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Course of the River Mississippi, from the Balise to Fort Chartres: Taken on an Expedition to the Illinois, in the latter end of the Year 1765.

Course of the Mississippi River from the Balise to Fort Chartres based on surveys made by the French. Surrounding geographic features are noted with relief shown pictorially.
Date: June 1, 1775
Creator: Ross, Lieutenant
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning David Strickland, June 8, 1798] (open access)

[Transcript of Two Letters Concerning David Strickland, June 8, 1798]

Copy of transcript for a letter to Zenon Trudeau, on June 8, 1798, discussing the life of David Strickland, who works as a farmer for someone else but wants to farm for himself on the Bois Brule River in order to establish his family. A second letter, from David Strickland, asking that he be granted the land on the river to farm.
Date: June 8, 1798
Creator: Strickland, David
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, September 14, 1800] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, September 14, 1800]

Copy of transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin discussing financial matters and money owed to him by Kenner.
Date: September 14, 1800
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, February 23, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, February 23, 1801]

Copy of transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin discussing business matters of the lead mines in Virginia.
Date: February 23, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from John Francis Merieult to James Miller, June 13, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from John Francis Merieult to James Miller, June 13, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from John Francis Merieult to James Miller Esq. concerning the remittance of $1,200 in muscovado sugars for the account of Dr. George Fisher.
Date: June 13, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, July 25, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to his brother Moses Austin, July 25, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen Austin to Moses Austin concerning debts occurred at the lead mines.
Date: July 25, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Pierre Menard, August 27, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Pierre Menard, August 27, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Pierre Menard, on August 27, 1801, asking for several barrels of sugar and coffee to be sent to them in Illinois.
Date: August 27, 1801
Creator: Menard, Pierre
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Account for Dr. George Fisher of Kaskaskea payable to James Miller of Philadelphia, October 30, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of Account for Dr. George Fisher of Kaskaskea payable to James Miller of Philadelphia, October 30, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a financial record documenting the account of Dr. George Fisher of Kaskaskea payable to James Miller of Philadelphia. The record includes the purchase of an insurance policy and the total debt to be paid out of the net proceeds obtained from the sale of sugar.
Date: October 30, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, November 15, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, November 15, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Austin to Moses Austin concerning the lead mines in Virginia and the settlement of debts.
Date: November 15, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, November 22, 1801] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from James Austin to Moses Austin, November 22, 1801]

Copy of transcript for a letter from James Austin to Moses Austin discussing business of the lead mines in Virginia. Enclosed with this letter are copies of accounts and an excerpt of a letter from Moses Austin's brother, Stephen Austin.
Date: November 22, 1801
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of observations on the account of Stephen Austin against his brother's business Moses Austin and Co., June 1802] (open access)

[Transcript of observations on the account of Stephen Austin against his brother's business Moses Austin and Co., June 1802]

Copy of transcript of observations on the account of Stephen Austin against his brother's business Moses Austin and Co. in which charges made by Stephen and Charles Austin were admitted and rejected in the settlement of business matters concerning the family's lead mine in Virginia.
Date: June 1802
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of promissory note from Robert Robinson to the editor of the "Western World" for a one year subscription, August 1, 1806] (open access)

[Transcript of promissory note from Robert Robinson to the editor of the "Western World" for a one year subscription, August 1, 1806]

Copy of a transcript of a promissory note from Robert Robinson to the editor of the paper the "Western World" for a one year subscription.
Date: August 1, 1806
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin, May 30, 1808] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin, May 30, 1808]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin discussing a situation between Dr. Dunlap and Maj. Hunt.
Date: May 30, 1808
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Expenses for a Land Claim, 1809-1810] (open access)

[Transcript of Expenses for a Land Claim, 1809-1810]

Copy of transcript of a list of expenses for Dr. Renaut's land claim to Moses Austin and Co., in 1809 and 1810.
Date: [1809..1810]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to James Bryan, March 12, 1811] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen F. Austin to James Bryan, March 12, 1811]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen F. Austin to James Bryan concerning the distribution and sale of lead shot.
Date: March 12, 1811
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Illinois.

Map shows early nineteenth century Illinois counties, major roads, towns, military posts, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes information and marginal notes on the history of Illinois. Scale not given.
Date: 1826
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Illinois and Missouri [Sheet 1]

Map shows counties, township grid system for public lands, major cities and towns, mineral resources and mining activity, mills, swamps, caves, and some land ownership. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,010,000]. Map comes from A New Universal Atlas by H.S. Tanner in 1833.
Date: 1833
Creator: Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Illinois and Missouri [Sheet 2]

Map shows counties, township grid system for public lands, major cities and towns, mineral resources and mining activity, mills, swamps, caves, and some land ownership. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,010,000]. Map comes from A New Universal Atlas by H.S. Tanner in 1833.
Date: 1833
Creator: Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of upper Illinois]

Map shows early nineteenth century northern Illinois township grid, existing towns, roads, marshlands and flood plains. Inset: "Vicinity of Galena, the lead region, and part of Wisconsin Territory." Includes notes on historical events with dates and text: "Public lands" and "Land districts." Scale not given.
Date: 1833
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Illinois

Map shows Illinois counties, major roads, township grid, existing towns, marshlands, and mining activity during the early nineteenth century. Includes text describing township grid system. Inset: Map of the lead mine region, east of the Mississippi River. Scale [ca. 1:1,350,000] and [ ca. 1:1,000,000].
Date: 1834
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of a portion of the Indian country lying east and west of the Mississippi River to the forty sixth degree of north latitude from personal observation made in the Autumn of 1835, and recent authentic documents.

Map shows lands ceded by Indians tribes, land inhabitation by Native American tribe, land grants, land districts, portage points, boundary claims, towns, Native American villages, and notable physical features. Includes treaty dates. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,013,760].
Date: 1835
Creator: Featherstonhaugh, George William, 1780-1866
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with the settled part of Michigan.

Map shows counties, roads, railroads, canals, cities and towns for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and parts of Michigan and Wisconsin Territory; mining activity for lead region of Illinois and Wisconsin Territory; township grid for lower Michigan. Insets: "Vicinity of Detroit," "Vicinity of Cincinnati," "Falls of Ohio," and "Lead region east of the Mississippi River." Includes explanation and table of steamboat routes. Scale [ca. 1:2,030,000].
Date: 1835
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Northwest land district of Ilinois.

Map shows township grid for land "ceded to the U.S. by Treaty at Prairie Du Chien" in 1829 and portions of township grid under contract to be surveyed by James W. Stephenson and D. A. Spaulding. Includes text. Outline color. Scale not given.
Date: 1835
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Des Moines rapids of the Mississippi.

Map shows settlements and some structures along the border between Iowa and Illinois during the early nineteenth century. Relief shown by hachures and contours. Depths shown by shading and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: 1836
Creator: Shreve, Henry Miller, 1785-1851
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History