West Point, Ga. May 13, 1865. Partially-printed document, completed in manuscript, docketed on verso. Old folds, minor loss at one crossfold, some archival reinforcements along fold lines, minor creasing and edge wear. A late Oath of Allegiance sworn by Private William M. Lewis, Company F of the 8th Confederate Texas..... More

Mexico City: July 16, 1836. Broadside, 12.25 x 8.5 inches. One light fold down middle, minor loss to lower corners. A rare broadside that promulgates a decree from the Mexican federal government, ordering that foreign goods be allowed into the port of Matamoros in order to supply the army in..... More

Victoria de Durango: January 19, 1836. Broadside, 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Contemporary manuscript rubrics. Very minor dust soiling. The Durango bando printing of this rare Mexican decree, in which the acting President orders that the Mexican government commandeer half the income of the states to prosecute the war against Texas..... More

Mexico City: 1823. 24pp., plus seven leaves of tables (one folding). Small quarto. Modern, gilt morocco. Minor wear to edges and spine ends. Loss in the upper right corner of the title page and first text leaf, not affecting text, and a few scattered, short closed tears. Moderate, even tanning;..... More

Mexico City: April 7, 1843. Small broadsheet, approximately 8.5 x 6 inches. Old vertical fold. Minor dampstain at top edge. Scarce broadsheet decree promulgated on April 7, 1843, in which Santa Anna orders an increase in import tariffs to fund military operations during a rebellion in the Yucatan and renewed..... More

Mexico City: May 20, 1836. Broadside, approximately 12 x 8.25 inches. Light wear, including a couple of small chips at edges. Minor wrinkling and toning at left edge. Contemporary manuscript annotations and docketing. A rare and significant Mexican broadside decree, dated May 20, 1836, promulgated by the Secretary of War..... More

Mexico City: January 9, 1836. Broadside, 11.5 x 8.25 inches. Old fold lines, minor creasing. An exceedingly rare Mexican decree concerned with financing the Mexican Army during the early months of the Texas Revolution. Essentially, the decree called for slashing the budgets of other departments (or states) within the Mexican..... More

Los Reyes, Michoacan, Mexico: September 18, 1836. [2]pp., plus manuscript docketing. Folded. Minor loss where previously sealed, otherwise light tanning and dust soiling. This letter between Mexican business colleagues attends firstly to financial matters, before turning to the state of affairs in Texas and cursing the United States for recognizing..... More

Fort Worth: W.W. Dexter, 1890. 8pp. Newspaper folio, uncut, folding out to approximately 45 x 30 inches. Previously folded, with small loss at centerpoint of folds and minor wear along fold lines. A few nicks along edges, light toning and dust soiling. Contemporary ink stamps on first leaf recto. One..... More

[San Antonio]: Jules A. Appler, [1940]. Large sheet map, 41.5 x 29.25 inches. Printed in black, green, and red. Old folds, some slight splitting at folds. Minor wear and soiling. A scarce, large-format map of San Antonio, Texas, capturing the city at the beginning of its World War II boom..... More

Sioux City: 1878. Broadsheet, 6.25 x 5 inches. Minor soiling, lightly toned. Trimmed unevenly along bottom edge. Broadsheet advertising the land services of Daniel H. Talbot, a speculator and land agent based in Sioux City, Iowa. "Having but recently made a visit to the state, and with the aid of..... More

San Antonio, Tx. Incarnate Word, 1934. [4]pp. Folio. Previously folded, with some separation at fore-edge from central horizontal fold. Chipping at edges, affecting some text at corners and fore-edge. Browned, and a somewhat brittle. A scarce diatribe against the secular Mexican government, issued by Leopoldo Ruiz, the Archbishop of Morelia..... More

Charleston, S.C. William C. Duke's & Co., August 6, 1836. [1]p. of text, with integral address leaf, addressed to Edward Broughton, Esq. of Fulton, South Carolina, docketed on address leaf. Original mailing folds, small marginal chip from removal of wax seal, minor toning, some spotting. Five-line contemporary manuscript note in..... More