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7. The Republic of Texas (1836-1845)
Barker, Nancy Nichols, ed. The French Legation in Texas. Vol. 1: Recognition, Rupture, and Reconciliation; Vol. 2: Mission Miscarried. Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1971-1973. (Documents relating to the diplomatic relations between France and the Republic of Texas between 1838 and 1846, the majority authored by Alphonse Dubois de Saligny, French chargé d'affaires to the Republic. Index [which is in Vol. 2) shows that the documents deal with other aspects of Texas history during the era of the Republic, as well as French-Texan diplomacy.) RGC: F 390 .B335 1971-
Barry, James Buckner. Buck Barry: Texas Ranger and Frontiersman. Edited by James K. Greer. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1984. CYP: F 391 .B28
Bollaert, William. William Bollaert's Texas. Edited by W. Eugene Hollon and Ruth Lapham Butler. (The American Exploration and Travel Series.) Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956. (Texas during the time of the Republic. Good picture of social life in Texas just prior to annexation.) NRG: F 390 .B682 1956
Dubois de Saligny, Alphonse. Alphonse in Austin: Being Excerpts from the Official Letters Written to the French Foreign Ministry, with Diverse Notes Concerning the Pig War. Selected and translated by Katherine Hart. Austin: Encino Press, 1972. NRG, RGC: F 390 .D82 (Both copies are one-day reserve items. Ask at Circulation Desk.)
Duval, John C. The Adventures of Big Foot Wallace, the Texas Ranger and Hunter. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1966 ("Well-written account of a fascinating Texas Ranger and hero." Collaborative effort between Wallace and Duval, who were close friends. "The work contains dramatizations and some downright fiction." Account of Mier Expedition generally reliable.) NRG, RGC: F 390 .W25 1966
Gray, William F. From Virginia to Texas, 1835: Diary of Wm. F. Gray, Giving Details of His Journey to Texas and Return in 1835-1836 and Second Journey to Texas in 1837. Houston, Tex.: Fletcher Young, 1965. (Gray attended the Convention at Washington-on-the Brazos in March 1836. Interesting characterizations of leading Texans of the era.) CYP: F 390 .G77.
Hardin, Stephen L., comp. Lone Star: The Republic of Texas, 1836-1846. Carlisle, MA: Discovery Enterprises, Ltd., 1998. (Excerpts from eyewitness accounts written by persons who lived in Texas during the period. Includes writings by political leaders, soldiers, pioneer women, slaves, etc.) CYP, NRG, RGC, RVS
Houstoun, Matilda. Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, or Yachting in the New World. Austin, Tex.: W. Thomas Taylor Book Publishers, 1991. (Written by a wealthy Englishwoman who visited Texas in 1842 in her husband's private yacht. Only saw Galveston-Houston area. Pictures Texas as a land of promise and Texans as a much maligned people. Observations on social life in the Republic, on traveling conditions, climate, slavery, etc.) RVS: F 390 .H88 1991
Jones, Anson. Memoranda and Official Correspondence Relating to the Republic of Texas, its History and Annexation. New York: Arno Press, 1973. NRG, PIN, RGC: F 390 .J76 1973. (Other copies, with different publishers and publication dates are also at NRG and RGC.)
McCutchan, Joseph D. Mier Expedition Diary: A Texas Prisoner's Account. Edited by Joseph Milton Nance. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1978. RVS: F 390 .M123
Muir, Andrew Forest, ed. Texas in 1837: An Anonymous, Contemporary Narrative. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1986. (Has been called "the best description of the Republic during its first year . . . that has come to light.") RVS: F 390 .T375 1986
Riddell, John Riddell. A Long Ride in Texas: The Explorations of John Leonard Riddell. Edited by James O. Breeden. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1994. (Diary of a physician, geologist, and botanist who traveled in the Texas Hill Country in 1839. Describes not only the geology of the area but also tells "of lost treasure, Indian warfare, colorful personalities, and plotting and scheming." Also includes an article by Riddell on the geology of Texas.) RGC: F 392 .T47 L66 1994
Sheppard, Lorna Geer. An Editor's View of Early Texas: Texas in the Days of the Republic as Depicted in The Northern Standard. Austin, Tex.: Eakin Press, 1998. (Hybrid source: Author has compiled and commented upon many excerpts from the newspaper [published in Clarksville on the Red River in northeastern Texas]. They were written by editor Charles DeMorse. Chapters on different subjects, including Native Americans, agriculture, immigrants, law and order, rivers of Texas, inner workings of the Republic, love and marriage, relations with Mexico, and annexation to the United States.) EVC: F 390 .S494 1998
Texas. Constitutional Convention, 1845. Journals of the Convention, Assembled at the City of Austin on the Fourth of July, 1845, for the Purpose of Framing a Constitution for the State of Texas. Austin: Shoal Creek Publishers, 1974. (Facsimile reproduction of the 1845 edition.) NRG: K 4825 1845 .A25
[See also: Texas in the Nineteenth Century (Sources covering more than one time period category in this century)]