Flag of the Texas Navy rare-original-maps-and-documentsIf Santa Anna's forces had controlled the Gulf of Mexico and completely blockaded the Texas coast, it is very unlikely that the move for independence in Texas would have been successful. In November of 1835, the General Council formed the Texas Navy, purchasing the first ships: the Independence, Brutus, Liberty and Invincible. Evidently, these ships flew both the Alamo flag and a new design created by Charles Hawkins, who was later appointed as the
After joining the United States as the 28th state
This iconic map of Texas features a stunning hand tinted intricate border that was a unique style of the New York map maker A
Emory's rare map
” is the appointment of Walter Lyall as the British Consul to “The State of Texas and for the Territory of New Mexico to reside at Galveston” which was the commercial capital for the American Southwest
first president of the Republic of Texas
with Texas forming the Republic of Texas and Coahuila joining with Nuevo Leon
Every six months the owner of this bond would clip off one of the coupons and present it to a bank teller and receive $25 in gold coins
By this appointment
and they are marked on this detailed map
This rare German language map was strongly patterned after Emory's 1844 definitive map of the Republic of Texas drawn for the United States Government
Portraits of founding fathers George Washington and Benjamin Franklin are included as well as a United States flag shield and an Excelsior seal (the New York coat of arms)
One of their earliest actions was defending their neighbor's homes
