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The World on Mercator's Projection, Western Part

Hand-drawn color map of the western part of the world as known in 1812. Shows major rivers, explorers' routes, place names and locations of some population groups. Relief is marked by hachures.
Date: 1812
Creator: Hebert, L. & Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library

Map of Reconnaissance exhibiting the country between Washington and New Orleans with the routes examined in reference to a contemplated National Road between these two cities.

Map shows plotting of a national road without regard to terrain directly from Washington to New Orleans; major cities and towns, existing roads, and military posts. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,112,000].
Date: [1812..1832]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Part of Asia.

Map shows cities, major roads and trade routes, and physical features for the southern portion of the Asian continent: Arabia, Persia, Hindoostan, China and the Chinese Empire, Tibet, the Burman Empire, the Philippine Islands, and portions of Korea and Japan. Includes historical notes and alternative place names. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:11,000,000].
Date: [1812..1832]
Creator: Lizars, Daniel, 1760-1812
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elvira Moore to Uncle Evans, June 18, 1872] (open access)

[Letter from Elvira Moore to Uncle Evans, June 18, 1872]

The author wrote to Jim B. on the thirtieth of May, Neel Jones and John Wallace also visited the author. She talks of how it rained in Billington when she visited and then she got a cold from it. [2]The author again is not feeling well and this prevented her from visiting Jim Wilson. She had dinner with Callie and Will.[3] Bettie had a headache and the author had eye problems. The author mentions that there are a lot of Veterans when she went to go get her eyes checked out. [4] There was a dinner party and many old friends showed up. [5] She stayed at Cooper's house for a night. Afterwards she was watching over a baby that got a fever. The author's uncle is thinking about moving back to Texas. [6]She continues to discuss the problems of her uncle going back to Texas. She then mentions that her eyes are becoming better. She was able to read some of her father's letters. [7]The author plans to visit some friends for 2 to 3 weeks. The author has some letters that she is carrying that need to be delivered and one of her friends has yet to deliver …
Date: June 18, 1812
Creator: Moore, Elvira
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Memorandum of Lead addressed to James Brian, May 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of Memorandum of Lead addressed to James Brian, May 1812]

Copy of transcript for a memorandum to James Brian, listing the amount of lead (in pounds) paid out to several individuals at St. Genevieve.
Date: May 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Certificate Authorizing Moses Austin to Sell Merchandise, February 15, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of a Certificate Authorizing Moses Austin to Sell Merchandise, February 15, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a certificate, issued by deputy sheriff A. Miller, authorizing Moses Austin to sell merchandise for the next six months, as he has paid his vendor tax.
Date: February 15, 1812
Creator: Miller, A.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Memorandum Concerning Land, March 14, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of a Memorandum Concerning Land, March 14, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a memorandum from John Scott, on March 14, 1812, concerning the claims on land belonging to the deceased Philip Renault.
Date: March 14, 1812
Creator: Scott, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Rankin, March 23, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from James Rankin, March 23, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Rankin to the constable of Joachim Township, on March 23, 1812, demanding that the constable sell John Sloan's goods and chattel to pay a debt to Robert McCallister. He also demands that Sloan be jailed until the debt is paid.
Date: March 23, 1812
Creator: Rankin, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Thomas Oliver, April 19, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Thomas Oliver, April 19, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas Oliver to the constable of Big River Township, on April 19, 1812, telling him to sell the goods and animals of Edward McDaniel in order to pay a debt to Ezekiel Fenwick, and to keep McDaniel jailed until the debt has been paid.
Date: April 19, 1812
Creator: Oliver, Thomas
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a List of Accounts, June 1, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of a List of Accounts, June 1, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a list of accounts for an unnamed company, on June 1, 1812.
Date: June 1, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Statement and an Exhibit, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of a Statement and an Exhibit, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a statement made in a court concerning the claims of land at Mine a Burton, and an exhibit of the bills of workmen.
Date: 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a Receipt for a Note, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of a Receipt for a Note, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a receipt of a note from John Butler for the discharge of a debt to Seth W. Nye, in 1812.
Date: 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin, March 24, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin, March 24, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin concerning the detainment of misaddressed letters at the Sainte Genevieve Post Office.
Date: March 24, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter to William Carr, March 14, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of letter to William Carr, March 14, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter to William C. Carr concerning the Renault claim.
Date: March 14, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Stephen F. Austin, April 28, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Stephen F. Austin, April 28, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to Stephen F. Austin, in which Moses gives detailed instructions to his son Stephen on managing his business affairs in New York and New Orleans.
Date: April 28, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, July 15, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, July 15, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan reporting on Stephen F. Austin's letters and asking Bryan to settle a bill for him in New York.
Date: July 15, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, September 24, 1812] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan, September 24, 1812]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to James Bryan discussing business matters that Austin would like Bryan to attend to.
Date: September 24, 1812
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the northern part of the state of New York.

Map shows early nineteenth century geography, county lines, and settlements in northern New York. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:443,520].
Date: 1812
Creator: Lay, Amos, 1765-1851
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle and their father John Teackle, to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker - February 26, 1812] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle and their father John Teackle, to her sister Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker - February 26, 1812]

A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her sister, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle (later Montgomery) and her father John Teackle. The letter includes mentions of family health and other news.
Date: February 26, 1812
Creator: Montgomery, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle, 1788-1823 & Teackle, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Elements of Musical Composition; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning. (open access)

Elements of Musical Composition; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning.

Manual describing musical composition for beginners. The manual is divided in 9 chapters and includes 479 musical examples engraved in 59 pages at the end of the book, as well as four plates with figures (plate no. II appears at the beginning of the book. The musical examples cover the following subjects: scales, intervals (diatonic and chromatic) and their inversion, counterpoint rules, harmonic progressions, use of non-harmonic tones (suspensions, passing notes, appoggiaturas, and upper-lower neighbor. It also includes several examples taken from Handel's "Dettingen Te Deum," "Messiah," and from Haydn's oratorio "Creation," among others.
Date: 1812
Creator: Crotch, William, 1775-1847
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Spanish dominions in North America

A map of the southern United States, Central America, and part of the Gulf of Mexico. All of the marked spots on the map are Spanish dominions.
Date: 1812
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aron
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 26, 1812] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 26, 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle. She writes about the weather, their finances, and her health. She mentions that Esther "Hetty" Teackle and Eliza are in town.
Date: January 26, 1812
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, February 10, 1812] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, February 10, 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle.
Date: February 10, 1812
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, June 21, 1812] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, June 21, 1812]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle.
Date: June 21, 1812
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Upshur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History