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[Map of South Texas Circa 1853]
An 1853 map of Texas territories, landmarks, and a few scattered cities. Along with the map is a document containing information about Texas and some information about the state of Tennessee.
Date:
1853~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the State of Texas: from the Latest Authorities
Map of the state of Texas, with counties outlined and colored in the eastern half of the state. It includes labels for major cities, railway lines, and geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. The northern portion of the Texas panhandle is marked in an inset in the upper-left corner of the sheet. A second inset in the lower-left corner provides detailed views of the city of Galveston and the surrounding area. Text above the inset describes the railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850.
Date:
1853
Creator:
Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Preliminary chart of San Luis Pass, Texas
Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes texts "Sailing directions," and "Tidal remarks." "Sketch 1, no. 4." "No. 40."
Date:
1853
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Lizzie Lamar George]
Photograph of Lizzie Lamar George. Lizzie was the third wife of Ezekiel George. The oval portrait shows Lizzie wearing a dark button front dress with a rounded, velvet collar. She has a floral corsage pinned on her right shoulder. She is wearing a long necklace and her hair is loosely pulled back into a bun. On bottom of substrate: "Kersting, Galveston".
Date:
[1853..1862]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[1853 boundaries of the City of Laredo]
Sketch of land leased from the City of Laredo by the United States Government for use of the U. S. Army stationed at Fort McIntosh.
Date:
1853
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Aaron
Biography of Aaron, first High Priest of Israel. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date:
1853/1857
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Isaac
Biography of Isaac, Patriarch of Israel. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date:
[1853..1857]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Joshua
Biography of Joshua, leader of the Children Of Israel after Moses. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date:
[1853..1857]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Miriam
Biography of Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Date:
[1853..1857]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1853 April 18.
Land Grant for 320 acres in Collin County.
Date:
April 18, 1853
Creator:
Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Moses. Part 1
The story of Moses.
Date:
[1853..1857]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Book
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Certificate of admittance into the Sons of Temperance
The certificate verifies that James M. Inge was admitted into the Sons of Temperance on June 23, 1853.
Date:
June 23, 1853
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The morals of Odd-fellowship : a discourse
"Delivered before the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at the Annual Communication of that Right Worthy Grand Body, at Ithaca, August, 1853."
Date:
1853
Creator:
Bristol, D. W.
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton, January 26, 1853]
Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to Sam Houston from P. Clayton regarding claims by Baylor for bounty land, a horse killed in battle, and forage and rations during the Mexican War
Date:
January 26, 1853
Creator:
Clayton, P.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Reconnaissance of Aransas Pass, Texas
Navigation chart for Aransas Pass, between Mustang Island and San Jose Island. There are sailing directions and notes in the upper-left corner of the map. The physical features are outlined and shaded (relief shown by soundings and contours). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. Scale 1:20,000
Date:
1853
Creator:
United States Coast Survey
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Claim certificate: Nicholas M. Smith]
Claim from [L.B. Shand] and John M. Swisher to State of Texas for $67.50 for service in Somervell campaign by Nicholas McNutt
Date:
October 3, 1853
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt from O.G. Ross to Jesse Grimes, 1853]
Papers of Jesse Grimes. Receipt from O.G. Ross to Jesse Grimes.
Date:
March 15, 1853
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frontier life; or, Scenes and adventures in the South West,
Book about frontier life in the southwest.
Date:
1853
Creator:
Hardman, Frederick & Sealsfield, Charles
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Landing at Sabbath Day Point
Access:
Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
None
Date:
1853~
Creator:
Kensett, John Frederick
Object Type:
Artwork
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 9, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 17, 1853
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 17, 1853
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, September 24, 1853
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
September 24, 1853
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 1, 1853
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 1, 1853
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 8, 1853
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 8, 1853
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 13, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 15, 1853
Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
October 15, 1853
Creator:
Lancaster, J.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History