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A Map of the Travels of George Washington

Map of the travels of George Washington in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States between 1732 and 1799, with insets of New York and the lower Hudson Valley, Mount Vernon, the tidewater region of Virginia, Philadelphia, and Boston. The map includes towns, colonial highways, historic or notable sites, bodies of water, and other geological features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,502,720] (39.5 miles to the inch).
Date: 1931
Creator: National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973] (open access)

[Jacqueline Cochran's Typed Daily Schedule: December 1969 to December 1973]

Text of Jacqueline Cochran's typed daily schedule from December 21, 1969, to December 15, 1973, including golf tournaments, doctor appointments, hair appointments, Arthritis Foundation committee meetings, dinner meetings, budget meetings, and board meetings. Entries include day of week, time, and location. They also include personal handwritten notes on some entries.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Walter D. Townley - April 23, 1938] (open access)

[Letter from T. N. Carswell to Walter D. Townley - April 23, 1938]

A letter written to Mr. Walter D. Townley, Alderson, West Virginia from T. N. Carswell, dated April 23, 1938. Carswell expresses his enjoyment of seeing Townley while he was in Clifton Forge.
Date: April 23, 1938
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Russell Lockhart to Blanche Perry] (open access)

[Letter from Russell Lockhart to Blanche Perry]

Letter plus envelope from Russell Lockhart of the Church of Christ in South Parkersburg, West Virginia to Perry requesting a bapistry painting. Request for a painting was inspired by the painting Perry did for the church in Athens, Ohio. Mentions average size and attendance of the South Side congregation and various people and ministries in which the church is involved. Letter is typewritten on church letterhead.
Date: October 12, 1951
Creator: Lockhart, J. Russell
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Postcard of Rhododendron in West Virginia Hills]

Postcard of Rhododendrons, the West Virginia state flower, growing on green hills. A handwritten note addressed to Miss Hellen Aten says "Hello. Haveing a fine time much warmer down here we are close to 700 mile from home. Marie K."
Date: August 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Robinson to Boteler: Deed of Gift of Negroe Betsy (open access)

Robinson to Boteler: Deed of Gift of Negroe Betsy

Text in which Alexander Robinson transfers ownership of a slave named Betsy to his son-in-law, Henry Boteler. Robinson is noted as residing in Baltimore, Maryland, while Boteler is from Shepherds Town, Virginia. Betsy is approximately sixteen years old.
Date: July 15, 1917
Creator: Robinson, Alexander
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Church in West Virginia]

Photograph of St. Mary's Church of Christ in West Virginia, showing the front steps and door of the building. The photograph is angled upward to capture the steeple of the church. Note on the back of the photograph reads, "St. Mary's W. Va."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter of Invitation from Nancy Pelosi to Fred Kafka, February 2010] (open access)

[Letter of Invitation from Nancy Pelosi to Fred Kafka, February 2010]

Official letter from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office to Fred Kafka inviting him to attend a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots on March 10, 2010. Kafka was the son of Cornelia Yerkes Kafka.
Date: [..2010-02-26]
Creator: Pelosi, Nancy
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History