that your march to emancipation will not be a very lengthy one." She comments that the British planters ... More

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Henry Clarke W...

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?, Mass.], to William Lloyd G...

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Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?, Mass.], to William Lloyd G...

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[Memucan Hunt, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the right]

Envoy, Minister Plenipotentiary, from Republic of Texas. Identification from engraving in DeBow's Southern and Western Review, October, 1852, frontispiece. Scratched on face of plate: 207; Hunt, Texas. Scratche... More

Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Lowell, [Massachusetts], to Willi...

John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison about a "sweeping charge against Liberty party journals of having for their object to aid [President James K.] Polk & Texas & c." Whittier explains his b... More

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?, Mass.], to William Lloyd G...

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Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to Henrietta Sargent, March 1...

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Letter from John Greenleaf Whittier, Lowell, [Massachusetts], to Willi...

John Greenleaf Whittier writes to William Lloyd Garrison about a "sweeping charge against Liberty party journals of having for their object to aid [President James K.] Polk & Texas & c." Whittier explains his b... More

Letter from Maria Weston Chapman, [Boston?, Mass.], to William Lloyd G...

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Letter from Lydia Maria Child, New York, to Henrietta Sargent, March 1...

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Letter from Caroline Weston to Maria Weston Chapman and Emma Forbes We...

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Letter from Caroline Weston to Emma Forbes Weston, [Oct. 1845]

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Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [NY], to Maria Weston Chapman...

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Review of Texas troops - A drawing of a large group of people on horse...

Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1845 Jan. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Letter from Edward Morris Davis, Philad[elphia], [Penn.], to Maria Wes...

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Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Boston, [Mass.], to Richard Davis ...

Letter from Anne Knight, to William Lloyd Garrison, [October] 14 [18]4...

Anne Knight offers William Lloyd Garrison her prayers for his continued good health in his work. Knight laments the burdens of the annexation of Texas and the election of a "pro-slavery president", labelling it... More

Letter from Giles Badger Stebbins, Egypt, N[ew] Y[ork], to William Llo...

In this letter to William Lloyd Garrison, Giles B. Stebbins requests Garrison send him 200 copies of "Adin Ballou's reply to Gerrit Smith's Constitutional argument". Stebbins states that he saw in the Liberator... More

Letter from Mary Anne Estlin, Park Street, [Bristol, England], to Mari...

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Letter from Anne Cropper, [England], to Maria Weston Chapman, [1846?]

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The brilliant charge of Capt. May--At the Battle of Resaca de la Palma...

No. 554. Copyright by N. Currier. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 772.

Draft of a petition from William Lloyd Garrison, [Boston], [Mass.], to...

Draft copy by Francis Jackson and William Lloyd Garrison of petition requesting Massachusetts General Court to secede from the Union in the event of the admission of "the foreign nation of Texas" as a slave sta... More

The capture of General Vega (In the act of discharging a canon) by the...

Print shows Captain Charles Augustus May, on horseback, stopping General Vega, in the act of lighting a fuse on a cannon; troops all around them are still fighting. Forms part of: Popular graphic art print fili... More

Volunteers for Texas. As you were

A scornful portrayal of the poor caliber of American volunteers for the Mexican War. The print evidently appeared at the outset of the conflict, as the Library's impression was deposited for copyright on May 13... More

Mr. Clay taking a new view of the Texas question

Illustration shows Henry Clay, dressed in doublet and breast plate with a brace of pistols at his waist, holding a carving knife and fork, at an open door in which a tiny "Mexican" cowers on a shelf. Below the ... More

James K. Polk Papers: Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1827-1884; Chronologica...

James K. Polk Papers: Series 2, General Correspondence and Related Ite...

[Market Square, Cleburne, Texas]

Photograph shows Market Square in Cleburne, Texas looking northeast; with people, horses, and wagons in foreground, On caption card: Reed Stroop Drug Co. On back of photo: Wittemann Collection (Albertype Co.).... More

A bird's eye view of the city of New York View of Galveston, Texas.

Illustration showing a bird's eye view of New York City looking toward Battery Park (?) and a view of Galveston from the bay, boats and ships in foreground. Illus. in: Gleason's pictorial, v. 2, no. 20 (1852 M... More

Samuel Houston / engd. by W.J. Edwards, from a daguerreotype.

Print shows Sam Houston, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval with scroll work border above a cartouche showing a view of the "City of Houston in Texas." (DLC/PP-1998:151) Forms part of: Marian S... More

[Sam Houston, Senator from Texas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length p...

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[Guy M. Bryan, Representative from Texas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 288. Each item includes subject's orig... More

[Matt Ward, Senator from Texas, Thirty-fifth Congress, half-length por...

Illus. in: McClees' gallery of photographic portraits of the senators, representatives & delegates of the thirty-fifth Congress... Washington: McClees & Beck, [1859], page 286. Each item includes subject's orig... More

Honorable Morgan Calvin Hamilton of Texas

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Honorable Jas. Winright Flanagan of Texas

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The charge of Captain May at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma / Design...

Print shows Captain Charles May leading a charge at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma near Brownsville, Texas, in the Mexican-American War. In album: [Album of ephemera and Civil War era photographs; photos and... More

Honorable Roger Q. Mills of Texas - Public domain portrait photograph

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Honorable E. Degener of Texas - Public domain portrait print

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Honorable John Hancock of Texas - Public domain portrait photograph

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Honorable John Hancock of Texas - Public domain portrait photograph

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Honorable W.T. Clark of Texas - Public domain portrait photograph

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Panorama of the seat of war : bird's eye view of Texas and part of Mex...

Shows the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico from "Littel [i.e., Little] Constance Bay," Louisiana to the Rio Grande. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1861 by John Bachmann ... Southern District o... More

Bivouac of Confederate Troops on the Las Moras, Texas [March1861]

Wood engraving after pencil sketch by Carl G. von Iwonski. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 June 14), p. 375. File print in LOT 4420-P. Negative of original pencil and brown wash drawing: LC-USZ62-1062. ... More

Fort Brown, Texas [Viewed from across river; 2 side-wheelers in foregr...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 5, (1861 March 23), p. 185. Title and other information transcribed from caption card.

Fort Lancaster, Texas - Public domain scan / engraving

Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, 1861. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Forts...; Geogr.; Civil War.

Kane, Warren & Gay / H. B. Hillyer's Artillery Rooms, Austin, Texas.

Photograph shows three men, two in civilian dress and one in military uniform. Notation on verso: In commemoration of _____.

The Dis-United States. Or the Southern Confederacy

The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessionist Francis Pickens (far left). The artist criticizes the January 1861 secession of five sta... More

Croquis of the Battlefield of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. December 7th, 1...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Burr's Ferry [and vicinity, Sabine River, Louisana and Texas.]

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Battle of Mouth of Sabine River, September 8th, 1863.

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

Texas Coast Showing Points of Occupation of Expedition Under Maj. Gen....

Post and Reservation Maps

Scenes on the Rio Grande / from sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. B...

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Eastern & Central Texas, Prepared by Order of Maj. Gen. N.P. Banks. Ma...

Maps Relating to Named Departments

Schleicher, Honorable Rep. Gustave of Texas

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Throckmorton, Honorable James Webb of Texas (Member of Secession Conve...

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Hancock, Honorable John of Texas. Glass Plate Negative, American Civil...

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Mills, Honorable Roger Quarles of Texas Colonel of 10th Texas Infantry...

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Ochiltree, Honorable Thomas Peck of Texas. Private in Capt John G. Wal...

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Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell of Texas Colonel of 9th Texas Infantry., ...

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General J.W. Lamothe / Bircher Russell photo-sc. Elizabeth Street, Br...

Two illustrations: head-and-shoulders portrait of Gen. J.W. Lamothe, facing front; and view of Elizabeth Street, with soldiers, horses, and wagons, Brownsville, Texas. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 9, no. 468 ... More

Swearinger, Honorable R.M. of Texas, Not M.C.

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Honorable John H. Reagan Senator from Texas

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Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell, Sen of Texas, General in Confederate Arm...

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Willie, Honorable Asa Hoxie of Texas, Major in Confederate Army

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Reagan, Honorable John H. of Texas - Public domain portrait print

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Ochiltree, Honorable Thomas Peck of Texas

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Rebel Defenses of Galveston and Vicinity, Surveyed and Drawn by order ...

Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and all areas between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains

General view of San Antonio, Alameda County

The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates a glossy surface to h... More

Funeral of German patriots at Comfort, Texas, August 20, 1865

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Branding cattle on the prairies of Texas - mirage in the background / ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, published 1867 June 29, p. 232. Date on image printed as June 25, 1867.

Letter from Samuel Joseph May, Syracuse, [N.Y.], to William Lloyd Garr...

Samuel Joseph May forwards to William Lloyd Garrison an article he intends to publish in the Christian Register, which he requests that Garrison and Richard D. Webb review as he cannot be certain that his "reco... More

Nautical Chart of Brazos Santiago, Texas Showing Location of Lighthous...

Map and Plans Relating to the Lighthouse at Lazaretto Point, Maryland

Drawing of the Point Isabel Lighthouse, Texas

Map and Plans Relating to the Lighthouse at Point Isabel, Texas

Sen. Richard Coke, Texas - Public domain portrait photograph

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Hamilton, Honorable Morgan Calvin of Texas

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Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell of Texas

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Miller, Honorable (James Francis) of Texas. (Private Co. I. 8th Texas ...

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Hamilton, Honorable Morgan Calvin of Texas

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Honorable Jo Abbott of Texas - Public domain portrait photograph

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Maxey, Honorable Samuel Bell of Texas

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