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Historical Articles by date published where possible

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Phoenixiana: Lieutenant William G Oliver - No Date
Two Texas Navies Performed Mighty Feats - No Date (Recent)
Adm Robinson Praises Work of Texas Navy - No Date (Recent)
Texas did have a Navy and still does - No Date (Recent)
Brazoria Co Tour Planned - No Date (Recent)
Battle of Velasco-Belated Recognition - September 2, 1835
SD Sharp: The Blacksmith of Brazos - October 31, 1835
Hartwell Walker Personal Letter - Jan 7, 1836
Patent: Improvement in Colt Fire Arms - February 25, 1836
Conspiracy of Santa Anna to escape - July 13, 1836
Galveston Bay - July 21, 1836
Commodore Charles E Hawkins Dies - February 13, 1837
Capture and Recapture of Schooner Louisianna - April 24, 1837
List of Texas Navy Officers May 4, 1837
Cozumel, Texas-Log of Schooner of War Brutus - June 10, 1837 to August 29, 1837
Arrival of the Tom Toby at Galveston - July 8, 1837
The Brutus and The Invincible Arrive in Galveston - August 25, 1837
Hurricane hits Galveston: Vessels Damaged or Destroyed - October 5, 1837
Texas Government - 1838
Francis C Sheridan of the diplomatic service - 1839 to 1840
1838 Claim for Services Gibson Captain of Marines - March 15, 1839
Army Navy Chronicle - August 22, 1839
Brig of War Brazos-Army and Navy Chronicle - November 18, 1839
Army Navy Chronicle - December 12, 1839
View of Galveston City and Bay - 1840
Acknowledge Texas Independence by June 1st or War - June 18, 1840
Schooner of War San Jacinto Arrived in Galveston - September 15, 1840
A Prize Mexican Schooner Captured by Commodore Moore - November 24, 1840
Texas Navy Officers - December 23, 1840
Schooner San Antonio has taken Three Mexican Vessels - December 26, 1840
Commodore Moore's Map of Matagorda - 1841
Last Running Steamship Neptune arrived in Galveston - Jan 23, 1841
Notices to Mariners - Jun 9 and Oct 4, 1841
The Texian Squadron - Oct 15, 1842
Battle_of_Campeche - April 30, 1843 to May 20th 1843
Cruise Journal from Sloop of War Austin - April 10, 1843 to August 7, 1843
Death of LaFitte - May, 1843
Commodore Moore answers charges of piracy - June 3, 1843
Niles Weekly Register: Yucatan - July 8, 1843
Letter from F T Wells - Aug 3, 1843
Letter to Anson Jones - October 25, 1843
Establishment of Tribunal for Trial of Post Captain E W Moore - February 5, 1844
Treaty between Great Britain and Texas June 12, 1844
A Survey of three Texas Navy Vessels 1846 - July 11, 1846
St Louis Isle, or Texiana Observations - 1847
Commodore Moore and the Battle of Campeche - 1847
Law Incorporating Texas Navy Officers to the US Navy - May 2, 1850
Patent: Improvement in Repeating Firearms September 3, 1850
Running a French Blockade (Pretending to be the Brazos) - 1851
31st Congress Report on Repeating Pistols by Samuel Colt - January 30, 1851
Sam Houston Speech - July 15, 1854
Anson Jones Letter to Commodore Tod - April 28, 1857
Resolution to Retain Rank of James G Tod in USNavy - 1871
Lt Edwin Fairfax Gray of the Texas Navy - March 1 1876
Rev William Youel Allen Reminiscences - March 29, 1878
The Last Vessel of the Old Navy-The Brutus-was lost - 1883
Thomas Chubb, Mariner - 1904
Daily Facts Reviewed - September 3, 1954
Texian Navy Day Proclamations - July 15, 1955 and September 16, 1995
Texas Navy Day Scheduled at Old Velasco - September 2, 1955
Texas Navy Museum on Battleship Texas Sought - Oct 9, 1955
Texian Navy Day Celebration - August 25, 1956
Texas Navy Reactivated by Gov Daniels - April 28, 1958
Brazosport Facts: Navy Day Observed - September 3, 1958
The Texas Navy's Long Tom - February 1983
Navy Members Gather to Commemorate History - April 26, 1989
Local Seafarers had active role in Texas Navy - April 12, 2009