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Preliminary Chart of San Luis Pass, Texas

This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the San Luis Pass. The physical features are in color and appear to be shaded to portray heights (additional relief shown by hachures). Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text at the bottom of the page, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1851 and 1853; the text also gives specific latitude and longitude of the area in the map. Additional text in the lower right corner is labeled "Sailing Directions" and "Tidal Remarks"; the text gives explanatory details regarding the markings and measurements on the map. Scale 1:20,000. Prime meridian: Greenwich.
Date: [1851..1853]
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Columbia Democrat. (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1853 (open access)

Columbia Democrat. (Columbia, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 13, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Columbia, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 13, 1853
Creator: Cone, Horace & Cushing, E. H.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Breakwater. (open access)

Breakwater.

Patent for improving seawalls to "preserve channels across the bars at the mouths of rivers, creeks, or canals and between bays and gulfs" (lines 6-8), including illustration.
Date: June 7, 1859
Creator: Armour, D. Hillen
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Preliminary chart of entrance to Brazos River, Texas / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A. Bache ; triangulation by J.S. Williams ; topography by J.M. Wampler ; hydrography by the parties under the command of E.J. De Haven & J.K. Duer.

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes text on sailing directions and tides.
Date: 1858
Creator: United States Coast Survey
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
Property taxes paid to the state and county by Mary Jones, 1858 (open access)

Property taxes paid to the state and county by Mary Jones, 1858

Receipt documenting property tax paid by Mary Jones for the year 1858. Includes list of property.
Date: 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of Letter from Israel McGrady to James F. Perry, November 25, 1850] (open access)

[Transcript of Letter from Israel McGrady to James F. Perry, November 25, 1850]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Israel McGrady to James F. Perry, in which McGrady asks, on behalf of Dr. W. C. Ashburn, if Perry will sell one-hundred and fifty acres of his land at one dollar an acre.
Date: November 25, 1850
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for transportation of slaves] (open access)

[Receipt for transportation of slaves]

A receipt for "hauling [E.M. Pease's] negros and goods."
Date: 1854-uu-16
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall & Conan, J. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor] (open access)

[Announcement of E.M. Pease’s candidacy for governor]

A circular in which E.M. Pease announces his candidacy for governor.
Date: May 26, 1851
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Maria, an enslaved woman, from Clinton Terry]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of a Maria, an enslaved woman, from enslaver Clinton Terry.
Date: December 10, 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Sterling McNeel] (open access)

[Correspondence to E.M. Pease from Sterling McNeel]

A letter to E.M. Pease from Sterling McNeel that includes a list of slaves at Darrington Plantation.
Date: February 26, 1853
Creator: McNeel, Sterling
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt] (open access)

[Agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from J.M. Prewitt]

An agreement for E.M. Pease’s purchase of Mary Ann, an enslaved woman, from enslaver J.M. Prewitt.
Date: May 5, 1856
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Jury findings or proposed jury findings in case about ownership of slaves] (open access)

[Jury findings or proposed jury findings in case about ownership of slaves]

Jury findings or proposed jury findings in a case ("Smith v. Cloud") about ownership of slaves. Includes typewritten transcription of the document.
Date: 1854
Creator: Pease, Elisha Marshall
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 1, 1853 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1, Saturday, January 1, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: January 1, 1853
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 28, 1852 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1, Wednesday, July 28, 1852

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 28, 1852
Creator: Fowler, Samuel L.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 30, 1853 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 22, Ed. 1, Wednesday, November 30, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: November 30, 1853
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 14, 1853 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 24, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 14, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: December 14, 1853
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 1, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 30, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 1, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: February 1, 1854
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 8, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 31, Ed. 1, Wednesday, February 8, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: February 8, 1854
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 29, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 38, Ed. 1, Wednesday, March 29, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: March 29, 1854
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 5, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 5, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: April 5, 1854
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 12, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1, Wednesday, April 12, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: April 12, 1854
Creator: Bell, James H. & Lathrop, A. S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 16, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 16, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 16, 1854
Creator: Wilkes, James R. & Wilkes, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 23, 1854 (open access)

Texas Planter (Brazoria, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 23, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Brazoria, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 23, 1854
Creator: Wilkes, James R. & Wilkes, Henry
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History