Resource Type

A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 21, 1945] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, June 21, 1945]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the weather, past travels, Mickey's job, and briefly mentioning his own.
Date: June 21, 1945
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Frances Yerkes, April 11, 1950?]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes and Phil Kafka to Cornelia's mother discussing various outings they had had with different friends in New York. Envelope is included.
Date: 1950-04-11?
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes & Kafka, Phillip Eric
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950] (open access)

[Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to Frances Yerkes, April 12, 1950]

Letter from Cornelia Yerkes to her mother discussing recent travels. Envelope is included.
Date: April 12, 1950
Creator: Kafka, Cornelia V. Yerkes
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History