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Texas, part of New Mexico &c.
Map of Texas from 1856 documenting many landmarks and territories as well as Texas cities and counties.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas.
A color coded map of Texas from 1856. The map is color coded by county. Many Texas cities and landmarks are present on the map.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Morse, Sidney Edwards
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
San Jacinto battle-ground
From: History of Texas from its first settlement in 1685 to its joining the United States on December 29, 1845 / H. Yoakum.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Yoakum, H. K.
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
Texas / prepared for Yoakum's History of Texas by J.H. Colton and Co.
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Insets: Plan of Galveston Bay -- Plan of Sabine Lake.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Colton, J.H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A new map of Central America / by J.L. Hazzard ; engrd. by Th. Leonhardt.
Prime meridian: Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Map of the communication by railroad across the Isthmus of Darien: from Aspinwall to Panama -- The Isthmus of Tehuantepec: showing the proposed route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. From an edition of S.A. Mitchell's A new universal atlas. no. 40. Hand colored. Purchased with funds provided by the Friends of the UNT Libraries.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Hazzard, J. L.
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
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
Texas / prepared for Yoakum's History of Texas by J.H. Colton & Co.
Map showing Texas in 1856. Includes place names, roads, 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]
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
Scrapbook page of photos and newspaper articles about Sam and Ora Davis
Photograph of Sam R. Davis and his wife Ora Elizabeth McKinney Davis. They were early pioneers in Denton County. Photograph of the Davis Ranch House circa 1856. Three newspaper clippings regarding Mrs. Davis's death and funeral services, their wedding, and a picnic in Little Elm, Texas.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Studer Photography Company
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Dr. Thomas Moore from Jacob De Cordova, Oct. 26, 1856]
Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Thomas Moore and his son Hamilton, dated Oct. 26, 1856.
Date:
October 26, 1856
Creator:
De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Dr. Thomas Moore from J. De Cordova, Dec. 17, 1856]
Letter from Jacob de Cordova (by L.J. Reed) to Dr. Thomas Moore, discussing various land accounts, including patents held by Anson Jone's brother.
Date:
December 17, 1856
Creator:
De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Notes of Collection received by Thomas Moore for Jacob de Cordova, Feb. 7, 1856]
Notes for Collection received by Thomas Moore on February 7th, 1856 for J. De Cordova. Names included are A. A. Shipps; John Harvey; Dr. Moore; Robert T. Burnham; Thomas Moore; Joseph H. Eubank; Henry B. Flaugher; and I.T. Hoover.
Date:
February 7, 1856
Creator:
Moore, Thomas
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Documents pertaining to the case of R. H. Alexander vs. Elias A. Carroll, cause no. 191, 1856
Documents relating to the case of R. H. Alexander vs. Elias A. Carroll include citation to summon witnesses for plaintiff, many copies of interrogatories and cross-interrogatories to be propounded to the witnesses by the attorneys of both parties, notices to parties about the intention to seek answers from witnesses, answers and exceptions, motions to suppress the deposition of Julius Brown, a statement of facts, a statement from the defense, motions for a new trial, special exceptions, and the charge to the court by R. A. Reeves, presiding judge with the jury findings. Documents were submitted to the District Court of Henderson County and filed by the Clerk.
Date:
1856-10-25/1859-05-06
Creator:
Gray, W. M.; Bradshaw, T. & Holland, B. C.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
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
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 16, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 16, 1856
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1, Sunday, March 2, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
March 2, 1856
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 7, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 5, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1856
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 23, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 23, 1856
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 26, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
January 26, 1856
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 2, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 2, 1856
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The True Issue. (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 20, Ed. 1, Saturday, February 23, 1856
Weekly newspaper from La Grange, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
February 23, 1856
Creator:
Shropshire, B.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lavaca Herald (Port Lavaca, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 13, 1856
Weekly newspaper from Port Lavaca, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 13, 1856
Creator:
Rowan, James C.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History