Map of Texas, containing the latest grants & discoveries

Hand-colored map of the Republic of Texas showing grants, towns, rivers, and roads.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lee, E. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Texas and the Country Adjacent

Hand-colored lithograph of Texas with statistics and references in lower left
Date: 1844
Creator: Emory, William H. (William Hemsley), 1811-1887
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Major General Winfield Scott, at Vera Cruz March 25, 1847

(a) lithograph of Major General Winfield Scott standing at the port of Vera Cruz; (b) dark brown wood frame with decorative square corner pieces.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

"General Taylor and Staff: The Heroes of Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista"

(a) Lithograph of General Taylor and staff on horseback, soldiers standing at attention with U.S. flag; (b) frame, dark brown, wooden, cut nails with filler.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

"North America"

Hand-colored map of North America with Austin's Colony noted
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatemala

Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing towns, rivers, and topography
Date: 1842
Creator: Findlay, Alexander G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Mexico. and Guatimala. Corrected from original information communicated by Simon A.G. Bourne Esq."

Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala showing settlements, roads, mines and topography
Date: 1828
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatimala

Hand-colored map of Mexico and Guatemala showing settlements, rivers, and mountains
Date: unknown
Creator: Dower, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others] (open access)

Mexico and her military chieftains, from the revolution of Hidalgo to the present time. Comprising sketches of the lives of Hidalgo [and others]

Book about military leaders of Mexico, includes biographical sketches of Hidalgo, Morelos, Iturbide, Santa Anna, Gomez Farias, Bustamente, Paredes, Almonte, Arista, Alaman, Ampudia, Herrera, and De La Vega.
Date: 1847
Creator: Robinson, Fayette
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Records of silver mining companies, Real de Batopilas, Mexico (open access)

Records of silver mining companies, Real de Batopilas, Mexico

Records delivered to commandant of the mines by J.M.A. Allen, D.I. Maldonais and others; Joel M. Poinsett included in records
Date: April 11, 1826
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico

Hand-colored map of southern United States and Mexico to Guatimala. Mexican states and other regions are outlined in color. Towns, roads and geographic features are marked with topography shown by hachures. There is an inset in the lower-left corner of the map with a portion of Mexico including Mexico City and surrounding areas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Arrowsmith, J.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Along the Rio Grande. (open access)

Along the Rio Grande.

This article from a Harper's Weekly supplement discusses features around the Rio Grande River in the United States and Mexico.
Date: February 23, 1889
Creator: Hinton, Richard J.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plan of the Battle of Buena Vista

Hand-colored map of area immediately north of Buena Vista, Mexico, with intricate geographical details and locations of various Mexican and American troops.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining

Hand-colored map of western North America showing mountains, rivers, towns and roads, especially the emigrant route from Missouri to Oregon with distances between the various stopping points
Date: 1846
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico. and Guatimala.

Hand-colored engraving of Mexico and Guatemala, and the surrounding areas, showing settlements, roads, mines and topography. Mexican states are outlined in various colors and labeled; "Guatimala" encompasses all of Central America (except for Belize). Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are marked (with relief shown by hachures).
Date: unknown
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Fredonia or the United States of North America; including also Cabotia, or the Canadian Provinces; the Western Territory to the Pacific Ocean; and the northern part of the Mexican States.

Hand-colored engraving of the United States showing settlements, roads and topography. An inset note in the lower-left corner explains the use of the term "Fredonia."
Date: August 1830
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Regarding the Treaty of Limits] (open access)

[Document Regarding the Treaty of Limits]

Treaty recognizing the U.S.-Mexican Border with commentary in Spanish and the text of treaties in both English and Spanish, side-by-side, including agreements signed January 12, 1828, and April 5, 1831.
Date: December 1, 1832
Creator: Fagoaga, Francisco
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico

Front cover and front inside of the portfolio containing a hand-colored, engraved pocket map of Texas and Mexico showing major roads, settlements, rivers, and empresario grants; insets of statistics, distances, and roads from Vera Cruz and Alvarado to Mexico City.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Artwork
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico.

Hand-colored map of Mexico and the surrounding areas, including Texas and parts of the southwestern United States. The Mexican states are outlined in various colors. Some places are marked as well as bodies of water and geographic features with relief shown by hachures. There is an inset of Guatemala in the lower-left corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Texas.

Hand-colored map of Mexico and Texas as well as the surrounding areas. Each of the Mexican states and the Republic of Texas are shaded in various colors. Settlements, rivers, and mountains are marked with relief shown by hachures.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Central America: I. Including Yucatan, Belize, Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the southern states of Mexico"

Hand-colored map of Central America showing towns, mountains, and rivers
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Central America: II. Including Texas, California and the northern states of Mexico"

Hand-colored map of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Sketch of the route of General Worth's column from Chapultepec to the Alameda in the attack upon the city of Mexico 13th & 14th of September 1847"

Map of various routes (Worth, Quitman, Smith) into Mexico City by J.C. Pemberton, Brev. Capt. A.D.C.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them. (open access)

Face to face with the Mexicans: the domestic life, educational, social and business ways, statesmanship and literature, legendary and general history of the Mexican people, as seen and studied by an American woman during seven years of intercourse with them.

Book written by Fanny Chambers Gooch after living in Mexico for several years.
Date: 1887
Creator: Iglehart, Fanny Chambers Gooch
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History