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The United States of Mexico.

Map shows borders, cities, and geography of early nineteenth century Mexican states. Inset: "Guatemala or the United Provinces of Central America." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:12,672,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Burr, David H., 1803-1875
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America.

Map shows Russian Possessions [Alaska], the United States extending north along the Pacific as "N. Caledonia" [into modern British Columbia], Mexico inclusive of Texas and extending north to the 42 degree line of latitude; areas of Indian habitation, major cities, "Guatimala," and the West Indies. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:40,550,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Davenport, Bishop, 1800-1855.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lay's map of the United States [Sheet 1].

Map county boundaries, major cities and towns, major roads, expeditionary routes, military outposts, canals, military bounty lands, and Native American villages. Inset: "Florida, continued on a scale reduced one half." Includes legend, historical notes, and statistical tables. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Throop, Orramel Hinckley, b. 1798
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lay's map of the United States [Sheet 2].

Map county boundaries, major cities and towns, major roads, expeditionary routes, military outposts, canals, military bounty lands, and Native American villages. Includes historical notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Throop, Orramel Hinckley, b. 1798
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lay's map of the United States [Sheet 3].

Map county boundaries, major cities and towns, major roads, expeditionary routes, military outposts, canals, military bounty lands, and Native American villages. Includes historical notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Throop, Orramel Hinckley, b. 1798
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lay's map of the United States [Sheet 4].

Map county boundaries, major cities and towns, major roads, expeditionary routes, military outposts, canals, military bounty lands, and Native American villages. Includes historical notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Throop, Orramel Hinckley, b. 1798
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lay's map of the United States [Sheet 5].

Map county boundaries, major cities and towns, major roads, expeditionary routes, military outposts, canals, military bounty lands, and Native American villages. Includes historical notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Throop, Orramel Hinckley, b. 1798
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lay's map of the United States [Sheet 6].

Map county boundaries, major cities and towns, major roads, expeditionary routes, military outposts, canals, military bounty lands, and Native American villages. Includes historical notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,000,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Throop, Orramel Hinckley, b. 1798
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Record of payment] (open access)

[Record of payment]

Record of payment for Michael Reed for four hundred twenty-five dollars to Holmes and Adams.
Date: October 23, 1832
Creator: Holmes and Adams
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bill of sale from A Smith (open access)

Bill of sale from A Smith

Bill of sale for a girl around 3 years old named Laura, sold as a slave to Michael Reed by Arthur Smith and signed January 23. 1832.
Date: January 23, 1832
Creator: Smith, Arthur
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Record of payment] (open access)

[Record of payment]

Record of payment for Michael Reed.
Date: March 5, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jesse Thompson versus Olivia Graves] (open access)

[Jesse Thompson versus Olivia Graves]

Jesse Thompson versus Olivia (?) Graves, 10 January 1832.
Date: January 10, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama constructed from the latest authorities.

Map shows early nineteenth century Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama counties or parishes, swamps, roads, cities, towns, areas of Native American habitation, and notable physical features. Includes "statistical table." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,800,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Map shows major cities and towns, names of mountain peaks and volcanoes, areas of Native American habitation, and internal political boundaries; Coahuila and Texas distinct Mexican states; British Belize. Inset: "Mexico, shewing [sic.] its connection with the ports of Acapulco, Vera Cruz, & Tampico; on double the scale of the map." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:6,758,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Constitutional Advocate and Texas Public Advertiser. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1832 (open access)

The Constitutional Advocate and Texas Public Advertiser. (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 5, 1832

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 5, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Map shows major cities and towns, names of mountain peaks and volcanoes, areas of Native American habitation, and internal political boundaries; Coahuila and Texas distinct Mexican states; British Belize. Inset: "Mexico, shewing [sic.] its connection with the ports of Acapulco, Vera Cruz, & Tampico; on double the scale of the map." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:6,758,000].
Date: 1832
Creator: Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from George Antonio Nixon, January 9, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from George Antonio Nixon, January 9, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from George Antonio Nixon to Stephen F. Austin, in which Nixon informs Austin that he obtained permission to allow A. C. Bucknear to survey lands north of the Austin Colony on his behalf. Nixon acknowledges that since that time, Austin was granted a new contract to settle those lands and he requests permission from Austin to continue his purchase of the northern leagues.
Date: January 1, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Cummins and Samuel Hoit to Stephen F. Austin, January 16, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from James Cummins and Samuel Hoit to Stephen F. Austin, January 16, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Cummins and Samuel Hoit to Stephen F. Austin, in which they provide a character reference for Dr. Erasmus Downer and request, on Downer's behalf, special consideration in granting Downer a quarter of League Number 12.
Date: January 16, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Sylvester Murphy to Stephen F. Austin, February 10, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Sylvester Murphy to Stephen F. Austin, February 10, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Sylvester Murphy to Stephen F. Austin, on February 10, 1832, explaining that he has been unable to visit Austin due to his illness and the arrival of his family.
Date: February 10, 1832
Creator: Murphy, Sylvester
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from John Woodruff to Stephen F. Austin, February 11, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from John Woodruff to Stephen F. Austin, February 11, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from John Woodruff to Stephen F. Austin, in which Woodruff asks Austin to add him to the list of petitioners with interest in the Demsey league. If the Demsey league is taken, Woodruff appoints Mr. Hoggette as his proxy to locate another league.
Date: February 11, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin, April 7, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin, April 7, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas F. Leaming to Stephen F. Austin, in which Leaming (S.F. Austin's lawyer) updates Austin on the status of several legal matters and requests funds to recover costs and in advance of upcoming expenditures.
Date: April 7, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Henry Morse to James F. Perry, May 6, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Henry Morse to James F. Perry, May 6, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Morse to James F. Perry, in which Morse apologizes to Perry for using his mule to plow without Perry's permission and injuring the animal unintentionally. Morse explains that he awoke and his horse had been maimed overnight leaving him with no work animal, so he hitched up Perry's mule. After half a day of plowing, Morse examined the mule and found that his shoulders had been severely chaffed.
Date: May 6, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James W. Parker to Stephen F. Austin, June 29, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from James W. Parker to Stephen F. Austin, June 29, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James W. Parker to Stephen F. Austin, in which Parker requests a colonization contract to settle twenty-five or thirty families near the Brazos River.
Date: June 29, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter to Stephen F. Austin, July 12, 1832] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter to Stephen F. Austin, July 12, 1832]

Copy of transcript for a letter to Stephen F. Austin, concerning the account of R. C. Bruffee.
Date: July 12, 1832
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History