Documents of Texas History

, by Wallace, Ernest; Vigness, David M.; Ward, George B.

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ISBN: 9780876111888 | 0876111886
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 2/1/2003

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Originally published in 1963, this edition has been updated through 1993 and includes 141 documents on a broad range of social, cultural and political events which have shaped the history of Texas and often affected the nation.

The First Europeans in Texas, 1528-1536

(3)

Cabeza de Vaca Shipwrecked on the Texas Coast

(1)

Cabeza de Vaca at the Spanish Court

(1)

The De Soto-Moscoso Expedition, 1539-1543

(2)

Who De Soto Was

(1)

De Soto's Death and the Selection of His Successor

(1)

Where and Why Moscoso Turned Back

(1)

The Coronado Expedition, 1540-1541

(3)

The Nature of Gran Quivira

(1)

Castaneda's Description of the High Plains

(1)

Coronado's Report to the King

(2)

La Salle in Texas, 1685-1687

(3)

Establishing Fort St. Louis

(1)

La Salle's Search for the Mississippi

(1)

The End of La Salle's Expedition

(1)

The Spaniards Find La Salle's Settlement, April 22, 1689

(1)

Spain's First Occupation of East Texas, 1690

(2)

The Spanish Reoccupation of Texas: The Ramon Expedition, April-July, 1716

(3)

La Harpe's Attempt to Establish Trade with the Spaniards, March 1, 1719-May 1, 1720

(1)

Aguayo's Recovery of East Texas, 1719-1722

(1)

Rubi's Report on the San Saba Establishment, August, 1767

(3)

The Rubi Recommendations on Texas, April 10, 1768

(1)

A New Defense Policy for the Northern Frontier, June 9-15, 1778

(2)

The Founding of Nacogdoches, January-May, 1779

(3)

A Census of Spanish Texas, December 31, 1783

(1)

The Texas Missions, 1785

(6)

Philip Nolan's Filibustering Expedition, 1800-1801

(2)

The Neutral Ground Agreement, October 29 and November 4, 1806

(1)

James Wilkinson to Governor Anthony [Antonio] Cordero [y Bustamente], Octr. 29th, 1806

(1)

Symon de Herrera to James Wilkinson, Nov. 4th, 1806

(1)

The Government of Texas, November 7, 1811

(1)

Texas' First Declaration of Independence and First Constitution, April 6 and 17, 1813

(2)

The Declaration of Independence, April 6, 1813

(1)

The Constitution of the State of Texas, April 17, 1813

(1)

Treaty Establishing the Boundary between Texas and the United States, February 22, 1819

(1)

James Long: the Last of the Filibusters, 1819

(2)

The Moses Austin Family, 1765-1837

(2)

The Mexican Colonization Laws, January 4, 1823, August 18, 1824, and March 24, 1825

(5)

The Imperial Colonization Law, January 4, 1823

(1)

The National Colonization Law, August 18, 1824

(1)

The Coahuila-Texas State Colonization Law, March 24, 1825

(3)

The Old Three Hundred, 1824-1828

(8)

De Witt's Empresario Contract, April 15, 1825

(1)

The Fredonian Declaration of Independence, December 21, 1826

(2)

The Constitution of the State of Coahuila and Texas, March 11, 1827

(2)

San Felipe de Austin: the Anglo-American Colonial Capital of Texas, 1828-1831

(1)

The Law of April 6, 1830

(3)

Manuel Mier y Teran's Letter to President Guadalupe Victoria, June 30, 1828

(1)

The Law of April 6, 1830

(1)

The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company and the Sale of Land Scrip, 1831

(2)

Trust Deed of the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company, January 1, 1831

(2)

Letter Offering Land Scrip for Sale and Comments by a Purchaser, 1831

(1)

Travel Accommodations and Customs in Colonial Texas, March-May, 1831

(1)

Life in Colonial Texas, December, 1831

(2)

Why the Colonists Attacked Bradburn at Anahuac, June, 1832

(1)

The Turtle Bayou Resolutions, June 13, 1832

(1)

The Convention of 1833, April 1-13, 1833

(11)

Austin's Address Explaining Why the Convention Was Called, April 1, 1833

(2)

The Memorial to Congress Requesting Separate Statehood, April, 1833

(4)

The Proposed Constitution for the State of Texas, April 13, 1833

(5)

Austin's Letter Describing His Imprisonment, May 10, 1834

(2)

Almonte's Description of Texas, 1834

(2)

The Department of Bexar

(1)

The Department of the Brazos

(1)

The Department of Nacogdoches

(1)

Austin's Address at Brazoria on the Necessity of a Consultation, September 8, 1835

(2)

The Texas Declaration of Causes for Taking up Arms against Santa Anna, November 7, 1835

(1)

Plan and Powers of the Provisional Government of Texas, November 13, 1835

(3)

The Resolution Calling for the Convention of March 1, 1836, December 10, 1835

(1)

Treaty with the Cherokee Indians, February 23, 1836

(1)

The Fall of the Alamo

(2)

Travis' Letter of February 24, 1836

(1)

Travis' Last Appeal for Aid, March 3, 1836

(1)

Colonel Ruiz's Report of the Scene after the Fall of the Garrison, March 6, 1836

(1)

The Texas Declaration of Independence, March 2, 1836

(2)

The Constitution of the Republic of Texas, March 17, 1836

100

(6)

The Goliad Campaign and Massacre, March, 1836

106

(4)

The Runaway Scrape, March-April, 1836

110

(3)

The Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836

113

(4)

Houston's Official Report, April 25, 1836

113

(2)

Colonel Pedro Delgado's Account

115

(2)

The Treaty of Velasco, May 14, 1836

117

(1)

An Abolitionist's Explanation of the Cause of the Texas Revolution, 1836

118

(2)

A Description of the Towns of Texas, 1836

120

(3)

President Houston's First Inaugural Address, October 22, 1836

123

(2)

The Boundary of Texas Established, December 19, 1836

125

(1)

President Lamar's Policies

125

(5)

Lamar's Inaugural Address, December 10, 1838

125

(2)

Lamar's Message to Congress, December 21, 1838

127

(3)

The Homestead Law, January 26, 1839

130

(1)

The Selection of a Site for the Permanent Capital of Texas, April 13, 1839

130

(2)

The Treaty with France, September 25, 1839

132

(2)

The Council House Fight, March 19, 1840

134

(1)

The Treaties with Great Britain

135

(3)

Convention for British Mediation with Mexico, November 14, 1840

135

(1)

Treaty between the Republic of Texas and Great Britain for the Suppression of African Slave Trade, November 16, 1840

136

(2)

Lamar's Address to the People of Santa Fe, June 5, 1841

138

(1)

The First College in Texas, 1841-42

138

(2)

Drawing the Black Beans: The Mier Prisoners, March 25, 1843

140

(1)

Treaty of Bird's Fort, September 29, 1843

141

(1)

President Tyler Proposes Annexation, October 16, 1843

142

(1)

The Treaty of Annexation, April 12, 1844

143

(1)

The Treaty of Tehuacana Creek, October 9, 1844

144

(2)

The Resolution Annexing Texas to the United States, March 1, 1845

146

(1)

A Preliminary Treaty with Mexico, May 19, 1845

147

(1)

The Annexation Offer Accepted, July 4, 1845

148

(1)

The Texas Constitution of 1845, August 28, 1845

149

(11)

``The Republic of Texas Is No More,'' February 19, 1846

160

(1)

President Polk Claims the Rio Grande as the Boundary between Texas and Mexico, November 10, 1845, and May 11, 1846

161

(2)

Polk's Instructions to Slidell, November 10, 1845

161

(1)

Polk's War Message, May 11, 1846

162

(1)

A Texan's View of the War with Mexico, May 13, 1846

163

(1)

Treaty Establishing the Rio Grande as the Boundary between Texas and Mexico, February 2, 1848

163

(2)

Journal of a Plantation, 1848

165

(9)

The Sons of Temperance: Constitution of the Chapter at Austin, Texas, March 22, 1849

174

(2)

An Early Texas High School, December 31, 1849

176

(2)

Address

176

(1)

Constitution

177

(1)

Establishment of the Texas-New Mexico Boundary, September 9, 1850

178

(3)

Governor Bell's Message to the Legislature, August 13, 1850

178

(2)

Report of the Committee of Thirteen, May 8, 1850

180

(1)

The Texas-New Mexico Boundary Act, September 9, 1850

180

(1)

The Establishment of the Texas School System, January 31, 1854

181

(2)

Texas before the Civil War: A Yankee's Description, December 1853-May 1854

183

(3)

The Home of an East Texas Cattleman

183

(1)

The Home of an East Texas Planter

184

(1)

The Germans of New Braunfels

184

(2)

The Legislature at Work

186

(1)

The American (Know-Nothing) Party Platform, January 21-22, 1856

186

(1)

The Camel Experiment, June 24-August 15, 1860

187

(7)

Texas Secedes from the Union, February 1 and 2, 1861

194

(2)

The Ordinance of Secession, February 1, 1861

194

(1)

A Declaration of the Causes Which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union

194

(2)

Governor Houston Deposed, March 16, 1861

196

(1)

The Battle of Sabine Pass, September 8, 1863

196

(3)

General Franklin's Report, September 11, 1863

196

(2)

Lieutenant Dowling's Report, September 9, 1863

198

(1)

Johnson's Plan of Reconstruction, 1865

199

(2)

Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation, May 29, 1865

199

(1)

Johnson's Proclamation of the Restoration of Civil Government for Texas, June 17, 1865

200

(1)

Granger's Proclamation Abolishing Slavery in Texas, June 19, 1865

201

(1)

John H. Reagan's Fort Warren Prison Letter on Reconstruction, August 11, 1865

201

(2)

President Johnson's Proclamation Recognizing the Restoration of Civil Government in Texas, August 20, 1866

203

(1)

The Congressional Plan of Reconstruction, March 2, March 23, and July 19, 1867

204

(2)

The First Congressional Reconstruction Act, March 2, 1867

204

(1)

The Second Reconstruction Act, March 23, 1867

205

(1)

The Third Reconstruction Act, July 19, 1867

205

(1)

Chief Ten Bears' Speech Setting Forth the Case of the Comanches at the Council of Medicine Lodge, October 20, 1867

206

(1)

The Ritual of a Secret Society, June 4, 1868

207

(1)

Texas v. White: The Constitutionality of Reconstruction, 1869

208

(2)

The Constitution of the State of West Texas, January, 1869

210

(3)

The Constitution of 1869, February 8, 1869

213

(3)

The Tax-Payers' Convention, September 22-25, 1871

216

(4)

Report of the Committee of Twenty-one on Violations of Constitution and Laws

216

(3)

Report of the Committee of Twenty-one on Taxes and Statistics

219

(1)

The Semi-Colon Court: The Rodriguez Case, January 5, 1874

220

(1)

President Grant Refuses to Support Davis, January 12 and 17, 1874

221

(1)

Declaration of Purposes of the National Grange, February, 1874

222

(1)

The Extermination of the Buffalo, January-April, 1875

223

(3)

Governor O. M. Roberts' Land Policy, 1879

226

(2)

Roberts' Recommendation on the Sale of Public Lands, January 21, 1879

226

(1)

The Land Law of 1879, July 14, 1879

227

(1)

The Fence-Cutting War and Efforts To End It

228

(3)

The Fence-Gate Law, February 6, 1884

228

(1)

A Texas Ranger's Efforts to Catch Fence-Cutters, August---October, 1888

228

(3)

The Cattle Kingdom

231

(7)

The Wild Longhorn Cattle, 1850's

231

(1)

Managing a Trail Herd, 1865-1888

232

(2)

A ``Glimpse'' of Ranch Life, Circa 1902

234

(2)

The Making of a Cowboy, 1902-1921

236

(2)

The Farmers' Alliance: The Cleburne Platform, August 7, 1886

238

(1)

Some Experiences of an Early Surveyor in the Texas Panhandle, 1887

239

(3)

The Texas Anti-Trust Law, March 30, 1889

242

(1)

Demands of the Texas Federation of Labor, July 3, 1889

243

(1)

Governor James S. Hogg on Railroad Regulation, January 21, 1891

244

(2)

The Populist Party: Its First State Platform, August 17-18, 1891

246

(2)

The Greer County Dispute, March 16, 1896

248

(1)

The Great Galveston Hurricane, September 8, 1900

249

(3)

Special Report by the Weather Bureau, September, 1900

249

(2)

A Reporter's Description of Galveston after the Storm, September 10-11, 1900

251

(1)

Spindletop and the Beginning of the Modern Oil Industry, 1901-1903

252

(5)

The Spindletop Discovery, January 10, 1901

252

(2)

Life in an Oil Field Boom Town, October, 1903

254

(3)

The High Plains: A Geological Description, 1901

257

(3)

The Terrell Election Law, May 14, 1905

260

(4)

Joseph Weldon Bailey and ``Baileyism,'' January 23, 1907

264

(2)

Prohibition versus Local Option, 1908-1910

266

(2)

The Anti-Prohibitionists' Platform, October 12, 1908

266

(1)

The Prohibitionists' Platform and Resolutions, December 8, 1910

266

(2)

James E. Ferguson: His Platform and His Impeachment

268

(3)

Ferguson's First Gubernatorial Platform, November 15, 1913

268

(1)

The Impeachment of Governor Ferguson, September 24, 1917

269

(2)

The Ku Klux Klan Creed, July, 1923

271

(1)

Nixon v. Herndon: The Texas ``White Primary'' Law Invalidated, March 7, 1927

271

(1)

The Transaction Tax: Governor W. Lee O'Daniel's Revenue Proposal, January 18, 1939

272

(2)

Smith v. Texas: Negroes and Grand Jury Service, November 25, 1940

274

(2)

Smith v. Allwright: The ``White Primary'' Case, April 3, 1944

276

(1)

The Gilmer-Aikin School Laws, June 1 and 8, 1949

277

(3)

Sweatt v. Painter: Desegregation of Institutions of Higher Learning, June 5, 1950

280

(2)

The Tidelands Case, June 5, 1950

282

(3)

Hurricane Carla, September 3-15, 1961

285

(2)

The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, November 22, 1963

287

(2)

Lyndon Baines Johnson, President of the United States, 1963-1969

289

(5)

The Great Society, May 22, 1964

289

(1)

The American Promise, March 15, 1965

290

(1)

Cotulla, Texas, November 7, 1966

291

(2)

Peace, March 31, 1968

293

(1)

Violence in Texas: The Charles J. Whitman Shooting, August 1, 1966

294

(4)

The First Man on the Moon Talks to Houston, July 20, 1969

298

(3)

La Raza Unida Party, 1970

301

(3)

The Sharpstown Scandal, 1971

304

(2)

Roe v. Wade: Abortion Legalized, January 22, 1973

306

(2)

The Big Thicket National Preserve Established, October 11, 1974

308

(2)

Big Thicket Controversy, September 29, 1974

308

(1)

Big Thicket Legislation, October 11, 1974

309

(1)

A Republican and a Woman Inaugurated as Governors of Texas, January 16, 1979, and January 15, 1991

310

(3)

William P. Clements Jr.: Inauguration Speech, January 16, 1979

310

(2)

Ann Richards: Inauguration Speech, January 15, 1991

312

(1)

Larry McMurtry Publishes Novel Lonesome Dove, 1985

313

(2)

The Oil Boom and Bust and the Savings & Loan Scandal, 1990

315

(2)

Edgewood v. Kirby: The Funding of Education in Texas, January 22, 1991

317

(2)

The Texas Lottery, 1991

319

(3)

Opposition to the Lottery, October 1991

320

(1)

The Lottery Established, 1991

320

(2)

Barbara Jordan's Keynote Address to the Democratic National Convention, July 13, 1992

322

(2)

The Dallas Cowboys: America's Team, 1994

324

(3)

Index

327

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