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Map of Texas and part of Mexico
Map showing Texas and the surrounding areas in the United States and Mexico. Geography and major cities are marked, with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the state of Texas.
Map showing the state of Texas (shaded in yellow) and surrounding areas. Some regions and towns are noted, as well as geographic features with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[M.M. Ryon receipt for inheritance]
M.M. Ryon receipt for inheritance, 10 September 1846.
Date:
September 10, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX]
In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.
Date:
1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Buckner, The County Seat of Collin County Texas
Partial plat map of Buckner, Texas, historically the seat of Collin County, Texas. There is a key on the left listing lots and streets and a legal statement handwritten at the bottom. The map is encapsulated and has been framed; printed text at the bottom of the frame says: "Original plat of the first county seat of Collin County---Fort Buckner---drawn by the early surveyor, H. O. Hedgecoxe date 1846."
Date:
1846
Creator:
Hedgecoxe, H. O.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pocket almanack, for the year of our Lord 1847
Almanac for 1847, bound in publisher's yellow printed wrappers, with hole at upper left through which a string is looped for suspension. The almanac contains information on eclipses, tides, phases of the moon, rising and setting of the moon/sun, historical facts, and quotations. Anonymous gift to the Miniature Books Collection in 2003.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Spofford, Thomas, b. 1795.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A new map of Texas, Oregon, and California : with the regions adjoining / compiled from the most recent authorities.
Hand drawn map showing the emigration route from Missouri to Oregon in 1845 with geographical features. A table of stops along the routes with mileage included. There are some brief written descriptions of areas of the west.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Accompaniment to Mitchell's New Map of Texas, Oregon, and California, With the Regions Adjoining
Text with detailed description of the areas shown by the accompanying map, including geographical and cultural information.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen und übrigen Verhältnisse mit Besond Ererrücksicht auf die Deurtsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer Nach Texas...
This book discusses Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels' trip to Texas as commissioner general of the Adelsverein.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Solms-Braunfels, Carl
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas nach den besten Quellen
Map of Texas in the German language. Texas / nach den besten Quellen entw. u. gez. vom Hauptm. Radefeld ; Stich, Druck und Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts zu Hildburghausen. Relief shown by hachures. Shows routes of exploring expeditions and lands apportioned to Indian tribes. Prime meridians: Greenwich, Paris, Ferro, and Washington. In upper left margin: Meyer's Handatlas. In upper right margin: No. 103. Appears in Meyer's Handatlas.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Radefeld, Carl Christian Franz
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Manuscript Map and Deed, German Emigration Company to F. T. Arnold]
Manuscript Map and Deed, German Emigration Company to F. T. Arnold in Comal County. Signed by the Chief Surveyor, H. Wilke, Th. Herzing, and ?, a Trustee of the German Emigration Colony. Has Adelsverein stamp.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Adelsverein (Verein zum Schütze deutscher Einwanderer in Texas)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Karte von Texas entworfen nach den Vermeßungen der General-Land-Office der Republic
Map from the book by Prince Carl von Solms-Braunfels, Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen and Übrigen Verhältnisse mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Deutsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer nach Texas. The map is translated in German but notes rivers, mountains, etc.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Solms-Braunfels, Carl
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the Northwestern Part of Texas Received from the General Land Office in 1845
Map of Texas from the book, Texas. Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine Geographischen, Socialen and Übrigen Verhältnisse mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die Deutsche Colonisation. Ein Handbuch für Auswanderer nach Texas...
Date:
1846
Creator:
Solms-Braunfels, Carl
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Commission for Justice of the Peace]
Commission by A.C. Horton, Governor of Texas, appointing John H. Seward as Justice of the Peace for Washington County.
Date:
October 8, 1846
Creator:
Horton, Albert C.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
"To Arms! To Arms! Volunteers for the Mexican War!"
Broadside recruiting soldiers for the Mexican War, asking for 12-month volunteers.
Date:
December 5, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Poster
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A New Map of Texas, Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining
Hand-colored map of western North America showing mountains, rivers, towns and roads, especially the emigrant route from Missouri to Oregon with distances between the various stopping points
Date:
1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura.
Front cover, spine, and title page of a book about Texas anecdotes. Title page includes an anonymous French quotation and a second by Ben Jonson.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Suthron, A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, June 5, 1846]
Letter to James K. Polk from Thomas J. Rusk, dated June 5, 1846., recommending Thomas W. McCalla for appointment as an officer to the Military Store in the District of Columbia.
Date:
June 5, 1846
Creator:
Rusk, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, January 1, 1846]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from William Grimes to Jesse Grimes, concerns horse sale and immigration. Mentions F.H. Womack, E.G. Collier, John Dunbar, Albert Grimes, Mrs. Pew, Joseph Black, and Judge Lister.
Date:
January 1, 1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Washington County legal documents
Notice of sale of "printing press type labels cases" for the paper "Texian & Brasos Farmer" and the "National Vindicator" for payment of two promissory notes executed by Thomas Johnson for benefit of G.H. Harrison
Date:
1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Prairiedom: rambles and scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura
Book about travel in Texas.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Page, Frederic Benjamin.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Parables of our Lord
An elegant gift volume from the early Victorian era consisting of a selection of parables from the New Testament. The text is done in a calligraphic style, with ornate illuminated borders. Within many of the borders are small illustrations of the text. The text and illuminations were recreated from the originals by chromolithographs. The binding is a "papier-mâché" binding, consisting of front and back covers of deeply-molded black paper-mâché and a leather spine.
Date:
1846
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[The State of Texas, 1836-1845]
Map of the state of Texas, 1836-1845. The map includes bodies of water and sections of Mexico.
Date:
1846
Creator:
Burr, David H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Bather
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None
Date:
[1846..1848]
Creator:
Millet, Jean-François
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The UNT Digital Library