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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
Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan. (open access)

Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the year 1852 / by Randolph B. Marcy ; assisted by George B. McClellan.

An exploration of the Red River of Texas and Louisiana.
Date: 1854
Creator: Marcy, Randolph Barnes
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for sale of slave to A. D. Kennard, April 5, 1854] (open access)

[Receipt for sale of slave to A. D. Kennard, April 5, 1854]

Receipt for sale of slave by David M. Smith to A.D. Kennard described as a 24 year old male with a badly burned right foot named Harnes.
Date: April 5, 1854
Creator: Smith, David M.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Last Will and Testament of Chauncey H. Redway, November 7, 1854] (open access)

[Last Will and Testament of Chauncey H. Redway, November 7, 1854]

Last will and testament of Chauncey H. Redway on November 7, 1854. Upon his death, Redway wishes to give his wife Lodema one-third of the avails of his farm; his daughter Harriet $100 and two cows; his daughter Electa $100; his daughter Cornelia $200; his granddaughter Ida $100; his granddaughter Ellen Loretta $200; and his son Hamilton K. Redway all the remainder of his estates. Redway appoints Thomas C. Chiltenden to be executor of the will. The will was examined and executed on October 1, 1855.
Date: November 7, 1854
Creator: Redway, Chauncey H.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: 1854--Extraordinary Season.] (open access)

[Clipping: 1854--Extraordinary Season.]

Newspaper clipping containing a chart of the range of temperatures in the shade from June 24, 1854 to September 14, 1854. It notes that Flowers, a person located on Union Street, kept record of these temperatures for the newspaper. There are miscellaneous advertisements on the reverse side.
Date: 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: 1854 Temperatures] (open access)

[Clipping: 1854 Temperatures]

Newspaper clipping containing a chart of the range of temperatures in the shade from June 24, 1854 to September 14, 1854. It notes that Flowers, a person located on Union Street, kept record of these temperatures for the newspaper. There is part of an article on the reverse side.
Date: 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt from A. J. Duncan, February 15, 1854] (open access)

[Receipt from A. J. Duncan, February 15, 1854]

Receipt from Duncan Morgan Merchants for items, including 2 gross agate buttons.
Date: February 15, 1854
Creator: Duncan Morgan
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Promissory note  from Bank of Tennessee, July 1, 1854] (open access)

[Promissory note from Bank of Tennessee, July 1, 1854]

Promissory note from Bank of Tennessee for $100.00.
Date: July 1, 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Receipt from Tri-Weekly Union and American, September 14, 1854] (open access)

[Receipt from Tri-Weekly Union and American, September 14, 1854]

Receipt from Tri-Weekly Union and American Charles B. Moore for a three month subscription.
Date: September 14, 1854
Creator: Jones, H. J.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Gleason's Pictorial (Boston [Mass.]), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1854 (open access)

Gleason's Pictorial (Boston [Mass.]), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 7, 1854

Weekly illustrated magazine from Boston, Massachusetts.
Date: October 7, 1854
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History