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Texas, Part of New Mexico &c.
Atlas map of Texas and New Mexico as well as parts of Oklahoma (Indian Territory), northern Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Shows counties, towns, military posts, areas of American Indian habitation, American Indian reservations, roads, railroads, and geological features.
Date:
1856
Creator:
Bartholomew, J.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
General Map Showing the Countries Explored and Surveyed by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commissions- in the years 1850, 51, 52, and 53.
Map shows the areas of North America explored and surveyed by the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission from 1850 to 1853 under the direction of John R. Bartlett, U.S. Commissioner. Includes historic notes on the Red, Brazos, and Colorado Rivers and the abundance of vegetation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:6,600,000
Date:
1853
Creator:
Bartlett, John R.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Abstract of Title
Booklet entitled "Abstract of Title, to One League and Labor of land situated in Runnels County in the name of Rama Christa as appears from the records of Bexar County while Runnels Co. was a part of Bexar, made by Cocke, Hildebrand & Co. for John C. Beasley," containing records about land titles and legal transactions.
Date:
June 16, 1857
Creator:
Beasley, John C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Nacogdoches County.
Cadastral map of Nacogdoches County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date:
November 1, 1857
Creator:
Browne, J.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Asylum and University Lands situated on the waters of Hubbards-Creek
Cadastral map of land grants for universities, blind asylums, and lunatic asylums, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, roads, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1857
Creator:
Carter, S. M. & Creuzbaur, R.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory.
Map of the boundary lines between Texas and the United States, showing military trails, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Includes table of "Points which can be easily found on the Earth's surface," indicating the latitude and longitude of mountains, hills, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (15 miles to the inch).
Date:
1857
Creator:
Clark, J. H. & Weyss, J. E.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Asylum Lands
Survey map of land grants for "blind and lunatic asylums" in Shackelford, Jones, Taylor, and Calhoun Counties, showing blocks of land and plat numbers. The map also includes rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:70,000] (2000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1857
Creator:
Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plat of the City Tract of San Antonio De Bexar
Cadastral map of San Antonio de Bexar, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes roads, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevation. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:33,333] (1000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1852
Creator:
Gentilz, Jore & Giraud, Francis
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Brown County
Blueline format of survey map of Brown County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. No scale information given.
Date:
1858
Creator:
Hectors, J. P
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Peter Farer Esq., July 1852]
Letter from Sam Houston to Peter Farer Esq. discussing a request for information on a pirate named Lafitte who frequented Galveston, Texas.
Date:
July 23, 1852
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to William Welsh, February 1855]
Letter from Sam Houston to William Welsh discussing a business reference, William D. Miller Esq., in Austin, Texas.
Date:
February 5, 1855
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Country Upon the Brazos and Big Witchita Rivers
Map of north central Texas, showing the route followed by Captain R. B. Macy and troops in an effort to locate suitable land for an American Indian reservation. Locates copper and iron ore and shows western and southern boundaries of Peter’s Colony. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:506,880] (10 miles to 1 1/4 of an inch).
Date:
1854
Creator:
Marcy, R. B.
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
Bosque County
Blueline format of survey map of Bosque County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. No scale information is given.
Date:
1855
Creator:
Martin, Jos.
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
Young Land District
Blueline format of Young Land District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. No scale information given.
Date:
1857
Creator:
Matthews, R. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Youngland District
Blueline print of survey map of Youngland District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map. No scale information given.
Date:
1857
Creator:
Matthews, R. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of File No. 1153]
Copy of the plat and field notes for survey no. 334 in section 16 of Bexar County. The original survey was done May 3, 1852. There is a statement asserting this is an accurate copy of the records of the General Land Office of Texas.
Date:
March 31, 1854
Creator:
McDonald, I. S.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gonzales County.
Survey map of Gonzales County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale information given.
Date:
December 1853
Creator:
Pressler, C. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Lavaca County.
Survey map of Lavaca County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale information given.
Date:
October 1853
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pressler's Map of the State of Texas (1).
Map of part of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes and extensive map of counties in the upper-right corner and a note from the commissioner of the General Land Office. Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date:
1858
Creator:
Pressler, Charles W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Houston County.
Cadastral map of Houston County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date:
1859
Creator:
Stremme, C. C.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land Survey Field Notes in Bexar County, Number 340]
Field notes from a survey of land owned by Stephen F. Austin and Samuel May Williams in Bexar County. The document is certified twice by the deputy surveyor of Bexar district and the surveyor of the Milam land district.
Date:
May 4, 1852
Creator:
Texas
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon and Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico.
Atlas map of the newly formed state of California and the territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon. The map includes boundary lines, major towns, early settlement roads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,969,600] (110 miles to the inch).
Date:
1850
Creator:
Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History