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The Texian Advocate. (Victoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1848
Newspaper from Victoria, Texas published weekly by John D. Logan and Thomas Sterne that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 12, 1848
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Land - Verkauf in Nord-Amerika
Document regarding the sale of lands in the Medina District. Discusses location and price of lands, as well as the procedure for procuring property. It mentions the price of livestock. Also discussed are possible reasons why the land was not settled earlier, if it's as desirable as they say it is. Signed by J. E. Rump on September 1, 1848 in Bremen. Includes a section informing people to apply to Huth & Co. if they want to acquire already surveyed lands under favorable conditions.
Date:
September 1, 1848
Creator:
Rump, J. E.
Object Type:
Legal Document
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
[Letter from Ludwig Huth to Ferdinand Louis, April 24, 1848]
Letter from [Ludwig] Huth to [Ferdinand] Louis [Huth] commending him for looking after Mr. Guilbeau's business in his absence and hoping he is able to secure employment in his firm. He also hopes that Albert will be able to be employed as well. He then goes on to speak of the unexpected revolution in France and how it has spread across Europe. He also asks him to inquire about their land and how they will legally be able to sell it off in small parcels. He continues to discuss the business of colonization. Signed by Huth on April 24, 1848 in Neufreystaedt.
Date:
April 24, 1848
Creator:
Huth, Ludwig
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[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 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
[Land survey for Michael Reed]
Land survey for M. [Michael] Reed of 369 acres of land issued to him in Robertson County on February 5, 1838; land surveyed July 3, 1848 and certified by F.A. Thomson. On verso is statement by James Howlet certifying the legality of the survey, dated July 25, 1848.
Date:
July 3, 1848
Creator:
Thomson, F.A.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Travis County Election Records: Election Returns 1848
Travis County election returns from April 1848 to August 1848.
Date:
1848-04/1848-08
Creator:
Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A.S. to David C. Dickson - March 7, 1848]
Letter to David C. Dickson requesting medication for the Clap.
Date:
March 7, 1848
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
[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
The Western Star. (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 5, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1848
Weekly newspaper from Clarksville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
October 7, 1848
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Land Grant]
Land grant for Ira Ellis signed by the governor of the state of Texas. There is a handwritten note from the clerk of Smith County regarding the grant and where it is recorded in the clerk's office about a year after the grant was issued.
Date:
June 9, 1848
Creator:
United States. Texas.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Brick-Machine.
Patent for a machine, which the inventor calls "The Concussion Brick-Machine", that makes bricks using molds, including illustrations.
Date:
May 30, 1848
Creator:
Wilson, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Boring and Mortising Machine.
Patent for a machine to bore square holes in substitute for a chisel and reduce labor, including illustration. The inventor calls it a "Mortise and Tenon Machine."
Date:
July 11, 1848
Creator:
Swingle, Alfred
Object Type:
Patent
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
[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
[Transcript of Letter from José Antonio Navarro to Guy M. Bryan, March 18, 1848]
Copy of transcript for a letter from José Antonio Navarro to Guy Morrison Bryan, on March 18, 1848, asking for historical documents relating to the character and movements of Stephen F. Austin.
Date:
March 18, 1848
Creator:
Navarro, José Antonio
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter to George L. Hammeken, June 9, 1848]
Copy of transcript for a letter to George L. Hammeken, in which the sender describes the provenance of the seven-hundred dollars that were originally enclosed in the letter, and provides a list of items that Mrs. Perry wants Hammeken to purchase and/or have made, including a wax impression of Gen. Austin's seal which Mrs. Perry wants to have engraved on the items she has requested. Lastly, there are further directions for any remaining sum.
Date:
June 9, 1848
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from James Webb to James F. Perry, September 5, 1848]
Copy of transcript for a letter from James Webb to James F. Perry, in which Webb provides information requested by Perry regarding the Supreme Court opinion in the case of Perry vs. Sam Houston.
Date:
September 5, 1848
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 48, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 30, 1848
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
November 30, 1848
Creator:
Moore, Francis, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Democratic Telegraph and Texas Register (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 50, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 14, 1848
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 14, 1848
Creator:
Moore, Francis, Jr.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History