This is a ledger of accounts for merchant John Teackle of Kegotank, dating from 1808-1820. Debtors included family members, business associates and other mercantile houses. He also loaned money to emancipated African Americans such as Isaac Crippen, George Planter, William Planter, Asariah Pepper, Joshua Cropper, Joseph Planter, John Jack and others. The accounts include names such as Littleton D. Teackle, Charles Nicoll Bancker, John Upshur, William Parramore, William P. Custis, John Custis, Henry Custis, John H. Bayly, Bagwell Wharton, Major William Conquest, Henry Sympson, James Montgomery, Elihu Chauncey, Zadock Shepherd, Bowie & Kurtz of Georgetown, George Snead and many others.

Map shows major settlements, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, and political divisions for Mexico, the United States, the West Indies, French Louisiana, and British possessions in North America; much of Southwest and Northwest uncharted and labeled "Quivira"; details for upper Pacific coastline. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Map shows European possessions in the Western Hemisphere, major cities and physical features; northwest portion of North America as "parts unknown." Includes notes, text and numbers keyed to index of descriptive text. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle.

Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe asking for contributions for orphans, widows, etc. The towns where this was sent are listed on the left side of the page, and officials signed the document acknowledging receiving the message from the governor.

Map shows coastline and channel details of the Florida coast and peninsula, the Bahama Islands, and the northern coast of Cuba. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000].

Map shows provincial boundaries of Texas and portions of adjacent provinces and territories. Scale not given.

Map from atlas accompanying "La Víe de Washington" [The life of Washington by John Marshall] showing the southern theater of operations [Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and Georgia] during the American Revolution. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.

Copy of transcript of a memorandum of goods and money given to people to pay an anonymous man's debts while on a journey up the Mississippi River.

An edition of Beethoven's Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein, for piano, 4 hands in C major, WoO 67. This copy is from the Allen and Madeleine Forte Memorial Collection of the UNT Music Library, Box 1, Folder 2.

Map shows some geographical features and major cities in North America, South America, Oceania, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the early nineteenth century. Scale not given.

Map shows early nineteenth century major cities and known geography of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Scale not given.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle from her father-in-laws house, Kegotank. She speaks about one of their enslaved people, Martha, a washerwoman, delivering a stillbirth baby. She brings up his recent contract to provide lumber for the building of the new U.S. Navy Yard. Their brother-in-law Charles Nicoll Bancker invited the John Teackle family to Baltimore as a change of scenery after the death of one of the Teackle sons, Henry. She asks if he has news about meeting the new British Ambassador and his wife, Anthony and Elizabeth Merry.

Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe with regulations concerning infractions of rules on "aguardiente." The document is signed by Spanish officials in the local towns such as Revilla, Mier, Laredo, etc.

Message from Viceroy José de Iturrigaray saying that Juan José Pinto is in charge of the Real Asiento de Alumbres for five years. Also included is a letter from Governor Iturbe sent to towns across Mexico, and signed by Spanish officials in those towns acknowledging their having received the correspondence.

Two documents from Manuel de Iturbe, asking for authorities to acknowledge a letter and noting a time of arrival. Both documents have signatures from Spanish authorities acknowledging their having received the letter.

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle.

Message from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente saying that Doña González has given José Francisco de la Barreda permission to construct a flour mill. The document itself has pieces of tape covering its frayed edges on all four sides.

Message from Manuel de Iturbe saying that persons who reveal unclaimed goods may be paid 1/4 of their value. Authorities in local towns have signed the document acknowledging their having received the message from the governor.

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to local Spanish officials in Mexico with rules for auctioning off pieces of land. Spanish officials have their signatures on the document acknowledging their having received the message from the governor.

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, in which she speaks of missing him. She says that their enslaved man, Israel is attending to all his wishes. She mentions that the sacrament was administered at church by Mr. Wilmer, and she asks for a delivery of cranberries, molasses, green sweetmeats, preserved ginger and lemons.

Copy of transcript for an account for J. Hawkins payable to Moses Austin, containing an itemized list including description of merchandise, date of purchase, quantity, and price.

Decree from Viceroy Iturrigaray with rules regarding to the selling or resigning from offices. The list of towns where this was delivered is located on the left side of the document, and the signatures on the back of the document represent acknowledgments from local officials that they received the decree.

Copy of transcript for a statement by Moses Austin regarding the account with John F. Merieult, in which Austin reports that accounting records from Merieult have repeatedly contained discrepancies between sales recorded and actual sales rendered. Austin also reports that he was charged for commission on lead shipments that he did not authorize. However, Austin concludes that Merieult likely has no knowledge of these mistakes and assumes that the matter can be easily resolved.