Empty the tanks to put more weight on the sub. The way we get the water out is close out the introduce High Pressure air and it blows out of the bottom. The submarine is two hulls. Between the two hulls are tanks that you flood or deflood to give you that balance affect. Visitors that come to our park and check out the cavalla, i hope they walk away with a sense of sacrifice these men make everyday. They are still out there today serving our country, but the conditions they face is something that most people have never seen or experienced. More on the history of galveston now with a visit to the Rosenberg Library museum. Announcer our collecting policy is collecting anything related to galveston from its founding in the 1830s to the present, as well as documents relating to the history of the early republic of texas up to the civil war. Most of our patrons come in looking for genealogy information. Galveston was a port of entry for immigrants. So so there is a lot of genealogist coming here looking for information on their ancestors. The first thing i want to show you is our oldest map in the collection, a map done by Jean Baptiste benard de la harpe in 1721. It is the earliest known rendering of galveston harbor and bay. The reason i wanted to show it is a lot of historians were unaware that this was a drawing of galveston and the harbor. They thought it was done of another bay. So, they have not acknowledged it as a drawing of galveston, but it is the earliest known rendering of the island, the harbor, and the natural bay. Some of the other items we are going to look at today are documents from the collections of some of the founders of galveston. Again, they are the earliest collections we have here in the history center. Well head out to the reading room and take a look at the documents out there. The city began in 1837 after q a texas won after texas won its independence from mexico. Since galveston was already a major port, they wanted to start a city here. So a group of men were entrusted with the task of setting up basically a city on the island. The next document is actually from the james morgan papers. It was also an early founder of galveston. It actually lists the original stockholders of the galveston city company. Here you can see mckinney and williams, who actually were in Partnership Together and had their own business. Mckinney and williams were actually businessman, and they were cotton traders. And they really wanted to establish themselves as the primary route for Cotton Growers in texas to transport their cotton out of the republic of texas. They pretty much wanted to have, be the primary transporters of that. So, they are businessman, merchants, primarily. The next letter we are going to look at is a letter written from Andrew Jackson to sam houston. Andrew jackson at this point is in retirement at the hermitage in tennessee. And sam houston is president of texas. Its written in january 1844. Sam houston knew Andrew Jackson from his time back east. He had served under Andrew Jackson in the military. He was involved in politics in tennessee. And so, he and Andrew Jacksons knew each other from before houston time in texas. Circumstances pushed houston to texas. He became involved in the efforts here to gain independence, and the push for annexation and joining the United States. That issue had gone back and forth between prior president of texas and u. S. President s. Both sides at one point or another refusing. There were issues going on, annexing a state that accepted slavery was an issue. Great britain getting involved. Sparing the United States to an spurring the United States to annex texas. In 1884 it became a major issue any gets revisited. So, Andrew Jackson writes to his friend sam houston basically saying that it would really benefit the future prosperity of texas and the United States for this to happen. He ends the letter saying, god bless you. Is the prayer of your friend, Andrew Jackson. The 1900 storm for galveston is a major event in the islands history. Theres been a lot written about it and said about it, but it lingers today. So, it is still very much a part of galvestonians history and lives today. This letter is a recent acquisition, and its from francis lister, who was a railroad agent. It is written to his two sons. Dear boys. It is a letter basically describing what happened to him and his family during the storm. It goes into great detail about the water rising and the wind picking up and what happened to them through the night of september 8. Its basically letting the boys know they are ok. He had already sent them telegraphs, but i guess he wanted to go into detail and let them know what happened. It is very poignant. The detail is very descriptive and really gives you a good idea of the horrors these people suffered. Just to give you an idea of how horrible the night was we can read about the water rising and houses being moved off their foundations, but mr. Lister in his letter writes that he needed to send his wife and daughter off the island because he was afraid of the disease, and he was afraid of an epidemic. He writes, will send mama and emma to palestine. The town will be visited by an epidemic. They are so terribly shocked that they must be taken away from here. That gives you idea of the trauma so may suffer during a hurricane. Host the Rosenberg Library is unique in that it has not only in archive and of the collection but also a museum. We have approximately 8000 objects in the collection, including artwork, textiles, weaponry, glass, all sorts of wonderful things. Well, recently, the smithsonian portrait gallery had an exhibit on the war of 1812 and borrowed this wonderful portrait of jeane la feete who had a base in galveston after the war of 1812. He came here about 1815. Relations between la fete and the u. S. Government soured. He and his brother pierre were hired on as informants for spain, which at the time, mexico was trying to gain independence from spain. Really unique piece. A local family was building a 24th and 25thn street on broadway. When they tore down the old and were laying the foundation for the new one, they number of a rolled up. Inting as possibleook this jean lafete painting. The piece was donated to the library. However, it was really just led to earlyhat folks to believe that this was jean lafete. But it really caught fire, much like all the history with lafete. Lot of mythology disentanglecult to from fact. A few experts have taken a look and concludedit that its most likely not lafete, for a number of reasons, including the costume that hes wearing. If you notice, the hat looks more in thengs 1600s rather than the 1800s. Undershirt,ck of an early 19thl for an century proper portrait. Also notice the way hes holding the dagger. Be a draw out, from which the dagger would be facing down. Man. Is a very foreboding hes going to stab you in the back or when youre not looking. Some folks have speculated that fancifuljust be a victorian interpretation of lafete or it might be the who came toooth, galveston a few times. Ties in withect the revolutionary period in galveston and texas history. These are a pair of due