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2.
- Published / Created:
- n.d.
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2114
- Collection Title:
- Joseph B. Brown diary and artwork
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | 1-2
- Image Count:
- 124
- Abstract:
- Collection of approximately 76 drawings and sketches made by Brown in watercolor, oil, pastel, wash, pencil and ink. Thirty-one drawings depict army forts and western scenery, including Ringgold Barracks, Los Morus, Port Isabel, and San Jose, Texas; Forts Dalles and Nachess and Mt. Hood, Oregon Territory; Forts Stillicum and Taylor, Washington Territory. and The two volume diary is a corrected typescript containing extracts from a diary Brown kept from 1849 to 1859, and includes 24 ink and wash drawings. Brown describes towns, forts, and missions in Texas and the Pacific Northwest; travels by land in Texas; conflicts with Indians in Texas, Oregon, and Washington; cholera and typhoid epidemics; travelling with his family; marching to Arkansas; spending time with Robert E. Lee; and travelling to the Pacific Coast via steamer. The 24 ink and wash drawings depict the front of the Alamo and the mission of La Conception, San Antonio; Mexican women making tortillas; breakfast on the march; the head of Las Morus River; officer's quarters at Ringgold Barracks, Fort Vancouver, and Fort Dalles; "Chenoweth, chief of Dog-River Indians, hung at Cascades"; and "Cut-Mouth John, friendly Cayuse Scout".
- Description:
- Accompanied by a container list (in box 1)., Brown, an army surgeon and self-taught artist, served at several military posts in Texas and the Pacific Northwest in the 1850s. During the Civil War he served with the Army of the Potomac and in the Assistant Surgeon General's office in Louisville., and Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 1997, and from William Reese Company on the Winlock William Miller Jr. Memorial Fund, 1998.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Pictorial works, Fort Dalles (Dalles, Or.)--Pictorial works, Fort Naches (Or.)--Pictorial works, Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.), Fort Ringgold (Rio Grande City, Tex.)--Pictorial works, Fort Vancouver (Wash.)--Pictorial works, Hood, Mount (Or.)--Pictorial works, Oregon--Description and travel, Oregon--Pictorial works, Port Isabel (Tex.)--Pictorial works, Texas--Description and travel, Texas--Pictorial works, Washington--Description and travel, and Washington--Pictorial works
- Subject (Name):
- Brown, Joseph B., 1822-1891, Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870, and United States. Army Military life
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Texas, Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875, Indians of North America--Wars--Oregon, Indians of North America--Wars--Washington (State), Missions, Spanish--Texas--Pictorial works, Pacific Coast Indians, Wars with, 1847-1865, and Voyages to the Pacific coas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary
3.
- Creator:
- Baird, Spruce M. (Spruce McCoy), 1814-1872
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-2665
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1 | Folder: Transcript
- Image Count:
- 28
- Abstract:
- Autograph manuscript diary of the greater part of Baird's journey by stage, ship, and railroad from Serbin, Texas to Trinidad, Colorado Territory in June of 1867, which he notes on the title page is "affectionately dedicated to his beloved wife and children." Baird's route included New Orleans, Louisiana; Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Columbus, Kentucky; Cairo, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Junction City, and Salina, Kansas. He describes the scenery, weather, hotels, and individuals he meets along the route. His Confederate sympathies are reflected in bitter comments regarding the destruction of property by Union soldiers during the war and the freed slaves he enounters. He closes "volume first of my diary and narrative" in Salina, Kansas, and notes that he will complete the balance as soon as he can. The diary entries are followed by The Lord's Prayer, Psalm XXV, and notes regarding distances between points along the travel route.
- Description:
- Spruce M. Baird was born in Glasgow, Kentucky in 1814, and taught school there prior to moving to Texas before the Civil War. He practiced law in Nacogdoches, Texas, served as judge in Santa Fe County (in what became New Mexico), was Indian agent to the Navajos, and was appointed attorney general of New Mexico. Baird returned to Texas during the Civil War and served as a regiment commander in the Confederate army. In 1867 he moved to Trinidad, Colorado where he opened a law office. He died at Cimarron, New Mexico in 1872. He was married in 1848 to Emmacetta Bowdry of Kentucky and was the father of Andrew Bowdry Baird.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Illinois--Description and travel, Kansas--Description and travel, Kentucky--Description and travel, Louisiana--Description and travel, Mississippi--Description and travel, Missouri--Description and travel, Tennessee--Description and travel, and Texas--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Railroad travel--United States and Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Diary of a journey from Serbin, Bastrop Co., Texas to Trinidad, Colorado Territory, 1867 June 6-28 / by S. M. Baird [Transcript]
4.
- Published / Created:
- 1831
- Call Number:
- Zc52 831ar
- Image Count:
- 11
- Resource Type:
- Books, Journals & Pamphlets
- Alternative Title:
- Proposals for colonizing certain extensive tracts of land in the Republic of Mexico.
- Description:
- Signed: John Enrico, W.H. Egerton, agents, January, 1832.
- Publisher:
- Printed by H.E. Carrington, Chronicle Office
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas--Colonization, Texas--Description and travel, and Texas--Emigration and immigration
- Subject (Name):
- Arkansas and Texas Land Company, Egerton, William H., and Enrico, John
- Subject (Topic):
- Land grants--Texas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Emigration to Texas : proposals for colonizing certain extensive tracts of land in the Republic of Mexico.
5.
- Creator:
- Sam F. Moseley & Co., Attorneys at law
- Published / Created:
- 1866?
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc52 866sa
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- At head of title: Sam. F. Moseley. John T. Moseley. Sam F. Moseley & Co. Attorneys at law, general land, immigration and collecting agents. and Includes an extensive list of references at the end.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Jefferson (Tex.)--Description and travel and Texas--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Moseley, John T and Moseley, Sam. F
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Jefferson, Texas : the commercial emporium of northern and eastern Texas and adjacent Indian territories, and centre of the cotton and grain growing portions of Texas.
6.
- Creator:
- Frejes, Francisco, 1784-1845
- Published / Created:
- 1821 November 16
- Call Number:
- WA MSS S-1614:4
- Collection Title:
- Documents relating to Texas and Mexico
- Image Count:
- 28
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, probably a copy, signed twice by Frejes, to Anastasio Bustamante, Captain General of the Provincias Internas. Frejes summarizes events of the last few years in Texas, especially the Indian wars. He criticizes the Spanish government for not doing more to protect the interests of Spanish settlements in Texas and for disregarding missionaries' criticisms of the military and other civil authorities. He recommends making treaties with the indigenous tribes, and encourages further settlements (including additional missions) and establishment of free trade. He speculates on the likelihood of foreign (especially American) incursions into Texas, given the lack of defenses on the coast of Texas, and recommends fortifying the boundary with the United States.
- Description:
- Bound in a volume titled Documents relating to Texas and Mexico. For a full description of the volume, search by call number: WA MSS S-1614. and Francisco Frejes was a Franciscan missionary and author of several historical works on Mexico.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Mexico--Government--Administration, Mexico--Politics and government--1821-1861, and Texas--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Frejes, Francisco,--1784-1845
- Subject (Topic):
- Indians of North America--Missions--Texas and Indians of North America--Wars--Texas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Memoria sobre la provincia de Tejas, y sus misiones, su situacion infeliz, y medios que pueden adoptarse para su prosperidad : Zacatecas, : manuscript, 1821 Nov 16.
7.
- Creator:
- Ostermayer, Heinrich
- Published / Created:
- 1850
- Call Number:
- Zc52 850os
- Image Count:
- 215
- Publisher:
- Verfassers, in Commission der Dorn'schen Buchhandlung,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas--Description and travel and United States--Description and travel
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tagebuch einer reise nach Texas im Jahr 1848-1849.
8.
- Creator:
- Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company
- Published / Created:
- 1835]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc52 835ga
- Image Count:
- 2
- Alternative Title:
- Map of the colonization grants in Texas, made to the empresarios, (contractors,) Lorenzo de Zavala, Joseph Vehlien, and David G. Burnet; and now under the agency and control of "The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company," January 1835 and Map of the colonization grants to Zavala, Verhlien & Burnet in Texas, belonging to The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Co.
- Description:
- Includes "Inducements for persons to locate and colonize the lands within the grants of the company, and instructions how to proceed," signed and dated: New-York, January, 1835, Anthy.y Dey, Wm. H. Sumner, George Curtis, attorneys & trustees.
- Publisher:
- s.n.,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Land grants--Texas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company
9.
- Creator:
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company - Published / Created:
- 1906]
- Call Number:
- 2012 Folio S28 26:11
- Image Count:
- 12
- Alternative Title:
- Texas gulf coast issue.
- Description:
- Series: Western trail ; v. 26, no. 11.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Omaha (Neb.)--Description and travel and Texas--Description and travel
- Subject (Topic):
- Irrigation--Texas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Western trail : vol. xxvi, no. 11, Chicago, November 1906, edition 33,000 : Texas gulf coast issue.
10.
- Published / Created:
- 1893
- Call Number:
- Zc52 893ba
- Image Count:
- 3
- Alternative Title:
- 27 years on the frontier, or, 50 years in Texas. and Fifty years in Texas.
- Description:
- Pt. 1. Life of Capt. Wm. Banta -- Pt. 2. Life of J.W. Cadwell -- Pt. 3. Texas as it is.
- Publisher:
- Ben C. Jones & Co., printers,
- Subject (Geographic):
- Texas--Description and travel
- Subject (Name):
- Banta, William, 1827- Life of Capt. Wm. Banta. 1893, Banta, William,--b. 1827, Cadwell, J. W. Life of J.W. Cadwell. 1893, and Cadwell, John Wesley,--1824-1888
- Subject (Topic):
- Frontier and pioneer life--Texas and Indians of North America--Texas
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Twenty-seven years on the frontier, or, Fifty years in Texas / by Wm. Banta and J.W. Cadwell, Jr.
