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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
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
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
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
[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
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 43, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 1, 1856
Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Goliad County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Goliad County, Texas. The roads to Victoria, and from San Antonio to Goliad, Texas are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1, 1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Greenwood Plantation Accounts: 1856-1857]
Account journal documenting daily work, conditions, and other records for the Greenwood plantation in Montgomery County, Texas, near Danville.
Date:
1856/1857
Creator:
Wood, Green
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Hopkins County
Map of Hopkins County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star State
Document written by frontiersmen William Little, in regards to land investments and colonization. The document includes snippets from the Galveston News, the New Orleans Delta, and New Orleans Bulletin and mentions Little's expertise in land surveys.
Date:
[1856..]
Creator:
Little, William
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Map of Polk County
Cadastral map of Polk County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1856
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Runnels County
Blueline print format of survey map of Runnels County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, roads, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Spanish-Texas / [J.H. Colton & Co.]
Map showing Spanish Texas including place names, regions of American Indians, rivers and early roads.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Colton, J. H., & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the south central states.
Map shows military posts, railroads, cities and towns in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, "Indian Territory," and Louisiana, and public lands. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,336,000].
Date:
[1856..1860]
Creator:
Steinwehr, A. von (Adolph), 1822-1877
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the State of Texas
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Inset: Map of the vicinity of Galveston City. Includes text on railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850. "25".
Date:
1856
Creator:
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) & Hazzard, J. L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the State of Texas from the Lastest Authorities
This map of Texas shows the state with all of the counties labeled and colored. The map also shows the major cities, roads, bodies of water, and geographic features of the state (with relief shown by hachures). There are two insets: in the upper left corner, "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map" and in the lower left corner "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston City." Additionally, the map includes notes and statistics about the state and population from the Census of 1850. Scale 1:3,400,000. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Williamson County
Blueline format of survey map of Williamson County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. No scale information is given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Martin, J.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mary Smith McNabb]
Salted paper photograph of "Mary Smith McNabb, first wife of John McNabb and mother of Alexander McNabb, Sr. perhaps about 1856-1860 or earlier. Birthday unknown. Died May 9, 1860. Her remains were moved from the family cemetery northwest of Rosenberg to Morton Cemetery in Richmond in the Spring of 1974." as was written in blue ink on the back of the picture. Photograph is of a woman with her dark hair parted on the side and pulled back in a bun at the nape of her neck. She is wearing a dark dress with light colored vine print and a white lace collar. A brooch is pinned on the collar. Background of a window on left and bookshelves on right. Photograph is mounted on black cardboard substrate with gold trim around the edges.
Date:
1856
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1856
Minutes of the annual meeting of the Union Baptist Association in Texas include accounts of proceedings at the session, committee reports, statistics regarding Baptist churches in Texas, and other relevant notes and commentaries.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Union Baptist Association (Tex.)
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[New map of the state of Texas]
Hand drawn color-shaded map showing counties, cities, rivers, creeks, railroads, roads, and topographical features of Texas as of 1856. Insets of Plan of the northern part of Texas, Plan of Galveston Bay and Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Colton, J. H., & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
New map of the State of Texas: Compiled from J. De Cordova's large map.
Map shows late nineteenth century Texas geography, established county lines, and cities. Insets: "Plan of the northern part of Texas," "Plan of Galveston Bay," and "Plan of Sabine Lake." Relief shown by hachures. No scale provided.
Date:
1856?
Creator:
J. H. Colton & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Palo Pinto County
Blueline format of survey map of Palo Pinto County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, land grants, and roads. No scale information given.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Martin, Jos.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Parker County]
Cadastral map of Parker County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. The map covers the west part of Tarrant County, Texas. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1856/1857~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Reverend Charles Gillette]
Photograph of Reverend Charles Gillette from St. David's Episcopal Church. He is wearing a black outfit with a white collar and is looking towards the camera.
Date:
1856/1866
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History