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Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix
The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date:
January 1, 1857
Creator:
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Excludes Texas west of the 101st meridian.
Date:
1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
State of Texas / by H.D. Rogers & A. Keith Johnston ; engraved by W. & A.K. Johnston.
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. In upper margin: "Atlas of United States &c." "17."
Date:
1857
Creator:
Rogers, Henry D. & Johnston, Alexander Keith
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas and part of New Mexico
Map of most of the state of Texas and some of the surrounding areas, including parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It includes markings for roads, major cities, bodies of water, and and some geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes list of authorities, coordinates of selected locations, and descriptive notes on various rivers.
Date:
1857
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
1857 Petition by Heirs
Petition by the heirs of Lorenzo de Zavala for payment of his salary as Vice President
Date:
1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The runaway
Little Julia, resident of New York City, is taken to see her uncle's farm. Exposed to fields, animals, and the open spaces, she regrets having to return to the city. Back home, she wants to run away and return to her uncle's farm. Against her mother's orders, she does run away one day, but is found and brought home, and learns never to disobey her mother again.
Date:
1857~
Creator:
Committee of Publication of the American Sunday School Union.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 1
By A.S. Ruthven ... Compiled from the original records and documents now in possession of Grand lodge, together with the constitutions ... also ... history of the ... Masonic order in Texas. Pub. by authority of M.W. Wm. Stedman, Grandmaster.
Date:
1857
Creator:
Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 2
By A.S. Ruthven ... Compiled from the original records and documents now in possession of Grand lodge, together with the constitutions ... also ... history of the ... Masonic order in Texas. Pub. by authority of M.W. Wm. Stedman, Grandmaster.
Date:
1857
Creator:
Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lipan-Warrior
Hand-colored stone lithograph of a West Lipan Apache warrior sitting astride a horse and carrying a rifle; from Emory's United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Washington, 1857
Date:
1857
Creator:
Schott, A.
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Jesse Grimes, October 31, 1857]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Jesse Grimes concerning trip to Austin, has Congressional seal in top left corner.
Date:
October 31, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, February 28, 1857]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from Thomas M. Likens to Jesse Grimes, concerns political situation of Texas, and division of state.
Date:
February 28, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Hartsford Howard, September 19 1857]
Receipt for Hartsford Howard in the amount of six hundred and forty dollars for warrants and land. The document is signed by Augustine Siblock.
Date:
September 19, 1857
Creator:
Siblock, Augustine
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 22, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 29, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
August 29, 1857
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 45, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 7, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 7, 1857
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The True Issue (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 12, 1857
Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 12, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lavaca Herald (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, April 3, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 3, 1857
Creator:
Rowan, James C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Herald. (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, June 27, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
June 27, 1857
Creator:
Atwell, James
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Herald. (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 28, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 5, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 5, 1857
Creator:
Atwell, James
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat and Planter (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 23, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 20, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state and national news about agriculture along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 20, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat and Planter (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 37, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 28, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state and national news about agriculture along with extensive advertising.
Date:
April 28, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat and Planter (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 5, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state and national news about agriculture along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 5, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat and Planter (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 41, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 26, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state and national news about agriculture along with extensive advertising.
Date:
May 26, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Democrat and Planter (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 12, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 10, 1857
Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state and national news about agriculture along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 10, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 20, 1857
Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 20, 1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History