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[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - December 16, 1799] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - December 16, 1799]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, written from Philadelphia. She mentions see various friends in town such as Paschall Hollingsworth, Mr. Davis, and Ben Wilcocks, and members of the Teackle family..
Date: December 16, 1799
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, July 9, 1799] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, July 9, 1799]

Copy of transcript of letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin discussing troubles with business and illness, and encouraging James to do what he can to avoid financial ruin.
Date: July 9, 1799
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, March 8, 1799] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, March 8, 1799]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin informing James of Charles Austin's departure for Richmond and then the lead mines. Stephen Austin also discusses business matters of the mines.
Date: March 8, 1799
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, December 28, 1798] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, December 28, 1798]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin concerning staffing matters and the food supply at the mines in Virginia.
Date: December 28, 1798
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, August 3, 1798] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, August 3, 1798]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin concerning transfer of money from Stephen Austin to James Austin.
Date: August 3, 1798
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Account for Moses Austin payable to Stephen Austin, May 1798] (open access)

[Transcript of Account for Moses Austin payable to Stephen Austin, May 1798]

Copy of transcript for an accounting record for balance owed by Moses Austin and payable Stephen Austin. This record looks to have been created retroactively, based on the addendum stating that the balance was settled between Stephen Austin and Moses Austin in 1797.
Date: May 1798
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of statment giving land surveys and warrants from Moses Austin to John D. Blanchard and George Lauman, July 18, 1797] (open access)

[Transcript of statment giving land surveys and warrants from Moses Austin to John D. Blanchard and George Lauman, July 18, 1797]

Copy of transcript for a statement giving land surveys and warrants from Moses Austin to John D. Blanchard and George Lauman in Virginia.
Date: July 18, 1797
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Charles Austin to Mary Ruston, June 15, 1797] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Charles Austin to Mary Ruston, June 15, 1797]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Charles Austin to Mrs. Mary Ruston concerning the settlement of lead mine accounts.
Date: June 15, 1797
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of notice of partnership dissolution between Stephen Austin, Moses Austin, and Thomas Ruston, June 15, 1797] (open access)

[Transcript of notice of partnership dissolution between Stephen Austin, Moses Austin, and Thomas Ruston, June 15, 1797]

Copy of transcript of a notice dissolving a business partnership between Stephen Austin, Moses Austin, and Thomas Ruston. Brothers Stephen and Moses Austin continued in the lead mining business in Virginia after the dissolution of this partnership.
Date: June 15, 1797
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Stars" mezzotint engraving]

Mezzotint engraving print of a woman draped in fabrics with a wreath of ivy around her head playing a lyre with her face to the night sky. "The Stars" was designed by Middelton and printed by American printmaker John Sartain in Philadelphia in the early 1800s.
Date: [1797..1856]
Creator: Sartain, John
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her step-father John Upshur - May 19, 1796] (open access)

[Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her step-father John Upshur - May 19, 1796]

Letter from Ann Upshur Eyre to her step-father, John Upshur of Brownsville, written while Ann attended boarding school in Philadelphia. The letter discusses family news, health issues and upcoming nuptials for John Upshur.
Date: May 19, 1796
Creator: Eyre, Ann Upshur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - May 9, 1796] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - May 9, 1796]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre while Ann attended boarding school in Philadelphia with Mrs. Valeria Fullerton. The letter touches on family news, their Upshur cousins Leah and Juliet, and other family acquaintances.
Date: May 9, 1796
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin, July 22, 1794] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin, July 22, 1794]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin inquiring about Austin's response to Ruston's letter from 1794-06-29 concerning land warrants.
Date: July 22, 1794
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin, June 29, 1794] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin, June 29, 1794]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas to Moses Austin concerning land warrants. Ruston gives Austin permission to begin surveying the land covered by the warrants as well as any additional vacant land.
Date: June 29, 1794
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History