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[Announcement from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda] (open access)

[Announcement from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda]

Announcement from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda saying that Don Felix Catlya to inspect all militia, and orders the roads repaired and a census of each town taken according to a given formula he presents. The document itself has tears on the right page and has stains on each page.
Date: 1794-12~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition from Juan de Palos] (open access)

[Petition from Juan de Palos]

Petition from Juan de Palos asking for restitution from Francisco Castillo, who killed his cow, valued at 20 pesos. According to the end of the document the governor orders that this be done.
Date: 1794-10~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Request from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda] (open access)

[Request from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda]

Request from the Conde de la Sierra Gorda to officials from ten villages in Nuevo Santander. The Conde asks for statement of the financial condition of all persons in the "medio cabildo" from 1787 to 1794.
Date: 1794-08~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Petition from Thomas Vargas] (open access)

[Petition from Thomas Vargas]

Petition from Thomas Vargas saying he wants to have the things left by his mother who has died; according to the petition the things were taken by Don Manuel Villarreal. The document itself is heavily stained and has pieces of tape holding parts of the paper together.
Date: 1794-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bowles's new one-sheet map of America: divided into its kingdoms, states, governmts. and other subdivisions ; laid down from observations of the most celebrated geographers.

Map shows major cities, political divisions, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes notes and table listing each European country's possessions as well as native and United States possessions. Includes a chart listing countries' possessions. Relief shown pictorially. No scale noted.
Date: [1794..1798]
Creator: Bowles & Carver
Object Type: Map
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

Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779.

Map shows routes of Captain James Cook in 1778 and 1779 during exploration of the northwestern part of North America [present-day Alaska]. Coastlines, settlements, and areas of indigenous population in North America and northeast Asia are noted. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:10,137,600].
Date: 1794
Creator: Roberts, Henry
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 1].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements along part of the South American coast. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 2].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements in the southernmost part of South America. Includes legend, text, and notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 3].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements in the northwestern part of South America. Includes legend, text, and notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:8,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of South America : containing Tierra-Firma, Guayana, New Granada, Amazonia, Brasil, Peru, Paraguay, Chaco, Tucuman, Chili and Patagonia [Sheet 4].

Map shows geography, coastal detail, and settlements in the northeastern part of South America. Inset: "A chart of Falkland's Islands named by the French Malouine Islands and discovered by Hawkins in the year 1593." Relief shown pictorially. Depths by soundings. Scales [ca. 1:8,000,000] and [ca. 1:1,530,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the island of St. Vincent, for the History of the West Indies.

Map shows late eighteenth century geography and settlements on the island of Saint Vincent. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:240,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Edwards, Bryan, 1743-1800
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of North America, with the West India Islands : Divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783. Wherein are particularly distinguished the United States and the several provinces, governments & ca. which compose the British dominions; Laid down according to the latest surveys and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. 1783 [Sheet 1].

Map shows the geography, some settlements, and some Native American habitation in late eighteenth century North America. Includes historical notes, text, and inset: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new map of North America, with the West India Islands : Divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783. Wherein are particularly distinguished the United States and the several provinces, governments & ca. which compose the British dominions; Laid down according to the latest surveys and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. 1783 [Sheet 2].

Map shows the geography, some settlements, and some Native American habitation in late eighteenth century Central America. Includes historical notes, text, and inset: "The passage by land to California, discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino, a Jesuit; between the years 1698 and 1701, before which, and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Object Type: Map
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
[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

A new and complete map of the West Indies comprehending all the coasts and islands known by that name.

Map shows settlements along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, Louisiana, New Spain, Central America, the northern coast of South America, and the islands of the West Indies. Includes legend. Scale [ca. 1:6,500,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d', 1697-1782
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A new chart of the world on Mercator's projection with the tracks and discoveries of the latest circumnavigators & c.

Map shows late eighteenth coastal cities and some geography of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Oceania. Shows explorers' routes with dates. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1794
Creator: Dunn, Samuel, d. 1794.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Chart of the N.W. coast of America and the N.E. coast of Asia, explored in the years 1778 and 1779

Map shows routes of Captain James Cook in 1778 and 1779 during exploration of the northwestern part of North America [present-day Alaska]. Coastlines, settlements, and areas of indigenous population in North America and northeast Asia are noted. Includes historical notes. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:10,137,600].
Date: 1794
Creator: Roberts, Henry
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The western coast of Louisiana and the coast of New Leon .

Map shows the Texas Gulf Coast from the Sabine River to the Rio Grande, and other rivers. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Map appeared in the author's West-India Atlas [1794]. Scale [ca. 1:2,600,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Western Coast of Louisiana and the Coast of New Leon.

Map shows the Texas Gulf Coast from the Sabine River to the Rio Grande, and other rivers. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Map appeared in the author's West-India Atlas [1794]. Scale not given.
Date: 1794
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ohio.

Map shows late eighteenth century Ohio roads, Native American settlements, military posts, township grid, river rapids and portage, the "Virginia Donation," "Indian Boundary Line," "Army Lands," and Northwest Indian War battle sites [note on map - "Indians defeated Augt. 20, 1794"]. Includes notes on points of interest. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:2,110,000].
Date: [1794..1814]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The peninsula and gulf of Florida, or New Bahama Channel, with the Bahama Islands.

Map shows detail along coast of Florida, the Bahamas, and Cuba; roads, cities and towns, currents, routes of travel, islands, inlets, atolls, and notable physical features. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Scale not given.
Date: 1794
Creator: Jefferys, Thomas, d. 1771
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A general map of South America drawn from the best surveys.

Map shows late eighteenth century South American ports, settlements, and island groups. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1794
Creator: Russell, John, fl. 1733-1795
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History