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Map of the Western & Middle Portions of North America
An 1845 map of the Pacific coastline starting slightly west of present-day Alaska and extending to Mexico, including Oregon, California,and regions north to the Arctic. It shows cities and some towns, and selected rivers, mountains, and other features. This map is meant to accompany a history of Oregon, California, and other west-coast territories.
Date:
1845
Creator:
Greenhow, Robert, 1800-1854. & Ringgold, George H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Map of the State of Texas from the Most Recent Authorities.
Atlas map of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and other geological features. An inset map of the Texas Panhandle, titled "Texas North of Red River," is included in the lower-left corner, showing the Texas boarder meeting the Arkansas River. Includes notes on the terrain and explorers of Texas. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Speech of Mr. Barrow, of Louisiana, on the resolutions from the House of Representatives, for the admission of Texas as a new state into the Union. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 19, 1845.
None
Date:
1845
Creator:
Barrow, Alexander, 1801-1846
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Political map of the United States, Texas, Mexico and the British Provinces: adapted to Woodbridges Geography.
This map shows the United States, the Republic of Texas, and Mexico as well as some of the surrounding areas. Each of the U.S. states and territories, Texas, and Mexico are outlined in various colors. Towns, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures). There are three insets: District of Columbia (lower left corner); Michigan, Wisconsin & Iowa (lower right corner); and Map of Railways & Canals in the Middle States (upper right corner). There is a key at the bottom of the page that gives "References & Explanations."
Date:
1845
Creator:
Atwood, John M., b. ca. 1818
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Document regarding the founding of Castroville]
Document regarding the founding of Castroville on the banks of the Medina in the province of San Antonio de Bexar. Gives potential emigrants information about price of passage, cost of farm animals in Texas, and lists items emigrating families should bring with them, including kitchen utensils, farming implements, seeds and other items.
Date:
1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Clipping
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Courrier du Haut-Rhin. 4ne Année, No. 65, August 7, 1845
Newsletter dated August 7, 1845 discussing the political implications of Texas joining the United States. Articles are presented in both French and German. Also included is a letter signed by Henri Castro regarding unsigned and blank contracts, dated July 31, 1845 in Neufreystaedt, and a time table for travel from the Grand Duchy of Baden.
Date:
August 7, 1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note from Ferdinand Louis Huth to William Elliot, March 20, 1845]
Note from [Ferdinand] Louis Huth to William Elliot requesting he pay G. Antonio Navarro $22.18 3/4 for freight of goods, to be charged to the account of Mr. Castro. Signed Louis Huth on March 20, 1845 in Castroville.
Date:
March 20, 1845
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two documents requesting payment, May 3, 1845 and May 3, 1846]
Document stating that 1000 francs must be paid within ten days of receipt. Payment deadline extended until February 15, 1847. Dated May 3, 1845 in Castroville and April 10, 1846 in Neufreystaedt. Reverse side is a document stating that payment in full must be made. Dated May 3, 1846 from Neufreystaedt.
Date:
1845-05-03/1846-05-03
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two documents regarding finances, May 3, 1845 and May 3, 1846]
Document stating that payment of 2000 francs is due within fifteen days. Payment deadline extended to February 15, 1847. Dated May 3, 1845 from Castroville and April 10, 1846 from Neufreystaedt. Reverse side is a document regarding finances. Dated May 3, 1846 in Neufreystaedt.
Date:
1845-05-03/1846-05-03
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Note from R. J. Higginbotham requesting that Mr. Huth pay John Hartman, June 24, 1845]
Note from R. J. Higginbotham requesting that Mr. Huth pay John Hartman $8.50 for lumber. Signed R. J. Higginbotham on June 24, 1845.
Date:
June 24, 1845
Creator:
Higginbotham, R. J.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ledger sheets showing transactions relating to the colonization of Castroville, December 1845 to February 1846]
Ledger sheets showing transactions relating to the colonization of Castroville. Dated December 1845 through February 1846.
Date:
1845/1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Voting results tally sheet, October 13, 1845]
Negative image of a tally sheet with columns indicating name of voter, constitution adopted, constitution rejected, for annexation, against annexation, for colonization ordinance and against colonization ordinance. Signed Louis Huth and others on October 13, 1845.
Date:
October 13, 1845
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Jesuit sermon, 1845]
Jesuit sermon delivered in 1845 in Munich.
Date:
1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nordamerikanische Freistaaten nach den besten Quellen.
Map shows western territories and by Indian tribe: Mandan, Ozark, Osage, Sioux, and of Oregon [without its northwest corner]; separate entity of Texas without its panhandle and with its southern boundary as the [unlabeled] Nueces River. Includes index to free and slave states and territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:12,500,000].
Date:
1845
Creator:
Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz, 1788-1874
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Amérique Septentrionale.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, cities, and political boundaries in North America. Twelve national flags are also shown [Republic of Texas is included]. Inset: "District de St. Thomas." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:23,394,000].
Date:
1845
Creator:
Vandermaelen, Philippe, 1795-1869
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Western Hemisphere.
Map shows major cities in North and South America, dates and names for some geographic discoveries (particularly Cape Franklin on northern Alaskan coast), Alaska as "Russian Possessions," modern-day Canada as "British Possessions," political divisions in South America, "West India Islands," Polynesia, "New Zeeland", and areas of Native American habitation in North and South America. Relief shown pictorially and by spot height. Scale not given.
Date:
[1845..1865]
Creator:
Wyld, James, 1812-1887
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas from the most recent authorities.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Texas roads, towns, rivers, surveyed areas, and administrative boundaries. Inset: "Texas North of Red River." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,358,080].
Date:
1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
West India Islands.
Map shows the tip of Florida and the Caribbean islands from Cuba and the Bahamas to Trinidad and the Leeward and Windward Islands. Includes key to European possessions and independent territories [British, French, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, and Swedish]. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date:
[1845..1846]
Creator:
Gellatly, John ca. 1802-1859
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas from the most recent authorities.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century surveyed areas and administrative boundaries during time period, roads, rivers, and towns in Texas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,358,080].
Date:
1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis Huth, December, 1845]
Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] regarding a fire and damage caused. Signed by Huth possibly in December 1845.
Date:
December 1845
Creator:
Huth, Ludwig
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letters from Ferdinand Louis Huth to H. Addiks and Henri Castro, March 27, 1845]
Letter from [Ferdinand Louis Huth] to [Sh] [B] H. Addiks regarding a "sorrowful and punishable scene" that took place in his house, written in English. Also, beginning of letter from [Huth] to Castro. Page 215 of letter book. Continuation of letter from [Ferdinand Louis Huth] to H[enri] Castro explaining that he is ill and has no time to convalesce because of his duties. In this letter he discusses the rising price of corn, dissent among some of the colonists, his lack of appropriate housing, a theft, the murder of a colonist name Wolf, his relationship with his father and distribution of land, among other topics. Pages 215 (verso), 216, 217, 218, 219, and 220 (recto) of letter book.
Date:
March 27, 1845
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ferdinand Louis Huth Henri Castro, April 12, 1845]
Letter from [Ferdinand Louis Huth] to H[enri] Castro in which he says that he is enclosing letters from colonists and discussing the crops. Page 220, verso, of letter book.
Date:
April 12, 1845
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pages 221 and 212 of letter book]
Page 221 of letter book on which is written several financial notes and the start of a letter, possibly to Castro, regarding the annexation of Texas. Page 222, recto, of letter book on which is written a continuation of a letter to Castro and several financial notes.
Date:
1845
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ferdinand Louis Huth to his father, Ludwig Huth, May 3, 1845]
Letter from [Ferdinand Louis Huth] to his father, L[udwig] Huth about the situation with Castro, his financial difficulty, the legal action he took against two colonists and his realization that if he had been able to foresee the unpleasant sides of his job he would not have taken it on for $10 a day. Pages 222, verso, and 223 of letter book.
Date:
May 3, 1845
Creator:
Huth, Louis
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History