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Letters Relating to the History of Annexation (open access)

Letters Relating to the History of Annexation

Compilation of two letters written by Anson Jones related to the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States, along with four appendices that provide text of various legislative and legal documents, articles from contemporaneous newspaper articles, and other related text.
Date: 1852
Creator: Jones, Anson, 1798-1858
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author (open access)

Memoranda and official correspondence relating to the Republic of Texas, its history and annexation. Including a brief autobiography of the author

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Date: January 1, 1859
Creator: Jones, Anson
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix (open access)

Journey through Texas, or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier : with a statistical appendix

The observations of Frederick Law Olmsted as he journeyed through Texas in the 1850s.
Date: January 1, 1857
Creator: Olmsted, Frederick Law
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of South Texas Circa 1853]

An 1853 map of Texas territories, landmarks, and a few scattered cities. Along with the map is a document containing information about Texas and some information about the state of Tennessee.
Date: 1853~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Mexico, California and Texas in 1851]

Relief shown by hachures. Includes illustrations of people washing gold, Mexican peasants and the ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan. There are colorful borders around each of the different states within the Mexican border.
Date: 1851
Creator: Martin, Robert Montgomery
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of Texas, Part of Mexico and the United States]

An 1850 map of Texas, it contains many Texas landmarks. The map shows the route of the first Santa Fé Expedition; drawn and engraved by W. Kemble.
Date: 1850
Creator: Kemble, W.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the State of Texas: from the Latest Authorities

Map of the state of Texas, with counties outlined and colored in the eastern half of the state. It includes labels for major cities, railway lines, and geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. The northern portion of the Texas panhandle is marked in an inset in the upper-left corner of the sheet. A second inset in the lower-left corner provides detailed views of the city of Galveston and the surrounding area. Text above the inset describes the railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850.
Date: 1852
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map of the State of Texas in 1852]

Map of the state of Texas in 1852, it shows the eastern towns and the geographical features in the western portions of the state. It is engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography - engraved by J.H. Young. Inset: Map of the vicinity of Galveston City.
Date: 1852
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico & Guatemala

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington. Insets: Guatemala -- Valley of Mexico.
Date: 1850
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Mexico / engraved by S. Hall.

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Inset: Guatemala.
Date: 1852
Creator: Hall, Sidney
Object Type: Map
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

Map of Texas and part of New Mexico

Map of most of the state of Texas and some of the surrounding areas, including parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It includes markings for roads, major cities, bodies of water, and and some geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes list of authorities, coordinates of selected locations, and descriptive notes on various rivers.
Date: 1857
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the State of Texas

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Inset: Map of the vicinity of Galveston City. Includes text on railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850. "25".
Date: 1856
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton) & Hazzard, J. L.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Preliminary survey of the entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes text on soundings and tides. "I no. 2." "No. 40."
Date: 1854
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

Map of the State of Texas: from the Latest Authorities

Map of the state of Texas, with counties outlined and colored in the eastern half of the state. It includes labels for major cities, railway lines, and geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. The northern portion of the Texas panhandle is marked in an inset in the upper-left corner of the sheet. A second inset in the lower-left corner provides detailed views of the city of Galveston and the surrounding area. Text above the inset describes the railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, the Rio Grande, the Grand Indian Crossing, and the population of Texas according to the census of 1850.
Date: 1853
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Jacinto battle-ground

From: History of Texas from its first settlement in 1685 to its joining the United States on December 29, 1845 / H. Yoakum.
Date: 1856
Creator: Yoakum, H. K.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Spanish-Texas / [J.H. Colton & Co.]

Map showing Spanish Texas including place names, regions of American Indians, rivers and early roads.
Date: 1856
Creator: Colton, J. H., & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1859 August 11. (open access)

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1859 August 11.

Land Grant for 160 acres in Denton County.
Date: August 11, 1859
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1853 April 18. (open access)

[Land grant] : Austin, [Tex.], 1853 April 18.

Land Grant for 320 acres in Collin County.
Date: April 18, 1853
Creator: Texas. General Land Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Reports of the Secretary of War, with reconnaissances of routes from San Antonio to El Paso, by Brevet Lt. Col. J. E. Johnston; Lieutenant W. F. Smith; Lieutenant F. T. Bryan; Lieutenant N. H. Michler; and Captain S. G. French, of Q'rmaster's Dep't. Also, the report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an expedition into Navajo country; and the report of Lieutenant W. H. C. Whiting's reconnaissances of the western frontier of Texas. July 24, 1850. Ordered to be printed.

1 map shows routes from San Antonio to El Paso in 1849. Includes rivers and some topographical features. 1 map shows the route pursued in 1849 by US Troops in an expedition against the Navajo Indians in New Mexico in the area near Santa Fe.
Date: July 24, 1850
Creator: United States. Congress (31st, 1st session : 1849-1850)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Constitution of the state of Texas. (open access)

The Constitution of the state of Texas.

A copy of the Texas state constitution from 1850.
Date: 1850
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas.

A color coded map of Texas from 1856. The map is color coded by county. Many Texas cities and landmarks are present on the map.
Date: 1856
Creator: Morse, Sidney Edwards
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Texas, part of New Mexico &c.

Map of Texas from 1856 documenting many landmarks and territories as well as Texas cities and counties.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History