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A passage by land to California discovered by the Rev. Father Eusebius Francis Kino Jesuite between ye years 1698 and 1701.
Map shows parts of New Mexico, the Sea of California, the Pimería Alta, and Part of California. Includes names of Native American tribes. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date:
[1710..1730]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Spanish Dominions in North America.
Map shows early nineteenth century cities, towns, ports, and geography of Spanish territory in North America. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:18,000,000]. Map is detached from A New and Elegant General Atlas by Arrowsmith and Lewis [1805].
Date:
1805
Creator:
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Henry Clay to Joel R. Poinsett, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary U.S Mexico, September 24, 1825]
Copy of transcript for a letter from Henry Clay to Joel R. Poinsett, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary U.S Mexico concerning relations and trade agreements between Mexico, the United States of America, Great Britain, and Colombia.
Date:
September 24, 1825
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of abstract of the memorial of the Secretary of Justice and Ecclesiastical affairs presented to Congress, January 1826]
Copy of transcript for an abstract of the memorial of the Secretary of Justice and Ecclesiastical affairs presented to Congress concerning the administration of justice in Mexico.
Date:
1826
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an essay by Stephen F. Austin concerning the law of April 6, 1830, [May 18, 1830?]]
Copy of transcript for an essay written by Stephen F. Austin, in which Austin addresses the history of Texas and the negative effects of the law of April 6, 1830, which ended immigration from the United States. Austin also argues that Texas would not economically benefit from separating from Mexico.
Date:
1830-05-18?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letters from Stephen F. Austin, December 14, 1830]
Copy of transcript for letters from Stephen F. Austin, sent during the period of June 5, 1830 until December 14, 1830.
Date:
December 14, 1830
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Letter from Galveston to Messrs. Meyer & Sons of New York - December 10, 1841]
Copy of a letter from Galveston, discussing Thomas Falconer's affairs and reassuring the recipient that Falconer's silence in response to six letters is because he has been captured with the Santa Fe Expedition. It also discusses the terms of a sum of money Falconer drew and a term set by Messrs. Meyer & Co. (written as "& Sons" earlier in document) and gives a brief summary of how he joined the expedition. There are notes on cities and dates on the back page.
Date:
December 10, 1841
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from C.E. Detmold to Edward Trelawny - January 8, 1842]
Letter from C. E. Detmold in New York to Edward Trelawny at Putney Hill near London. It discusses his fears for Thomas Falconer's safety as he has heard that the "Texian" Santa Fe Expedition had been captured by Mexican forces and touches on British Whig finance politics. Detmold is Christian Edward Detmold (see Wikipedia article) and Trelawny is John Edward Trelawny the English biographer, novelist, adventurer and friend of the Romantic poets Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron.
Date:
January 8, 1842
Creator:
Detmold, C. E. (Christian Edward), 1810-1887
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin]
Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. A typed transcript of this letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.
Date:
January 12, 1842
Creator:
Falconer, Thomas
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Typed transcript of letter from Thomas Falconer to Alfred Austin]
Letter from Thomas Falconer to "My dear Austin" in London. The letter was written in the third month of Falconer's captivity and posted from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The letter recounts how he became part of the Santa Fe Expedition in June 1841 and narrates his experiences during the expedition. Falconer states that he was falsely told that the expedition was for trade when in fact its purpose was to capture Santa Fe. The letter describes his companions; the decline of Santa Fe's importance for trade; problems with the route and guides; lack of food; a camp fire that becomes a prairie fire; buffalo; and Indian attacks, scalpings, and deaths. The original handwritten letter is also available via the Portal to Texas History.
Date:
January 12, 1842
Creator:
Falconer, Thomas
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map showing the route pursued by the exploring expedition to New Mexico and the Southern Rocky Mountains.
Map shows exploratory routes taken across Kansas, northern New Mexico, and southern Colorado; settlements, locations and dates for camps, and areas of Native American habitation; Santa Fé Trail. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1:2,000,269].
Date:
1845
Creator:
Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A map of the United States of Mexico : as organized and defined by the several acts of the Congress of that Republic, constructed from a great variety of printed and manuscript documents.
Map shows the geography, settlements, and political borders in mid-nineteenth century southwestern North America. Texas area shows Cross Timbers, Austin's Grant, Austin's Colony, and DeWitt's Colony. Inset: "Map of the roads & C. from Veracruz & Alvarado to Mexico." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:5,069,000].
Date:
1846
Creator:
Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch of a day's travel.
Map shows geography and points of interest along mid-nineteenth century exploratory route in New Mexico Territory. Scale not indicated.
Date:
1846
Creator:
United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Territory of New Mexico.
Map shows mid-nineteenth century New Mexico roads, trails, settlements, landmarks, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1847
Creator:
Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Territory of New Mexico
Map of the Territory of New Mexico that includes minimal topographical data, rivers, information about local Indians, and a scale of miles.
Date:
1847~
Creator:
Abert, J. W. & Peck, W. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the territory of New Mexico made by order of Brig. Gen. S.W. Kearny under instructions from Lieut. W. H. Emory, U.S.T.E.
Map shows roads, trails, settlements, landmarks, and areas of Native American habitation in mid-nineteenth century New Mexico Territory. Includes notes. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1847
Creator:
Abert, J. W. (James William), 1820-1897
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch accompanying Col. Price despatch.
Map shows troop positions and artillery by symbol and names of their commanders, and shows by lines, troop movements. Outlines and shows buildings in Taos Pueblo [currently located in New Mexico]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,757].
Date:
1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch accompanying Col. Price's despatch of 18 April 1847.
Map shows American and Mexican troop positions near Cañada, New Mexico on January 24, 1847. Also shows a short reach of the Rio Chicito and general topography. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch accompanying Col. Price's despatch of 15th Feb. 1847.
Map shows geography near Embudo and La Joya, Mexico [currently New Mexico] during the Mexican War. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date:
1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch of part of the march & wagon road of Lt. Colonel Cooke
Map of the march and wagon road of Lieutenant Colonel Cooke from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean circa 1846-1847. The map contains minimal topographical data about the area around the wagon road and a table of distances.
Date:
1847~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Oregon and Upper California from the surveys of John Charles Frémont and other authorities.
Map shows major physical features, areas of Native American habitation, major cities, and towns. Northern portion of map is labeled "Oregon Territory" and "Missouri Territory." Southern portion is "Upper California and New Mexico" with the "February 1848 Treaty Boundary Line between Mexico and the United States." Notes and "explanations" are included. Inset: "Profile of the Traveling Route from the South Pass of the Rocky Mountains to the Bay of San Francisco." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights, and by profile. Scale [1:3,000,000].
Date:
1848
Creator:
Preuss, Charles, 1803-1854
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Oregon and Upper California : from the surveys of John Charles Frémont and other authorities.
Map shows major physical features, areas of Indian habitation, major cities and towns; northern portion of map is labeled Oregon Territory, Missouri Territory, southern portion is Upper California and New Mexico; February 1848 treaty boundary line between Mexico and the United States. Includes notes and "explanations." Inset: "Profile of the travelling route from the South Pass of the the Rocky Mountains to the Bay of San Francisco." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights, and by profile. Scale [1:3,000,000].
Date:
1848
Creator:
Preuss, Charles, 1803-1854
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Sketch of part of the march & wagon road of Lt. Colonel Cooke from Santa Fe to the Pacific Ocean, 1846-7.
Map shows locations of Cooke's camps in the American Southwest. Details include distances between points, trails, alternative routes, areas of Native American activity, mining activity, and water. Includes notes and table of distances. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Scale not given.
Date:
1848
Creator:
Cooke, Philip St. George, 1809-1895
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map, no. 3 showing continuation of details of Fort Smith and Santa Fé route, from mounds near 100 1/2 degree of longitude to Tucumcari Creek.
Map shows natural resources and camp stops along overland route taken by emigrants and military escort following the Canadian River across the Texas Panhandle to Tucumcari in New Mexico Territory. Includes "Table of Distances from Fort Smith" [Arkansas]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [1: 633,600].
Date:
1849
Creator:
Simpson, J. H. (James Hervey), 1813-1883
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History