## LAND TITLES IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS

An Abstract of the Original Titles of Record in the General Land Office. This is one of the fundamental sources of information on the settlement of Texas, mostly for the period ending with 1835, and there is also a section "Frontier Settlers Eas of Austin's Colonies, during the years 1835 and 1836." Printed in Houston, 1838.

Streeter 270

One of nine located copies.

## DAVID BURNET TO THE SENATORS OF THE REPUBLIC

Address of the Honorable David G. Burnet, to the Senate, on taking his seat as President of That Body. Burnet asks if "a cunning and mischievous spirit of speculation has gone abroad in the land; has infected even our halls of legislation, and has grossly perverted the judgements, if not corrupted the hearts of some, who have occupied the high places of the nation?"

Streeter 304

One of six located copies.

## SAM HOUSTON ON INFLATION

Message from the President of the Republic. May 12th, 1838. To the House of Representatives, giving his reasons for not signing the bill entitled "An Act to Define and Limit the Issue of Promissory Notes." Houston gives a lucid and well-reasoned message on the evils resulting from currency inflation. Printed in Houston in 1838.

Streeter 289

One of five located copies.

## YELLOW FEVER IN GALVESTON, 1839

Ashbel Smith: An Account of the Yellow Fever which appeared in the City of Galveston, Republic of Texas, in the Autumn of 1839, with Cases and Dissections. A famous description of the sickness which filled Galveston at the time and of the measures taken to combat it. Printed in Houston in 1839.

Streeter 334

One of fifteen located copies.

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## "THE TEXAN DOMESDAY BOOK"

Abstract of Land Certificates, Reported as Genuine and Legal, by the Travelling Commissioners Appointed under the "Act to Detect Fraudulent Land Certificates." This book contains lists of over twenty thousand Texas landowners, with Harris County shown to be the most heavily populated. Printed in Austin in 1841.

Streeter 453

One of eight located copies.

## THE PRESIDENT OF TEXAS TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO

Address of His Excellency Mirabeau B. Lamar, to the Citizens of Santa Fe. This famous document was issued by Lamar in hope that the citizens of New Mexico would throw their lot in with the Republic of Texas. The Santa Fe Expe- dition was sent out by Lamar to forward this project. The address was printed in the "Austin City Gazette Office" in 1841.

Streeter 480

One of six located copies.

## THE QUESTION OF MEXICAN POLICY TOWARD TEXAS

Federation and Texas . . . By the Editors of the "Voice of the People" in which three courses are said to be open to Mexico as regards Texas: One is to recognize its independence; another to recognize its annexation to the United States; and the last to admit Texas as a department of Mexico with unusual privi- leges of self rule. Printed in Mexico in 1845.

Streeter 1026

One of six located copies, none in a Texas library.

## MEXICO PLANS A NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST TEXAS

Reglamento del Estado Mayor del Ejercito que debe operar sobre Texas. This plan, which was formed by General Alcorta, had as its aim the re-organizing of the Mexican Army with a view to reconquest of Texas. Printed in Mexico City in 1844.

Streeter 1002

One of five located copies.

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