Gallery


1. Annexation: Celebrating 150 Years of Texas Statehood


2. "The Republic of Texas Is No More"
original drawing for the lone star flag
the lone star flag
president polk's authorization to affix the great seal to texas statehood
great seal of the united states of america

3. The Old Three Hundred
stephen f. austin
martha mcnutt wells
francis flournoy wells
stephen f. austin's hatchet
bigfoot wallace's first letter home
william a. a. -bigfoot- wallace

4. Revolution & Independence
declaration of independence of the republic of texas
sam houston's first inaugural address
general antonio lopez de santa anna, ca. 1835

5. The Long Quest for Statehood
washington county election returns
john quincy adams
texas-u.s. boundary treaty, 1838
despatch book, texan legation in paris
porcelain teapot from china

6. The Lamar Years
mirabeau buonaparte lamar
arrowsmith map of texas, 1841
republic of texas paper money
signature page, lamar's proclamation

7. The Santa Fé Disaster
proclamation of santa fé expedition
journeay's perote fiddle
henry journeay
sam maverick's perote shackles

8. I am Houston
sam houston
sam houston's passport
houston's pistol
sam houston's signature (detail)

9. A Nation Among Nations
mier prisoners
anti-english petition from new york
texas ship - austin
treaty with great britain

10. The United States Debates Texas Statehood
broadside: are you for or against texas' annexation
abolitionist tract: how to conquer texas
henry clay campaign ribbon
after the fact

11. The Mexican Point of View
somervell urges invasion
o se hace la guerra en tejas, o se pierde la nacion.
general woll threatens to renew hostilities
general don adrian woll
arbitration of the umpires
a proclamation by president anson jones

12. The Slavery Question
picking cotton in texas
anti-slavery pamphlet
slave manifest
slave manifest (reverse)
plantation rules
black woman with child

13. The State of Texas
draft of joint resolution
texas vote ratifying annexation
texas state constitution of 1845
alamo in 1849
alamo in the early 1850s

14. The First State Administration
j. pinckney henderson
kaufman speech against the wilmot proviso
thomas j. rusk
sam houston

15. The Mexican War Begins
howard morris's letter home
gen. zachary taylor
china bowl, gen. taylor in mexico
battle of buena vista

16. The Mexican War Ends
antonio lopez de santa anna
santa anna's snuff box
assaulting chapultepec
antonio lopez de santa anna

17. One Peace, More Wars
treaty of guadalupe-hidalgo
decordova map, 1849
apache indians
maj. & mrs. r. s. neighbors
neighbors' oath as indian agent
john robert baylor

18. Land is Power--I
the old land office building
houston county map showing pre-emption grants
railroad land scrip
pecos river railroad bridge
texas capitol burning, 1881
capitol lands certificate

19. Land is Power--II
mitchell county railroad reservations map
j hall, university of texas
santa rita oil well
chisos mountains, big bend national park

20. Domestic Tranquillity?
decordova map, 1851 [detail]
daniel webster
webster’s letter to governor bell
tidelands broadside
sovereignty and ownership in the marginal sea

21. Tejanos in 1845
antonio garcia land claim
george w. smyth
personal memoirs of john seguin
juan seguin

22. Germans & Alsatians
fisher-miller contract
karl, prince of solms-braunfels
a fachwerk house
henri castro
castro broadside to colonists
castro's list of colonists

23. Life Outdoors, 1845
bigfoot wallace's buckskin jacket
meerschaum pipe
hay hook
m. b. lamar's double-barrel shotgun

24. Life Indoors, 1845
texas rose cross quilt
grinding mill
margaret houston's workbox
patent medicines: laxative salts of fruit
second grade reader
child's shoe & boot
diary of mary adams maverick