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Théâtre des opérations les plus importantes de l'armée du sud, dans la Virginie, dans les deux Carolines, et dans la Géorgie.

Map from atlas accompanying "La Víe de Washington" [The life of Washington by John Marshall] showing the southern theater of operations [Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and Georgia] during the American Revolution. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1807
Creator: Buache, Jean-Nicolas, 1741-1825
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, July 13, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, July 13, 1807]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell, a merchant in Glasgow, to Littleton D. Teackle. He's sending the letter via the nephew, Mr. Nicholson, of a mutual friend, the Hon. John Stratton.
Date: July 13, 1807
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Nueva carta del canal de Bahama que comprehende tambien los de Providencia y Santaren con los bayos, islas y sondas al este y al oeste de la peninsula de la Florida construida en la Direccion Hidrografica, y publicada en Madrid de orden superior ano 1805 : Corregída en 1807.

Map shows coastline and channel details of the Florida coast and peninsula, the Bahama Islands, and the northern coast of Cuba. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:1,500,000].
Date: 1807
Creator: Moreno, M.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker - October 7, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Dennis Teackle to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker - October 7, 1807]

A letter to Sarah Upshur Teackle Bancker from her mother, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle includes news of their Georgetown neighbors such as Martha Parke Custis Peters and John Threlkeld, as well as family news.
Date: October 7, 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Dennis
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, March 13, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, March 13, 1807]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle.
Date: March 13, 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, April 27, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, April 27, 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, in which she speaks of missing him. She says that their enslaved man, Israel is attending to all his wishes. She mentions that the sacrament was administered at church by Mr. Wilmer, and she asks for a delivery of cranberries, molasses, green sweetmeats, preserved ginger and lemons.
Date: April 27, 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, January 31, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, January 31, 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle from her father-in-laws house, Kegotank. She speaks about one of their enslaved people, Martha, a washerwoman, delivering a stillbirth baby. She brings up his recent contract to provide lumber for the building of the new U.S. Navy Yard. Their brother-in-law Charles Nicoll Bancker invited the John Teackle family to Baltimore as a change of scenery after the death of one of the Teackle sons, Henry. She asks if he has news about meeting the new British Ambassador and his wife, Anthony and Elizabeth Merry.
Date: January 31, 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband Littleton D. Teackle, November 17, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband Littleton D. Teackle, November 17, 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, detailing delays in her journey home. She stopped at Dr. Winder's due to a lame horse, and is slowly making her way home. She's heard that a schooner matching the description of one of their boats, the Princess Anne, was seen in the Wicomico river, returning from the West Indies. She says she recently wrote him by Robert Barraud Taylor, who was to post it in the Western Shore mail. She says Grace D. Taylor Eyre just had a boy who is doing well, and that Comfort Winder is also pregnant.
Date: November 17, 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, October 13, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, October 13, 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, in care of Guest & Bancker in Philadelphia. She writes she's headed to Virginia the next day and plans to stay the next four weeks.
Date: October 13, 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, undated 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle, undated 1807]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written to her husband, Littleton D. Teackle.
Date: 1807
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Account ledger of John Teackle, 1808-1820] (open access)

[Account ledger of John Teackle, 1808-1820]

This is a ledger of accounts for merchant John Teackle of Kegotank, dating from 1808-1820. Debtors included family members, business associates and other mercantile houses. He also loaned money to emancipated African Americans such as Isaac Crippen, George Planter, William Planter, Asariah Pepper, Joshua Cropper, Joseph Planter, John Jack and others. The accounts include names such as Littleton D. Teackle, Charles Nicoll Bancker, John Upshur, William Parramore, William P. Custis, John Custis, Henry Custis, John H. Bayly, Bagwell Wharton, Major William Conquest, Henry Sympson, James Montgomery, Elihu Chauncey, Zadock Shepherd, Bowie & Kurtz of Georgetown, George Snead and many others.
Date: 1807/1820
Creator: Teackle, John, 1756-1817
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Charte von Nord America : nach den neuesten Entdeckungen und zuverläfsigsten astronomischen Ortsbestimmungen entworfen.

Map shows major settlements, major roads, areas of Native American habitation, and political divisions for Mexico, the United States, the West Indies, French Louisiana, and British possessions in North America; much of Southwest and Northwest uncharted and labeled "Quivira"; details for upper Pacific coastline. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1807
Creator: Walch, Johann, fl. 1757-1824
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement for the Establishment of a Position] (open access)

[Announcement for the Establishment of a Position]

Announcement from Governor Manuel de Iturbe saying that the position of "Promotor de Concursos" has been established. Local Spanish officials from the towns listed on the left of the document have their signatures on it acknowledging that they have received the word and passed it on.
Date: 1807-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning the Navy] (open access)

[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning the Navy]

Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish justicias saying that Principe de la Paz has been named Almirante General. The document is signed by local Spanish officials, from towns listed on the left side of the front page, acknowledging their having received the announcement.
Date: 1807-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe with a Declaration of War] (open access)

[Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe with a Declaration of War]

Announcement from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish justicias saying that war has been declared against England, and orders on shipping, etc. The document is signed by local Spanish authorities acknowledging they have received the notice and passed on the word.
Date: 1807-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Communications from the Viceroy and Governor] (open access)

[Communications from the Viceroy and Governor]

Message from Viceroy José de Iturrigaray saying that Juan José Pinto is in charge of the Real Asiento de Alumbres for five years. Also included is a letter from Governor Iturbe sent to towns across Mexico, and signed by Spanish officials in those towns acknowledging their having received the correspondence.
Date: February 18, 1807
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Decree from Manuel de Iturbe] (open access)

[Decree from Manuel de Iturbe]

Document signed by Manuel de Iturbe, and local Spanish officials, possibly a decree concerning sending children back to Spain to be educated. The document itself is badly torn and stained; the first page is missing large portions of the bottom and top of the page.
Date: 1807-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe] (open access)

[Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe]

Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe asking for contributions for orphans, widows, etc. The towns where this was sent are listed on the left side of the page, and officials signed the document acknowledging receiving the message from the governor.
Date: 1807-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente in Laredo] (open access)

[Message from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente in Laredo]

Message from José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente saying that Doña González has given José Francisco de la Barreda permission to construct a flour mill. The document itself has pieces of tape covering its frayed edges on all four sides.
Date: 1807-04~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning Unused Lands] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe Concerning Unused Lands]

Orders from Manuel de Iturbe saying that unused lands must be settled or cultivated within a year.
Date: 1807-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias]

Message from Governor Manuel de Iturbe with regulations concerning infractions of rules on "aguardiente." The document is signed by Spanish officials in the local towns such as Revilla, Mier, Laredo, etc.
Date: 1807-02-12?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe with rules concerning remuneration to the Spanish military. The document is signed by local Spanish authorities from the towns listed on the left side of the first page, acknowledging that they received and passed on the message.
Date: 1807-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Justicias]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish justicias concerning rewards for people who reveal unclaimed lands or goods. The document is signed by local Spanish authorities from the cities listed on the left side of the front page of the document, acknowledging their having received and passed on the Viceroy's message.
Date: 1807-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Message from Manuel de Iturbe with Orders from the Viceroy] (open access)

[Message from Manuel de Iturbe with Orders from the Viceroy]

Message from Manuel de Iturbe with orders from the Viceroy concerning cultivating or settling unused lands. The orders are followed by numerous signatures from local Spanish authorities acknowledging their having received the message from de Iturbe.
Date: 1807-09~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History