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Letter, Sam Houston to Philip Dimmit

Houston reports news of popular sentiment in the United States in favor of the Texas government, and news of Santa Anna's departure for Mexico.

Letter, Sam Houston to Lewis Cass

Letter from Texas President Sam Houston to U.S. Secretary of War Lewis Cass, describing George Washington Hockley's mission of procuring weapons and…

Journal of Calista Cralle Long; a Diary Record of a Forty-Two Day Journey, Campbell County, Va. to Union County, Ky., Dec., 1836-Jan., 1837

Diary describing journey west from Virginia to Kentucky in 1836-37. Long and her family stayed in the same inn in Lexington, Kentucky, as Santa Anna…

John Forsyth, Secretary of State

John Forsyth, originally from Georgia, served as Secretary of State for Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren.

Pope House

The Pope House in Lexington, Kentucky, designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1811.

Steamboat Wharf, Washington, D.C.

A view of a steamboat wharf in the District of Columbia, likely Georgetown

Near Pennsylv. Ave. and 7th St. At Washington City

A view of Washington near 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. At the time Center Market was located there; today the National Archives sits on the…

Capitol at Washington D.C.-- West view

Watercolor of the United States Capitol, 1839.