Yes but that reference is coded $w nnaa - pre-AACR2 reference not valid 
for use in an AACR2 catalog.

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On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Whitsitt, Kathleen S wrote:

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> OCLC# 00051329, ?1101_ Texas. ?bNavy, has an earlier ?410 Texas (Republic). ?bNavy.  I don?t know why ?151 Texas doesn?t have
> one.  I think a lot of Texas Universities and special libraries might find it useful, as they now probably have to
> use local headings to distinguish materials authored by the Republic of Texas.
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> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Pat Fowler wrote:
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> > I feel like I should know the answer to this question since I catalog at the Texas State Library and Archives
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> > Commission, but I am at a loss.??? We are cataloging a number of documents which originated during the Republic of
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> > Texas years (1836-1845).??? That means there are documents published by the state of Texas and also documents
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> > published by the Republic of Texas.??? The geographic authority heading for Texas includes this tag:
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> > 667 Includes old catalog headings: Texas (Province); Texas (Republic)
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> > Please excuse my ignorance, but does that mean there once was a heading Texas (Republic) but it is no longer
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> > What we are trying to establish is a heading for the Texas Department of State (not the current one for the state
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> > Texas) but one for the Republic of Texas.??? I see one document in OCLC with this heading:
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> > Texas. ?b(Republic) Dept. of State.
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> > And there are others:
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> > Texas. (Republic) Congress.
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> > Texas (Republic). ?bCongress. ?bHouse.
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> > Texas (Republic). ?bCongress. ?bSenate.
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> > Texas (Republic). ?bWar Dept.
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> > There are headings for the Provisional government as well, but that is different from the Republic government.
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> > My question is:??? How do we differentiate between the Republic and the State?
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> > The Department of State for the ?state? and the Department of State for the ?republic????? etc.
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> > Thank you for your help.
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