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[Announcement of a Land Claim by Pedro de Villarreal] (open access)

[Announcement of a Land Claim by Pedro de Villarreal]

Message signed by José Lázaro Báez Benavides and Tomás García Davila saying that Pedro de Villarreal claims land that was given to him in partial payment of a debt.
Date: 1817-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Binder's Collection: R. S. Harrington]

Bound compilation of sheet music compiled by R.S. Harrington. The collection consists of music for dances, ballads, and minstrel songs, notably juxtaposing songs with related titles, (Young Folks at Home and Old Folks at Home; Are We Almost There? and We Are Almost There). Most selections were published in Boston or New York. This item contains racial slurs and stereotyping.
Date: 1817/1859
Creator: Harrington, R. S.
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Chart of the world on Mercator's projection.

Map shows six continents, Australia as "New Holland," the "Russian Empire," "Chinese Tartary," major cities, dates and names for geographic discoveries, and areas of Native American habitation in North America. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: [1817..1837]
Creator: Wyld, James, 1790-1836
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between José María Tovar and Tomás García Davila] (open access)

[Correspondence between José María Tovar and Tomás García Davila]

Two documents or correspondence between José María Tovar and Tomás García Davila. Tovar asks for the punishment of Rafael López de Aropeza for the attack on Gabriel Tovar. García's response follows on the last two pages, and is signed by numerous individuals at the bottom.
Date: {1817-04~,1817-05~}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Santos Pérez de Dayton and Tomás García Davila] (open access)

[Correspondence between Santos Pérez de Dayton and Tomás García Davila]

Four documents of correspondence between Santos Pérez de Dayton and Tomás García Davila. de Dayton asks for justice against Vicente Rivero, who mistreated him; the following messages say the case has been heard, and a decision handed down. After each break in the correspondence there are signatures from numerous individuals acknowledging the previous message.
Date: {1817-08-26..1817-11-04}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence between Tomás García and Juan José Llanos] (open access)

[Correspondence between Tomás García and Juan José Llanos]

Two documents with correspondence between Tomás García Davila and Juan José Llanos. García calls for witnesses to appear, and orders are given for them to appear for the inquiry.
Date: 1817-04~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Viceroy de Apodaca] (open access)

[Decree from Viceroy de Apodaca]

Decree from Viceroy de Apodaca exhorting all authorities to be on the lookout for suspicious or criminal characters. The viceroy also calls for nocturnal rights, etc.
Date: 1817-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Documents for a Case between Gabriel de Tovar and Rafael López de Oropeza] (open access)

[Documents for a Case between Gabriel de Tovar and Rafael López de Oropeza]

Request from Gabriel de Tovar to José María García asking for justice over a physical assault done to him by Rafael López de Oropeza. The document includes testimonies, and signatures, from witnesses; according to the document the inquiry needed to be suspended several times due to emotions running high.
Date: {1817-04-09..1817-04-22}
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ganymede with the Eagle

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Total from front center
Date: 1817
Creator: Thorvaldsen, Bertel
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Ganymede with the Eagle

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
center detail with Ganymede and eagle
Date: 1817
Creator: Thorvaldsen, Bertel
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Lakes of Mexico.

Map shows late eighteenth or very early nineteenth century geography and settlements in or near "Lake Tezcuco" [Lake Texcoco], "Lake Chalco," and smaller bodies of water in the Valley of Mexico. No scale indicated. This map, engraved by Alexander Lawson, appeared in the book 'The History Of Mexico. Collected From Spanish And Mexican Historians' by Francesco Saverio Clavijero.
Date: 1817
Creator: Lawson, A.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Abel P. Upshur to his cousin, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, January 22, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Abel P. Upshur to his cousin, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, January 22, 1817]

Letter from Abel Parker Upshur to his cousin, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written from Richmond where he practiced law.
Date: January 22, 1817
Creator: Upshur, Abel Parker
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle and his wife Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, June 26, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle and his wife Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, June 26, 1817]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell of Glasgow, the first part of the letter is to Littleton D. Teackle, and it appears to be a copy written by a clerk as there is another letter in his hand with the same date with much of the same content written in the hand of Andrew D. Campbell. The second part of the letter is to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, and Campbell announces his wedding to J. Maria Dunlop.
Date: June 26, 1817
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle, June 26, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle, June 26, 1817]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell of Glasgow, written to Littleton D. Teackle. .
Date: June 26, 1817
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, December 17, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, December 17, 1817]

Letter from Ann Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle.
Date: December 17, 1817
Creator: Eyre, Ann Upshur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, November 1, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, November 1, 1817]

Letter from Ann Eyre to her sister, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle.
Date: November 1, 1817
Creator: Eyre, Ann Upshur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her aunt, Ann Upshur Eyre, August 19, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her aunt, Ann Upshur Eyre, August 19, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, to her Aunt Ann Upshur Eyre with a postscript from her mother, Elizabeth Upshur Teackle.
Date: August 19, 1817
Creator: Quinby, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her father, Littleton Dennis Teackle, February 8, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her father, Littleton Dennis Teackle, February 8, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle to her father, Littleton Dennis Teackle, written in French from her boarding school in Philadelphia.
Date: February 8, 1817
Creator: Quinby, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, April 14, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, April 14, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter was away attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. In this letter she shares that she has received letters from the newly wedded Upshur's in Richmond, her cousin Abel P. Upshur and Elizabeth Dennis Upshur. She is feeling the loss of their company. The towns folk of Princess Anne are trying to throw Littleton Dennis Teackle off the board of the local bank. She encloses a poem she wrote about the Prussian campaign in Russia of 1812, which she read about in a book by Sir Robert Ker Porter.
Date: April 14, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, April 21, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, April 21, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter was away attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia.
Date: April 21, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, April 27, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, April 27, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter was away attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. She shares that her father returned home the previous afternoon, and that she's been missing them both very much. Her Aunt Sarah Teackle Bancker will be visiting them in Princess Anne soon, and Elizabeth's father will come get her in about six weeks to bring her home. She talks about a visit from Thomas Wilkinson, the son of Gen. Wilkinson, and says he's very good-looking and dressed like he's in the "meddlesome" navy.
Date: April 27, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, February 25, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, February 25, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, written while her daughter attended Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia. She tells her about the upcoming wedding of Abel P. Upshur and Elizabeth Dennis, and describes her bridal outfit in great detail. She talks about giving her small chamber bookcase, and says her father will arrange to have her harp moved home.
Date: February 25, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 6, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 6, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, to her daughter Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she was attending Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia.
Date: January 6, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 24, 1817] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, January 24, 1817]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle, while she attended Madam Grelaud's French School in Philadelphia.
Date: January 24, 1817
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History