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[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, December 31, 1799] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, December 31, 1799]

Copy of transcript of letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin inquiring about affairs at the lead mines, and making recommendations about shot production and farming.
Date: December 31, 1799
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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, October 22, 1799] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, October 22, 1799]

Copy of transcript of letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin advising him in business matters. Stephen Austin specifically advises James Austin to stockpile provisions, such as: pork, beef, corn and rye. Additionally, he recommends making lead shot to be sold in Richmond during the fall.
Date: October 22, 1799
Creator: unknown
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
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - April 1799] (open access)

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

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, undated. The date of this letter is either April or May of 1799 due to context. The letter mentions the long awaited return of the ship Delaware, captained by John E. Sword from Canton. It discusses the wedding of Sarah Corbin Cropper, as well as mentioning Mrs. Vear, Henrietta Teackle, John Teackle, Mrs. John Dennis, Col. Cropper, and Col. Savage.
Date: April 1799
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
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
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle - February 26, 1799] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle - February 26, 1799]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton Dennis Teackle before their journey back to England. Campbell was from Glasgow, and a classmate of Teackle's at Columbia University.
Date: February 26, 1799
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
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
[Letter from John Eyre to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - June 16, 1798] (open access)

[Letter from John Eyre to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - June 16, 1798]

Letter from John Eyre to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle regarding an injury sustained by her sister Ann Upshur, his future wife.
Date: June 16, 1798
Creator: Eyre, John
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 Account from William Norwell to Moses Austin and Co., April, 9, 1798] (open access)

[Transcript of Account from William Norwell to Moses Austin and Co., April, 9, 1798]

Copy of transcript for a letter from William Norwell to Moses Austin and Co., in which an itemized list of services rendered, their associated cash value, and interest over six years is provided.
Date: April 9, 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 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
[Transcript of Schedule of Property Returned by Messrs Moses and Stephen Austin, January 1797] (open access)

[Transcript of Schedule of Property Returned by Messrs Moses and Stephen Austin, January 1797]

Copy of transcript for a schedule of property returned by Messrs Austin as the Property of Messrs Austin and Company. The itemized list includes: debts associated with the lead mines, legal fees, debts owed to the Austin family by individuals, and a list of African American slaves.
Date: January 1797
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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

Monticello Plantation

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
View of the closer diagonal façade with Portico of the Monticello Plantation. From the Palladian Period.
Date: 1796/1806
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library

Monticello Plantation

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
Frontal view of garden façade of the Monticello Plantation. From the Palladian Period.
Date: 1796/1806
Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library
[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

A map of the states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia : comprehending the Spanish provinces of east and west Florida, exhibiting the boundaries between the United States and Spanish dominions as fixed by the treaty of peace in 1783.

Map shows treaty boundaries, roads, swamps, towns, areas of Native American habitation, and notable physical features. Includes explanation. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:6,336,000].
Date: [1794..1802]
Creator: Purcell, Joseph Southern
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Gore Upshur to her daughter Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - August 3, 1792] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Gore Upshur to her daughter Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - August 3, 1792]

Letter from Elizabeth Gore Upshur to her daughter Elizabeth Upshur Teackle while she was attending school in Snow Hill, Maryland.
Date: August 3, 1792
Creator: Upshur, Elizabeth Gore
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History