TEXAS NAVY HISTORY ARTICLES
Note: Most articles below are in date order where possible

Timeline History of the Texas Navy Papers advocating sending Texas Navy to sea
Texas Navy article from Texas State Library Treaty between Great Britan and Texas, Nov. 16, 1840
The Navies of Texas A Prize - Mexican Schooner captured by Comm. Moore
Commodore Hawkins - First Texas Navy Texas Navy Officers, Late 1840
Commodore Thompson - First Texas Navy Schooner San Antonio has taken three Mexican vessels
Commodore Moore - Second Navy Last running steamship Neptune arrived Galveston
Ships of the First and Second Texas Navy Commodore Moore's Map of Matagorda Bay - 1841
Ships of the Current Texas Navy Notice to Mariners, Oct 4, 1841
Uniforms and Ranks of the Texas Navy Rev. William Youel Allen - Reminiscences
Texas Navy Bibliography Niles National Register, Oct. 15, 1842
Historiographical Survey of the Texas Navy Niles National Register, Oct. 15, 1842
1836 Personal Letter The Battle of Campeche
BURGEES of the Texas Navies Commodore Moore answers charges of piracy
FLAGS of the Texas Navies Niles Weekly Register: July 8, 1843: Yucatan:
Cruise Journal - Sloop of War Austin Letter from F. T. Wells, Aug. 3, 1843
Texas Navy Ship Paintings by Fred Tolor Letter to Anson Jones, Oct. 25, 1843
19th Century Nautical Glossar0y Commodore Moore and the Battle of Campeche
Re: Death of the Pirate, Jean Lafitte St. Louis Isle or Texiana - Observations
Court Docket - Battle of Velasco - June 29, 1832 Establish Court Martial: Post Captain E.W. Moore
Battle of Velasco, Sept. 2, 1835 - Belated Recognition Picture of Commodore Edwin W. Moore
S. D. Sharp, "The Blacksmith of Brazos" Resolution to Settle Certain Accounts, Feb. 2, 1848
Conspiracy of Santa Anna to Excape Memorial of the Officers of the Late Texas Navy, Jan. 1850
Patent: Improvement in Colt Firearms, Feb. 25, 1836 Patent: Improvement in Repeating Firearms, Sept 3, 1850
Houston's report on the Battle of San Jacinto Colt's Patient Repeating Pistols - Sept. 10, 1850
Galveston Bay, July 21, 1836 Mystery of the Texas Navy
Present Condition of the Navy, Oct 4, 1836 Secret Journals of the Ninth Congress, Feb. 16, 1852
List of Vessels, Nov. 17, 1836 Law Incorporating Texas Navy Officers to U.S. Navy
Thomas Chubb, Mariner 31st Congress Report: Repeating Pistols by Samuel Colt
Models of the 1st Texas Navy Ships Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 1
The Brutus and the Invincible Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 2
Commodore Charles E. Hawkins dies, Feb. 13, 1837 Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 3
U.S. Ship Boston, cruising off ports of Texas Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 4
List of Texas Navy Officers - May 4, 1837 Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 5
Capture and Recapture: Schooner Louisiana Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 6
Cozumel, Texas (log of Schooner of War Brutus) Sam Houston's Speech, July 15, 1854 - pg 7
Arrival of the Tom Toby at Galveston, July 8, 1837 Anson Jones Letter to Commodore Tod, Apr. 28, 1857
The Brutus and Invincible arrive Galveston, Aug. 25, 1837 Houston's Speech delivered in U.S. Senate, Feb 28, 1859
Tom Toby, Forgotten Texas Privateer An Act Granting Pension to Emma M. Moore
Hurricane hits Galveston, vessels damaged or destroyed Report: Investigation concerning rank of James G. Tod
The last vessel of the old navy, the Brutus, was lost Resolution: Retain Rank of James G. Tod in US Navy
The Texas Navy's "Long Tom"
Phoenixiana: Lieutenant William G. Oliver
Republic of Texas Currency (1837) The Texas Navy 1936 Centennial Plate
Texas Government - 1838 Grave Marker - Commodore Edwin Ward Moore
1838 Claim for Services: F. M. Gibson as Captain of Marines Historical Marker ~ Albert Moses Levy, A Jewish Doctor
The Pelicano Documents Texas Navy Museum on Battleship Texas Sought
Army and Navy Chronicle ~ Jan, 9, 1839 Two Texas Navies Performed Mighty Feats
From Texas, April 11, 1839 Adm. Robinson Praises Work of Texas Navy
Purchase of arms for use of the Texas Navy, Apr 29, 1839 Daily Facts Reviewed - Sept. 3, 1954
From the Louisianian, May 15, 1839 Texian Navy Day, Sept. 3, 1955 & Sept 16, 1995
Army and Navy Chronicle ~ July 4, 1839 Tiny Navy - Big Celebration
Army and Navy Chronicle ~ Aug, 22, 1839 Brazoria Co. Tour Planned
Patent: Improvement in Colt Firearms, Aug. 29, 1839 Texian Navy Day Celebration, August 1956
Army and Navy Chronicle ~ Dec. 12, 1839 Texas Navy Reactivated by Gov. Daniels, Apr. 28, 1958
Acknowledge Texas Independence by June 1st or war Texas Navy Day Scheduled at Old Velasco
Francis C. Sheridan, of the diplomatic service Brazosport Facts, Sept. 3, 1958 ~ Navy Day Observed
All our navy has sailed for New Orleans, July 14, 1840 Navy Members Gather to Commemorate History, Apr 1989
Schooner of War San Jacinto arrived at Galveston

Local seafarers had active role in Texas Navy

Masonry in Texas - Sept. 24, 1840

Texas did have a Navy, and still does

 

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