Map shows mid-nineteenth century Kentucky and Tennessee roads, railroads, counties, township grid, canals, "slackwater navigation," swamps, cities, and towns. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,800,000].

Map of Texas, Compiled from Surveys on Record in the General Land Office of the Republic of Texas. Relief shown by hachures. Shows Crosstimbers and roads. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1839, by J.H. Colton, in the Clerks Office of the Southern District of New York." Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Inset: Map of the Rio Grande and the country west to the Pacific. From the Virginia Garrett Cartographic Collections.

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Copy of land grant to George H. Bringhurst for one-third of a league of land in Harris County and about 28 miles northwest of Houston; granted by President Anson Jones

Front cover of a letter compiled by a Democratic Convention committee.

28th Congress, 2nd Session, Senate Doc.

Government document concerning the annexation of Texas; 29th Congress, 1st session, [1846]; At head: "Doc. No. 2. [Documents accompanying the President's message at the commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth Congress.]"

Court summons for Alanson Ferguson to appear for Samuel K McIlhaney vs. Alanson Ferguson case

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Ludwick, G. (died 1845) and A. Gouhenaut (Executor or Guardian)

Travis County election returns and ballots dating from April 1845 to August 1845.

Contract for an advance from the Adelsverein to Friedrich Schafer, dated October 2, 1845. I states that the Adelsverein paid Schafer 81 Gulden, and outlines Schafer's responsibilities to the Adelsverein in return.

Immigration contract between the Adelsverein and Johann Christoph Schumann, dated October 6, 1845.

Pamphlet from Texana Collection

Receipt for $3.00 for payment on account.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century political divisions, major cities, mining activity, areas of Native American habitation; Washington, Oregon, Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Utah, "Arizona Territory," and "Indian Territory." Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Copy of transcript for a letter from J. Howard to Guy Bryant in which Howard, on behalf of the Galveston Lyceum, proposes to commemorate the birth day of Stephen F. Austin in the calender. Howard appeals to Bryant for additional information about Austin that are not included in histories of the country.

Copy of transcript for meeting minutes of an Indignation Meeting, attended by a large number of citizens of Nacogdoches County. A committee is appointed from those in attendance to draft resolutions regarding negotiations of statehood with the United States and relations with Mexico.

Map shows major cities and towns, state and territorial boundaries, and major roads for the Eastern United States from the Atlantic coast west to the Rio Grande and Rocky Mountains; areas of Indian habitation; Missouri Territory; pre-state boundaries for Iowa. Includes explanation, text notes, charts, and illustrations. Insets: "North part of Maine," "Vicinity of New York," "Vicinity of Philadelphia," "Vicinity of Boston," "Vicinity of Baltimore," "Vicinity of New Orleans," "Vicinity of Mobile," "Vicinity of Cincinnati," "Vicinity of St. Louis," "South part of Florida," "Vicinity of Charleston," "Vicinity of Pittsburgh," "Vicinity of Chicago," "Vicinity of Detroit," "Vicinity of Washington," "The Chief Rivers," "The World," and "Principal Mountains." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,991,000].

Map shows western half of Lake Superior with mineral claims identified in various areas, particularly the Keweenaw Peninsula. Titled inset: "Camp Gray, October 1st 1814, near Talcott Harbor." Untitled inset: [Lake Superior]. Scale [ca. 1:380,000].

Map shows exploratory routes taken across Kansas, northern New Mexico, and southern Colorado; settlements, locations and dates for camps, and areas of Native American habitation; Santa Fé Trail. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:2,000,269].

Letter from Elizabeth Moore to Charles B. Moore and Henry S. Moore. She wrote them to inform them of what was happening locally in regards to health, finances, and correspondence and to find out when Charles and Henry would be returning.

Letter from James A. Stewart to Charles B. Moore regarding the death of Moore's grandfather, Stewart's business plans to start a mill, and the outcome local court case.

Photograph of a group of costumed men and women posing for a portrait. Four women stand behind two men and a woman sitting in chairs decorated with spirals. Two more men recline on the ground in the foreground. The men are wearing dark clothes with fringe and frills. The people are identified on the reverse side of the photo.

Receipt of payment for slaves from William Murrell to the estate of Samuel Blair.

Land grant made out to Marshall B. McKeever.