Cass County

Map of Cass County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1848
Creator: Holcomb, A. F.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[China Cup]

Photograph of a china cup that belonged to Anthony Garnett Smith, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth M. Smith in the 1840's. The cup was part of their wedding china. The cup was later given to their daughter, Adalade "Addie" Smith Howell of Hill County and McLennan County.
Date: 1848
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 79: Berson, Joseph (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 79: Berson, Joseph (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Berson, Joseph (died 1848) and Adolphe Gonhenant (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1848/1858-08-31
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 138: Chanvin, Jas. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 138: Chanvin, Jas. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Chanvin, Jas. (Deceased) and A. Gonhenant (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1848/1858-08-30
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 217: Guillott, P.G. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 217: Guillott, P.G. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Guillott, P.G. (died 1848) and A. Gouhenaut (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1848/1863-12-18
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 223: Guerin, A. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 223: Guerin, A. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Guerin, A. (Deceased) and A. Goughenaut (Executor or Guardian). Described in one document as "an emigrant to and colonist in the Peters Colony"; must have died prior to 1852; first name appears to have been unknown.
Date: 1848/1858-08-30
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1503: Lafitte, John S. (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1503: Lafitte, John S. (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Lafitte, John S. (1848) and Susan A. Vincent (Executor or Guardian)
Date: 1848/1887-01-14
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Etats-Unis et nouvelle Bretagne.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography, political lines, territories, and cities in the United States and most of Canada and Mexico. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:19,008,000].
Date: [1848..1852]
Creator: Antoine, Louis
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1848] (open access)

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1848]

Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1848. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1848
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the United States]

Map shows "proposed" Nebraska and Minnesota territories, Texas inclusive of Santa Fe and extending north to the 42nd degree line of latitude, a narrow New Mexico, California extending east to border of New Mexico and north tip of Texas, Oregon, "N.W. Tery."; major cities in western territories; treaty boundary lines. Includes "explanation" of territory gained and text in left and right panels with tables of statistical data on land area for states and territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1848..1854]
Creator: Gilman, E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2 (open access)

Memorias Para la Historia de la Guerra de Tejas: Volumen 2

Book about the Texas Revolution.
Date: [1848,1849]
Creator: Filísola, Vicente
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of payment] (open access)

[Receipt of payment]

Receipt of payment from Michael Reed to Jacob Gross, assessor and collector for Milam County, in the amount of twenty dollars and seventy five cents for state and county tax for the year 1847.
Date: 1848
Creator: Gross, Jacob
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt of Payment for Work Done] (open access)

[Receipt of Payment for Work Done]

Receipt for the payment of work done by an individual from November 9, 1846 to February 5, 1848.
Date: 1848?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Presbyterian. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 1, 1848 (open access)

Texas Presbyterian. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 1, 1848

Weekly newspaper from the Houston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 1, 1848
Creator: McGown, Andrew J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1848 (open access)

The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 37, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1848

Weekly newspaper from the Clarksville, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 8, 1848
Creator: De Morse, Charles
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Presbyterian. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1848 (open access)

Texas Presbyterian. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 8, 1848

Weekly newspaper from the Houston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 8, 1848
Creator: McGown, Andrew J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas County Probate Case 1374: Toombes, Robert (Deceased) (open access)

Dallas County Probate Case 1374: Toombes, Robert (Deceased)

Dallas County probate record regarding the case of Toombes, Robert (died December 15, 1885) and W. H. Flippen, et al (Executor or Guardian). Robert Toombes lived and died in Wilkes County, Georgia. This is a huge file concerning extensive land holdings.
Date: 1848-01-11/1893-03-23
Creator: Dallas County (Tex.)
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 12, 1848 (open access)

The Texas Democrat (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 4, Ed. 1, Wednesday, January 12, 1848

Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 12, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lavaca Journal (Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, January 14, 1848 (open access)

Lavaca Journal (Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 22, Ed. 1, Friday, January 14, 1848

Weekly newspaper from Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 14, 1848
Creator: Beaumont, H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 15, 1848 (open access)

The Northern Standard. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 15, 1848

Weekly newspaper from the Clarksville, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 15, 1848
Creator: De Morse, Charles
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Presbyterian. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 15, 1848 (open access)

Texas Presbyterian. (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 15, 1848

Weekly newspaper from the Houston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 15, 1848
Creator: McGown, Andrew J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1848 (open access)

Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1848

Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1848
Creator: Moore, Francis, Jr.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes] (open access)

[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes, concerns mail route
Date: January 20, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, January 20, 1848] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, January 20, 1848]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Haml White to James F. Perry, in which White informs Perry that he does not have cash but would like to settle his debt to Perry either by handing over his home or by paying in negro slaves.
Date: January 20, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History