Plan of the City of New Orleans and the Adjacent Plantations

Map of the city of New Orleans in 1798, including adjacent plantations (with property notes and the history of land ownership) and points of interest. Scale ca. 1:18,676 (ca. 280 toesas per inch).
Date: December 24, 1798
Creator: Trudeau, Carlos
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Land Grant Indenture Document] (open access)

[Land Grant Indenture Document]

Legal document for an indenture between James Winchester and Israel Moore of Sumner County, Tennessee which grants Moore land when he can pay $100 to the current owner, written October 17th, 1796. There are addenda acknowledging the land transfer, finalized in December, 1797.
Date: December 13, 1797
Creator: Tennessee
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library

["The Stars" mezzotint engraving]

Mezzotint engraving print of a woman draped in fabrics with a wreath of ivy around her head playing a lyre with her face to the night sky. "The Stars" was designed by Middelton and printed by American printmaker John Sartain in Philadelphia in the early 1800s.
Date: [1797..1856]
Creator: Sartain, John
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library