[Texiana] Group of 4 Items Related to Early Texas, Including a Report of the Reception of Texas's Declaration of Independence, ca. 1836-64

1. Dover Enquirer. Dover, New Hampshire, Tuesday Morning, April 12, 1836. Printed newspaper. Folio. 4 pp. Creasing from old folds, small separations along same; scattered soiling; old ownership signature at top of front page.

On the second page is reported the reception of Texas's Declaration of Independence of March 2, 1836, followed by a complete printing of Lt. Col. Commandant William Bryant Travis's famed and passionate letter from the last stand at the Alamo, to Sam Houston, requesting aid in the face of advancing Mexican forces, and ending with his send off, "Victory or Death!"

2. The New York Herald. New York, Sunday Morning, September 1, 1845. Printed newspaper. Folio. 4 pp. Toning along edges, scattered wear along same.

With a front-page printing of an engraved map of Texas showing the disputed land areas with Mexico, and followed by articles reporting on General Zachary Taylor's forces there.

3. Printed Senate Report. May 17, 1852. Single sheet, 8 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (222 x 143 mm). Disbound.

United States Senate report No. 221, denying compensation for Texas Ranger Col. John Coffee Hays (1817-83), for his service in the Mexican-American War.

4. Printed Resolution of the State of Texas. Texas, House of Representatives, May 4, 1864. Single sheet, 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (241 x 159 mm). Signed in type by Secretary of State R.J. Townes. Scattered spotting; toning along edges; circular ink stamp at top.

A joint resolution issued by the Texas legislature during the Civil War, reaffirming their secessionist stance and their faith in the Confederate government: "That now that our presumptuous enemy treads our soil, in heavy numbers and menacing attitude, we bid him a proud and scornful defiance...we pledge to our sister States that in this struggle our authorities and our people will evince a patriotism and endurance as great as the occasion and as prolonged as the conflict...we here record our full confidence in the patriotism and ability of President Davis...we would not exchange him for any citizen of the Confederacy, as the pilot to carry us through the present stormy struggle for liberty, as a people, and for independence as a nation."

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

[Texiana] Group of 4 Items Related to Early Texas, Including a Report of the Reception of Texas's Declaration of Independence, ca. 1836-64