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Gonzales Co.

Survey map of Gonzales County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, rivers, creeks, and roads. No scale information given.
Date: 1869
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lee Rector to Effie Watts Rector, December 9, 1868] (open access)

[Letter from Lee Rector to Effie Watts Rector, December 9, 1868]

Letter from Lee Rector to Effie Watts Rector discussing how his health has become poor possibly because of the outbreak of pneumonia going around the academy. He can't come home anytime soon due to his poor health.
Date: December 9, 1869
Creator: Rector, Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, November 19, 1869] (open access)

[Letter from Lee Rector to Kenner K. Rector, November 19, 1869]

Letter from Lee Rector, to his brother, Kenner K. Rector discussing how pleased he is to hear from kinfolk in the cold weather. He tells his brother that Effie is welcomed to go through his compositions and papers. As well as the trunk, there all welcomed to take what they need; pneumonia is going about, he's caught it a lot and wishes someone was here on the days he was sick. So he isn't alone.
Date: November 19, 1869
Creator: Rector, Lee
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Vica Watts to Kenner K. Rector, August 4, 1869] (open access)

[Letter from Vica Watts to Kenner K. Rector, August 4, 1869]

Letter from Vica Watts to Kenner K. Rector discussing the flooding that occurred in Texas. She is happy no one's life was lost and all were safe. But as the weather is bad down there so it is in Virginia. Crops have been burnt to a crisp and no rain in sight. Having that bit of rain would be most helpful indeed.
Date: August 4, 1869
Creator: Watts, Vica
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of J.P. Sewell in Group]

Photograph of a group of 34 men forming four rows in front of a stone building. J.P. Sewell can be seen sitting on the front row, the second person to the right wearing glasses and a lighter suit than the men around him.
Date: 1869~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plot of Itinerary Map from Fort Concho, Texas to Austin, Texas

Map of the route marched and surveyed by the 4th U.S. Cavalry, Company H, from Fort Concho to Austin, Texas, showing major towns, rivers, and creeks. Information has been given about road conditions, river currents, and the abundance of water, grass, and woods. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
Date: 1869~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Plot of Itinerary Maps from Camp Verde, Texas to San Antonio, Texas

Plot of two routes from Camp Verde, Texas, to San Antonio, Texas, as per letter from J.W. Bean at Camp Verde. Scale [ca. 1:633,600] (approximately 10 miles to the inch).
Date: January 18, 1869
Creator: Bean, J. W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History