"Bride's bottle"

Clear blown glass frug or cordial bottle with enamel decoration; Steigel type, 18th to early 19th century, pewter collar, slightly lavender tint to glass
Date: 1800~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

Printing type

Several hundred pieces of 19th century lead printing type, including spacers, from Brenham Banner Press office
Date: 1800~/1899~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
Treurzang, bij het Plechtig Vieren der Nagedachtenis Van Washington, in de Maatschappij van Verdiensten Felix Meritis, Den 21 Maart 1800. (open access)

Treurzang, bij het Plechtig Vieren der Nagedachtenis Van Washington, in de Maatschappij van Verdiensten Felix Meritis, Den 21 Maart 1800.

Front cover and title page of a Dutch text about George Washington.
Date: 1800
Creator: Kinker, Johnannes
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter from Edwin S, Buck to his sister, Jane (open access)

Letter from Edwin S, Buck to his sister, Jane

Written from Chappell Hill, Texas, by Edwin S. Buck, to his sister, Jane, in Pontiac, Michigan; mentions several family members and local residents.
Date: February 4, 1800
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Title to Land in the Northwest Territory (open access)

Title to Land in the Northwest Territory

Certificate regarding land granted to John Crittendon for military service and signed by Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States, and James Madison, Secretary of State.
Date: February 1802
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Embroidered sampler

Very delicate sampler stitched on fine linen with embroidered verse, trees, birds, building, floral designs, geometric designs, and "Watnall School"; stretched on wooden frame and nailed with rusty handmade tacks
Date: 1804
Creator: Allcock, Mary
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Exhibiting the Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia etc.

Hand-colored engraving of the Great Lakes region of North America showing settlements, roads and topography (relief shown by hachures). Regions are outlined in various colors.
Date: 1805
Creator: Cary, John
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, Exhibiting the Western Territory, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia etc.

Hand-colored engraving of the Great Lakes region of North America showing settlements, roads and topography.
Date: 1805
Creator: Cary, John
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History