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Almanac, 1856.
The almanac includes general information about medicine, statistics, recipes, folk remedies, and meteorology for 1856.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Duffau, Francis T.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The American Central Rail Way.
Map shows the mid-nineteenth century American Central rail lines stretching from the middle of North American to Nebraska and Kansas territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,600,000].
Date:
1856
Creator:
Sylvester, J. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Eighteenth Congress, First Session, [Volume 1]
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Gales and Seaton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, Eighteenth Congress, First Session, [Volume 2]
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, and speeches for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Gales and Seaton
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appletons' railway map of the southern states.
Map shows existing and proposed railroad routes for the southeastern United States, including northern Florida, eastern Texas, and eastern "Indian Territory." Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
[1856..1866]
Creator:
D. Appleton and Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Arkansas.
Map shows Arkansas township grid, existing towns, swampland, and Indian boundaries during the mid-nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Arkansas. Land Survey Division.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
California [and] Texas.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, counties, cities, and Native American habitation in California and Texas. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:5,632,000] and [ca. 1:6,336,000]. Map comes from Cornell's High School Geography by Sophia S. Cornell.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Wells, E.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carta de la ciudad y sitio de Puebla : combinada por el Señor General Ayundante D. José J. Alvarez, en Marzo de 1856.
Map shows the mid-nineteenth century layout of the city of Puebla, Mexico. Some street names, principal buildings, institutions, ranches, and fortifications are indicated. Includes index and "Esplicacion." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1:16,500].
Date:
1856
Creator:
Alvarez, José Justo, 1821-1897
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Carte mondiale des divisions politiques et les courants océaniques]
Map shows late nineteenth century political division of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Ocean currents and trade winds are noted. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Map appeared in the author's Atlas Populaire.
Date:
[1856..1864]
Creator:
Dufour, A.-H. (Auguste-Henri), 1798-1865
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Carte Physique et Politique de l’Amérique Septentrionale
This map shows North and Central America and the surrounding areas. Regions are outlined in color based on the controlling nations explained by a key in the lower left corner. Major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features are noted (with relief shown by hachures). Prime meridian: Paris.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Dussieux, L. (Louis), 1815-1894
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Castro's Colony, Bexar district [cartographic material].
Map of Castro's Colony, showing numbered tracts of land, some including names of owners, boundary of colony, and the boundary of McMullen's Grant. The map also includes blocks of land, land surveys, counties, rivers, and creeks. The back of the map includes a stamped note, dated April 23, 1964, from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Jerry Sadler. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Central America.
Map shows railroads, steamship routes and mileage, mineral resources, cities and towns, and provincial divisions within each country; separate entities of Guatemala, Verapaz, Belize, San Salvador; Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Veragua [Santiago], and Panama; the Caribbean Sea as far as Jamaica and the southern part of Cuba. Includes portrait of General Walker. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca.1: 3,900,000].
Date:
1856
Creator:
Morse & Gaston.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chapman's new sectional map of Minnesota.
Map shows counties, township grid, Native American reservations, major roads, and notabale physical features. Scale not given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Chapman, Silas
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chapman's sectional map of the state of Iowa : Compiled from the United States Surveys and other authentic sources.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century Iowa township grid, towns, counties, railroads, existing and "contemplated" roads. Scale not given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Reid, James A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chapman's sectional map of the state of Iowa : Compiled from the United States Surveys and other authentic sources [Sheet 2]
Image shows a list of "surveys and other authentic sources" accompanying the 1856 map of Iowa printed by S. Chapman.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Reid, James A.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Chapman's sectional map of Wisconsin : with the most recent surveys.
Map shows township grid, roads, cities and towns, existing and incomplete railroads, lakes, and rivers. Scale [1:633,600].
Date:
1856
Creator:
Chapman, Silas
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates, Proceedings, Laws, Etc., of the First and Second Sessions, Thirty-Fourth Congress
The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date:
1856
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates, Proceedings, Laws, Etc., of the First and Second Sessions, Thirty-Fourth Congress
The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date:
1856
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates, Proceedings, Laws, Etc., of the First and Second Sessions, Thirty-Fourth Congress
The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date:
1856
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Appendix to the Congressional Globe: Containing Speeches and Important State Papers, Etc., of the First Session, Thirty-Fourth Congress
The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letters, speeches, and some legislation for the Senate and House of Representatives.
Date:
1856
Creator:
United States. Congress.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dallas County Probate Case 709: Weatherford, Francis (Minor)
Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Weatherford, Francis (Minor) and Jeff Weatherford (Executor or Guardian)
Date:
1856/1868-03-30
Creator:
Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Diagram: of Tampa Land District: shewing those townships in which swamp land lists have been sent up, also those townships in which lists are in process of examination [Sheet 1].
Map shows township grid, swamp lands, islands, and coast of southern Florida during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes references to symbols used. Scale not given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
A. Hoen & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Diagram: of Tampa Land District: shewing those townships in which swamp land lists have been sent up, also those townships in which lists are in process of examination [Sheet 2].
Map shows areas of Seminole Indian habitation, township grid, military posts, coast and keys of southern portion of mid-nineteenth century Florida. Includes references to symbols and letters used. Scale not given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
A. Hoen & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Drawing of the Governor's Mansion]
Photograph of an illustration of the Governor's Mansion in 1856.
Date:
1856
Creator:
John P. G. McKenzie
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History