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Texas Boundary Treaty Ratification, 1838
Proclamation Ratifying the Boundary Convention Between the United States and the Republic of Texas, 1838. Courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

On April 25, 1838, the United States, represented by John Forsythe, and the Republic of Texas, represented by Memucan Hunt, agreed to a treaty establishing the boundary between Texas and Louisiana along the Sabine River. More...

Texas Heritage Online

Texas Heritage Online provides unified online access to Texas' historical documents and images for use by teachers, students, historians, genealogists, and other researchers.

You can search for specific items or browse to help narrow down your interest. You can learn about the Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative, a cooperative project to identify, describe, digitize, preserve, and make broadly accessible special collections of history and culture held by libraries, archives, museums, historical societies, and other institutions in Texas.

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