Title:
Texas Legation (U.S.) correspondence
Description:
The Texas legation in Washington, D.C., headed by a Minister Plenipotentiary, conducted diplomacy between the Republic of Texas and the United States. Records of the legation document that diplomatic business, consisting of correspondence (272 items) and an index, dating 1835-1839, 1841, 1843-1845, and undated, bulk 1836-1839. Subjects include U.S. recognition of Texas independence, proposals for annexation of Texas to the U.S., boundary issues, Native Americans, the slave trade, relations with Mexico (including the repudiated public and secret Treaties of Velasco), the Texas Navy, financial arrangements for loans, bonds, queries regarding land claims, emigration plans, news of relatives supposedly in Texas, etc. The repudiated public and secret Treaties of Velasco have been digitized and are part of the Texas Digital Archive.
Collection:
Texas Legation (U.S.) correspondence
Creator:
Texas.Legation (U.S.)
Date of creation:
1841
Date range of creation:
1835 to 1839,
Date range of creation:
1843 to 1845
Date range of creation:
undated
Date range of creation:
bulk 1836 to 1839
Geographic coverage:
Texas
Geographic coverage:
Mexico
Geographic coverage:
United States
Subject:
Archer, Branch Tanner, 1790-1856
Subject:
Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
Subject:
Catlett, Fairfax
Subject:
Chambers, Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1865
Subject:
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Subject:
Gray, William Fairfax, 1787-1841
Subject:
Henderson, James Pinckney, 1808-1858
Subject:
Hockley, George Washington, 1802-1854
Subject:
Hunt, Memucan, 1807-1856
Subject:
Irion, Robert A. (Robert Anderson), 1804-1861
Subject:
Jones, Anson, 1798-1858
Subject:
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Subject:
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, 1779-1851
Subject:
Toby, Thomas
Subject:
Treat, James, 1792-1840
Subject:
Triplett, Robert, 1794-1853
Subject:
Wharton, William H. (William Harris), 1802-1839
Subject:
Williams, Samuel May, 1795-1858
Subject:
Annexation to the United States
Subject:
Boundaries
Subject:
Diplomatic and consular service
Subject:
Emigration and immigration
Subject:
Foreign relations
Subject:
Slavery
Subject:
Texas (Republic)
Subject:
Texas (Republic). Department of State
Subject:
Texas. Navy
Subject:
Treaties
Type:
Correspondence
Citation information:
(Identify the item), Texas Legation (U.S.) correspondence. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Arrangement:
These records were at some point sewn into a book format and given page numbers by someone unknown, in roughly chronological order. The documents are listed in this inventory in more precisely chronological order, with the page numbers indicated. At the end are 15 unnumbered but related items, also in chronological order, plus an alphabetical index.
Copyright information:
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Access restrictions:
Size or duration:
4.75 cubic ft.
TARO URL:
https://txarchives.org/tslac/finding_aids/30130.html