Texas Navy Association Historical Article Bibliography Basic Histories of the Texas Navy
Borden, G. & T. H., Rules, Regulations, and Instructions for the Douglas, Claude L, Thunder on the Gulf, or, The Story of the Texas Naval Service of the Republic of Texas, Columbia, 1837 Navy, Turner Company, 1936; reprint, Old Army Press, 1973, 128p. Cussler, Clive, The Sea Hunters, P.63-75, Simon & Schuster, New York, New York, Eller, E. M., Introduction, The Texas Navy, Naval History Division, 1996, 364p. Department of the Navy, Washington, D.C., 1968, 40p. Dawson, Frederick, Petition of Frederick Dawson, James Schott, and Elisha Fischer, Ernest G., Robert Potter, Founder of the Texas Navy, Peli- Dana Whitney, Praying Payment for Certain Vessels, Etc., can Publishing Furnished Texas and Company, Gretna, Louisiana, 1976, 258p. Given Up by Texas to the U.S. on the Annexation of Texas, Senate, 30th Congress, Francaviglia, Richard V., From Sail to Steam, Four Centuries of first session, Misc. No. 27, Washington Government Printing Texas Maritime Office, 1848, 6p. History 1500-1900, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1998, 324p. Devereaux, Linda Ericson, The Texas Navy, Ericson Books, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1983 Guthrie, Keith, Texas Forgotten Ports, 3 volumes, Carnegie Insti- tution, Dienst, Dr. Alexander, The Navy of the Republic of Texas, 1835- Washington, D.C., 1923, 1926, vol. 3, Eaton Press, Austin, 1845 , privately Texas, 1993, 291p. published, Temple, Texas, Quarterly of the Texas State His- torical Association Hill, Jim Dan, The Texas Navy, in Forgotten Battles and Shirt- (January-April 1909), 165-203p.; reprint, Old Army Press, sleeve Diplomacy, Fort Collins, University of Chicago Press, 1937; reprint, State House Press, Colorado, 1987 Austin, Texas, 1987, 224p. Koury, Michael J., Arms for Texas, A Study of the Weapons of the Circular Number 32, Republic of Texas, Texas Memorial Museum, Austin, Texas, November 1943, 7p. Illustrations by Joseph Hefter, The Old Army Press, Fort Col- lins, Colorado, 1973, 89p. Barnard, T., Together with his Controversy with General Sam Meed, Douglas V., The Fighting Texas Navy, Republic of Texas Houston, President of the Press, 2001, 250p. Republic of Texas, Washington, 1847, 32p.
Moore, Commodore Edwin W., T.N., To The People of Texas, An Barnard, T., Proclamation of President Sam Houston; Veto of Appeal: In Vindication President Anson Jones, of his Conduct of the Navy, 1843, Eugene C. Barker Library, 1847, Washington, D.C. The University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 204p. Congressional Library, Documents Relative to the Dismissal of Robinson, Admiral Samuel Murray, USN, retired, A Brief History Post-Captain Edwin Ward of the Texas Navies, Moore from the Texian Navy consisting of E. W. Moore in Sons of the Republic of Texas, Houston, Texas, 1961, 29p. 1843; the Argument of the Hon. Thomas Johnson, Judge-Advocate; Memorial to the Shearer, Ernest C., Robert Potter: Remarkable North Carolinian Officers of the Late and Texan, 1951, Texas Navy to the Congress of the United States, Washing- University of Houston Press, Houston, Texas ton, D.C.: [n. pub.], 1850
Shelton, Bob, and Al Luckenbach, Uniform Buttons of the Repub- Congressional Library, Journals of the House of Representatives, lic of Texas, Henington Appendixes, Publishing, Wolfe City, Texas, 1986, 86p. Washington, Texas, 1843-1845
Wells, Commander Tom Henderson, USN, retired, Commodore Daniel, James M., The Ships of the Texas Navy: A List Compiled Moore & The Texas by James M. Daniel, Navy, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1960, second San Jacinto Museum of History Association, 1948, 4p. printing 1988, 218p. Dienst, Dr. Alexander, Tennison’s Journal (as a Midshipman and Lieutenant, T.N.), Dr. Texas Navy Manuscripts, Collections and Pamphlets Alexander Dienst Collection, University of Texas Library, Austin, Texas Adair, A. Garland, “Navy Buttons of the Lone Star State; Texas’ Naval History”, Fuller, George W., “Sketch of the Texas Navy”, Southwestern His- HOBBIES, LI (July 1946), 28-29p. torical Quarterly, 1909
Adair, A. Garland, The Navy of the Republic of Texas, Information Moore, Commodore Edwin W., T.N., A Brief Synopsis of the Do- ings of the Texas Navy, Navy Purchasing Agent), Under The Command of Commodore E. W. Moore; Together Galveston, Texas With His Controversy with General Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Rosenberg Library, Samuel May Williams Papers, Galveston, Texas, Washington, D.C., Texas T. Barnard, 1847, 32p. Rosenberg Library, Texas Navy and Battle of Galveston: Bibliogra- Moore, Commodore Edwin W., T.N., Documents relative to the phy, 1971, Galveston, Dismissal of Post-Captain Texas, 17p. Edwin W. Moore from the Texas Navy, Washington, D.C., 1843, 29p. Rosenberg Library, Unpublished MSS. Collection, Galveston, Texas Moore, Commodore Edwin W., T.N., Reply to the Pamphlet, by Commanders Buchanan, Texas State Archives, A Brief Synopsis of the Doings of the Texas Dupont, & Magruder. Of the United States Navy, Addressed Navy, Under to the House of Command of Commodore E. W. Moore; Account Book of the Representatives, in Relation to the Officers of the Late Texas Austin, 1841-1843, Navy, Washington, Texas State Library, Austin, Texas D.C. ?, 1850, 23p. Texas State Archives, E. W. Moore, Miscellaneous File, Texas State Naval Records and Library, Archives Section, Navy Department, Library, Austin, Washington, D.C. Texas
Neu, C. T., “The Case of the Brig Pocket”, Quarterly of the Texas Texas State Archives, Journals of the House of Representatives, State Historical Republic of Texas, Association 12, (April 1909), 276-295pp. Printed as were the Journals of the Senate, 1837-1845
Pratt, Willis W., ed., Galveston Island or A Few Months Off the Texas State Archives, Navy Papers, Texas State Library, Austin, Coast of Texas: The Texas Journal of Francis Sheridan, 1839-1840, The University of Texas Press, Austin, Walke, Alfred, T.N., Midshipman’s Journal of Midshipmen, Texas Texas, 1954 State Library, Austin, Texas
Orlebeke, Carolyn McWhirter, The Love Affair between the Daugh- Wharton, Clarence R., Wharton Collection, Houston, Texas ters of the Republic (Clarence R. Wharton’s private collection of old Newspapers, of Texas and the Texian Navy: The End of a Myth, 18p., 1996 rare books, Rosenberg Library, John Grant Tod Papers (74-0018), (Texas transcriptions from original materials elsewhere and Unpub- lished MSS) Texas, 1992
General Texas Histories with Texas Navy References Malsch, Brownson, Indianola: The Mother of Western Texas, State House Press, Austin, Author unknown, Texas in 1837, University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas, 1988, 351p. Texas, second paperback printing, 1988, 232p. Malone, Sam, Printer, Biographical Directory of the Texan Con- ventions and Congresses, Barker, Eugene C., Mexico and Texas, 1821-1835, 1928, Dallas, 1832-1845, Book Exchange, Austin, Texas 1941, Sesquicen- Texas, 397-403p., 460p. tennial Re-print Edition, S. Malone Printer, San Augustine, Texas, Sons of the Repub- Fehrenbach, T. R., Lone Star, A History of Texas and the Texans, lic of Texas, 1986, 198p. American Legacy Press, New York, New York, 1983, 760p. Oates, Stephen B., General Editor, The Republic of Texas, The American West Magazine Filisola, General Vincente, Memoirs for the History of the War in and the Texas State Historical Association, 1968, 80p. Texas, (1848 translation by Wallace Woolsey, Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, Richardson, Rupert N., Texas, The Lone Star State, second edition, 1985 Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1958, 460p. Fluth, Alice F., Indianola, Early Gateway to Texas, M.A. Theses, St. Mary’s University, Smither, Harriet, Archivist, Texas State Library, Editor, Journals 1939 of the Fourth Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1839-1840, To Which Are Ford, John Salmon “Rip”, Rip Ford’s Texas, University of Texas Added the Relief Press, second Laws, volume 1, The Senate Journal, Von Boeckmann-Jones paperback printing, Austin, Texas, 1990, 519p. Co., Printers, Austin, Texas Henson, Margaret Swett, Samuel May Williams, Early Texas En- trepreneur, first edition, Texas State Library, Compiled Index to Elected and Appointed Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas, 1976 Officials of the Republic of Texas: 1835-1846”, 1981, Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas, 155p. Kennedy, William, Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Tijerina, Andres, Tejanos & Texas Under the Mexican Flag, 1821- Republic of Texas, 1836, 1994, Texas 2 volumes, London, England, R. Hastings, 1841 A&M Press, College Station, Texas Lack, Paul D., The Texas Revolutionary Experience, Texas A&M Press, College Station, Weems, John Edward and Jane, Dream of Empire, Barnes & Noble, New York, New Zavala, a Steam Warship York, 1995, 363p. of the Republic of Texas”, Proceedings from the Conference on Historical and Winkler, Ernest W., Editor, Secret Journals of the Senate, Repub- Underwater Archaeology edited by Toni L. Carrell, Tucson, lic of Texas, Arizona, 1900, 1836-1845, Austin Printing Company, 1911 105-109pp.
Yoakum, H. K., History of Texas, 1685-1846, 2 volumes, New York, Adams, Ephriam Douglass, ed., “British Correspondence Concern- New York, 1856 ing Texas”, 15, Texas Historical Quarterly, 1911, 201p.
Texas Navy Artwork Carter, Robert Foster, “The Texan Navy”, U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings 59, Fields, F. T., Texas Sketchbook, A Collection of Historical Stories No. 365, 1935, 1032-1038p. From the Humble Clopper, A. M., “The Clopper Correspondence, 1834-1838”, Texas Way, revised edition, illustrations by E. M. “Buck” Schiwetz, Historical Humble Oil & Association Quarterly, 1910, 128p. Refining Company, 1962, 104p. Cox, C. C., “Reminiscences of C. C. Cox, I”, Texas Historical Asso- Gracy, Davis B. II and Jean Carefoot, Ships of the Texas Navy, A ciation Quarterly, Limited Edition October 1902, 128p. Portfolio of Fine Prints, (500 copies), illustrations Fred Toler, Presidial Press, Denham, James M., “Charles E. Hawkins: Sailor of Three Repub- Austin, Texas, 1978, 9 prints lics”, Gulf Coast Historical Review, 5, number 2 (Spring 1990), 91-103pp. Hefter, Joseph, The Navy of the Republic of Texas, (6 Plates of Denham, James M., “New Orleans, Maritime Commerce, and the Uniforms), Old Army Texas War for Press, Fort Collins, Colorado, 1974 Independence, 1836”, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, January 1994, 97p. Marshall, Bruce, Uniforms of the Republic of Texas, And The Men Who Wore Them, Dienst, Dr. Alexander, “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, Part I”, 1836-1846, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., Atglen, Pennsylvania, Quarterly of the 1999, 83p. Texas State Historical Association, 12, (1908-January 1909), 165p. Magazine Articles on the Texas Navy Dienst, Dr. Alexander, “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, Part II”, Quarterly of the Arnold, J. Barto III and Wayne Gromquist, “The Survey for the Texas State Historical Association, 12 (April 1909), 249p. Dienst, Dr. Alexander, “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, Part McKinney, Bobby J., “Excavated Military Relics of the Texas Revo- III”, Quarterly of lution and the the Texas State Historical Association, 13, July 1909, 1-?p. Republic of Texas, 1836-1846”, Military Collector & Histo- rian, Volume 51, Dienst, Dr. Alexander, “The Navy of the Republic of Texas, Part Number 3, Fall 1999 IV”, Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, October 1909, 1-?p. Moore, MGen Marc A., USMC, retired, “Marines of the Texas Re- public”, Marine Ellenberger, Matthew, “Illuminating the Lesser Lights: Notes on Corps Gazette, August 1978, 28-34p. the Life of Albert Clinton Horton”, Southwestern Historical Quarterly,______Neu, C. T., “The Case of the Brig Pocket”, 12, Texas Historical As- 1984, 354p. sociation Quarterly, April 1909, 276p. Fuller, George F., “Sketch of the Texas Navy”, Southwestern His- Nichols, Ruth G., “Samuel May Williams”, 56, Southwestern His- torical Quarterly, VII, torical Quarterly, October 1952 January 1904, 223-234p. Scott, Bess, “Texians on the High Seas”, Texas Highways Maga- zine, February, 1983, Harris, George F., “History of the Texas Navy”, Southwestern His- 14-19p. torical Quarterly, LXIII, April 1960, 572-579p. Schultz, Charles R., (Book Review) “Ships of the Texas Navy” (by Fred Toler, David B. Haugh, George F., Editor, “History of the Texas Navy”, Southwest- Gracy II and Jean Carefoot), 83, Southwestern Historical ern Historical Quarterly, 1979, 311-313p. Quarterly, LXIII, April 1960. 572-579p. Steen, Ralph W., “Analysis of the Work of the General Council of Texas, 1835-1836”, Haugh, George F., “The Texas Navy at New York”, 64?, Southwest- 42, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, July 1938, 28p. ern Historical Quarterly, January 1961, 377p. Sullivan, David M., “The Republic of Texas Marine Corps”, Royal Marines Historical Hutton, Margaret, “The Houston-Fisher Controversy”, Southwest- Society, Volume XXII, No. 1, Summer 1997 ern Historical Quarterly, Vol. LXXVI, July, 1972, 38-57p. Sullivan, David M., “The Republic of Texas Marine Corps”, Mili- tary Collector & Jordan, Jonathan W., “Lone Star Republic’s Navy”, Autumn 1999, Historian, Vol. XLVII, No. 1, Spring 1996, Washington, D.C., The Quarterly 26-31p. Journal of the Military History, pp. 28-37 Vazquez, Josefina Zoraida, “The Texas Question in Mexican Poli- Children’s Novels on the Texas Navy tics, 1836-1845”, 89, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, ______1985, 309p. Townsend, Tom, Fair Wind to Glory, first edition, Eakin Press, Austin, Texas, 1994, 155p. Wilson, James E., “Notes on Commercial Relations Between New Orleans and Texas Reynolds, Patrick M., Texas Lore – Rent-a-Navy, (cartoon), The Ports, 1838-1839”, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 34 Dallas Morning (October 1930), 91-105p. News, January 2, 1994 (Also listed in newspaper section above.) Winston, James E., “New Orleans and the Texas Revolution”, Louisiana Historical Texas Navy Novels Quarterly, 10, July 1927, 317-354pp. Roark, Garland, Star in the Rigging: A Novel of the Texas Navy, Winston, James E., “Notes on Commercial Relations Between New Doubleday & Company, Orleans and Texas Garden City, New York, 1954, 345p. Ports, 1838-1839”, Southwestern Historical Quarterly, 34, October 1930, 91-105pp. Maps and Charts
Winston, Robert Watson, “Robert Potter: Tar Heel and Texas Dare The Coast of Texas, London: Hydrographic Office, the Admiralty, Devil”, South 20 August 1844. Atlantic Quarterly, 29 (1930), 140-143p. (photostat), Eugene C. Baker Library, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas
Old Texas School Text Books Contours of Discovery. Printed Maps Delineating the Texas and Southwestern Chapters Barker, Eugene C., Charles S. Potts, Charles Ramsdell, A School in Cartographic History of North America, 1513-1930, The History of Texas, Texas State Historical Row, Peterson & Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1912, 384p., Association in cooperation with the Center for Studies in 179-180p. Texas History, University of Texas at Austin, 22 maps (17” X 27”), Text and Title, same Pennybacker, Mrs. Anna J. Hardwicke, A New History of Texas for name as above, Schools, Also for Austin, Texas 1981, 68 pp. General Reading and for Teachers Preparing Themselves for Examination, revised edition, Copyright 1825 by Anna J. Pennybacker, Publisher Newspaper Articles on the Texas Navy Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, Austin, Texas, 410p., 172-173p. Allen, Winnie, “Texas Navy: Two Youths in that Service have Left Us a Thrilling Tale of Stirring Scenes at Sea”, unnamed newspaper, March 13, 1927 Biffle, Kent, “History buffs stand up for Sam Houston”, The Dallas Morning News, Ashby, Lynn, “Texas Navy cheer”, The Houston Post, January 1, February 20, 2000 1975 Biffle, Kent, “President’s good looks can deceive”, The Dallas Ashby, Lynn, “Campeche crisis”, The Houston Post, May 16, 1975 Morning News, February 27, 2000 Ashby, Lynn, “Sailing to victory”, The Houston Post, May 17, 1975 Biffle, Kent, “’Marque’ let sailors vent greed in gulf”, The Dallas Morning News, Ashby, Lynn, “Ahoy, podnuh!”, The Houston Post, August 9, 1978 April 4, 1999
Ashby, Lynn, “Dastardly deed foiled by conscience”, The Houston Biffle, Kent, “Opium was on Houston’s grocery list”, The Dallas Post, August 10, 1978 Morning News, September 12, 1999 Ashby, Lynn, “Is the Zavala really buried there?”, The Houston Post, November 21, 1986 Biffle, Kent, “Texas Navy savored only fleeting fame”, The Dallas Morning News, Ashby, Lynn, “Ships that pass in history’s night”, The Houston February 21, 1999 Post, January 23, 1987 Caulfield, Tom, “Reading for Fun – Sam Houston Is ‘Villain’ in Barnette, Mic, “Texas Navy docks in Galveston”, The Houston This Texas Navy Book” Chronicle, September 17, (Book Review on the paperback printing of Commodore 1994 Moore and the Texas Navy by Commander Tom Henderson Wells, USN, retired), Bell, T. E., “The Texas Navy”, The Houston Chronicle Magazine, newspaper unknown, May 11, 1986, p. 8-13 circa 1988 Biffle, Kent, “Texas Marine tale is filled with surprises”, The Dallas Olafson, Steve, “Cannon identified as only relic left from Texas Morning News, Navy”, The Houston February 16, 1997 Post, March 21, 1982 Biffle, Kent, “Texas Republic troops got fine fighting duds”, The Dallas Morning News, Pryzant, Connie, “On the Button” (book by Bob Shelton and Al January 31, 1999 Luckenbach), The Dallas Morning News, June 30, 1986 Biffle, Kent, “Historian finds Sam Houston less than heroic”, The Dallas Morning News, Reynolds, Patrick M., “Texas Lore – Rent-a-Navy”, (cartoon), The January 16, 2000 Dallas Morning News, January 2, 1994
Szilagyi, Pete, “Warship excavation planned in Galveston – Texas Navy vessel lies beneath parking lot”, Austin American-Statesman, October 5, 1988
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