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Embroidered sampler

Very delicate sampler stitched on fine linen with embroidered verse, trees, birds, building, floral designs, geometric designs, and "Watnall School"; stretched on wooden frame and nailed with rusty handmade tacks
Date: 1804
Creator: Allcock, Mary
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History

N. America.

Map shows areas of Native American habitation, major cities/settlements, rivers, mountain ranges, ocean banks, and the direction of the Gulf Stream current; Sandwich Islands, Aleutian "or Fox" Islands. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:33,000,000].
Date: 1808
Creator: Anderson, Adam
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bird on a Tree

Access: Use of this item is restricted to the UNT Community
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Date: [1800..1858]
Creator: Ando Hiroshige
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

British possessions in America.

Map shows areas of Native American habitation, some major settlements, and coastal configuration of major waterways in northern North America. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given. Map appeared in the New and Elegant General Atlas [1804] by Lewis and Arrowsmith.
Date: 1804
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of America [Sheet 1].

Map shows cities, ports, major towns, forts, states, provinces, Native American settlements, and notable physical features for the Western Hemisphere; island groups in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; coastal detail in west and northwest sections of North America. Scale not given.
Date: 1804
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of America [Sheet 2].

Map shows cities, ports, major towns, forts, states, provinces, Native American settlements, and notable physical features for the Western Hemisphere; island groups in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; coastal detail in west and northwest sections of North America. Scale not given.
Date: 1804
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of America [Sheet 3].

Map shows cities, ports, major towns, forts, states, provinces, Native American settlements, and notable physical features for the Western Hemisphere; island groups in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; coastal detail in west and northwest sections of North America. Scale not given.
Date: 1804
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of America [Sheet 4].

Map shows cities, ports, major towns, forts, states, provinces, Native American settlements, and notable physical features for the Western Hemisphere; island groups in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; coastal detail in west and northwest sections of North America. Includes illustrated title cartouche depicting American flora and fauna, "W. & G. Cooke, sculpt. Scale not given.
Date: 1804
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

North America.

Map shows early nineteenth century North America. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1800
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Spanish Dominions in North America.

Map shows early nineteenth century cities, towns, ports, and geography of Spanish territory in North America. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:18,000,000]. Map is detached from A New and Elegant General Atlas by Arrowsmith and Lewis [1805].
Date: 1805
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

The world.

Map shows geography, political boundaries, and cities in known parts of the globe. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1806
Creator: Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Kentucky, reduced from Elihu Barker's large map.

Map shows geography, settlements, and political boundaries in early nineteenth century Kentucky. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,400,000].
Date: 1809
Creator: Barker, William
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

West Indies, from the best authorities.

Map shows the islands of the Caribbean area, the Yucatan and Central America, Florida and the coastline along the Gulf of Mexico, and the northern coast of South America. A [plus] symbol probably represents atolls. Relief shown pictorially. Scale: [ca. 1:15,000,000].
Date: 1806?
Creator: Barlow
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Variations à quatre mains pour le piano-forte sur une theme de Monsieur le Comte de Waldstein

An edition of Beethoven's Variations on a theme by Count Waldstein, for piano, 4 hands in C major, WoO 67. This copy is from the Allen and Madeleine Forte Memorial Collection of the UNT Music Library, Box 1, Folder 2.
Date: 1807~
Creator: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
Object Type: Musical Score/Notation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Carte des variations de la boussole et des vents généraux : que l'on trouve dans les mers les plus frequentées.

Map shows coastal cities and geograohical outlines if six continents. Relief shown pictorially. Includes explanatory remarks. Scale not noted.
Date: 1801
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

All Human Forms (The End of the Song of Jerusalem)

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A man with a halo emanating from his head and a woman embrace in the center of this composition with the text above.
Date: 1804/1820~
Creator: Blake, William, 1757-1827
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library

Théâtre des opérations les plus importantes de l'armée du sud, dans la Virginie, dans les deux Carolines, et dans la Géorgie.

Map from atlas accompanying "La Víe de Washington" [The life of Washington by John Marshall] showing the southern theater of operations [Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and Georgia] during the American Revolution. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1807
Creator: Buache, Jean-Nicolas, 1741-1825
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Etching and engraving of the burial shrine of Odeschalco]

Etching and engraving of the Italian noble family Odeschalcos burial shrine printed circa 1800. The print is attributed to designer Leopoldo Buzi and printmaker Giovannia Acquaroni. The print show a line etching of the shrine with Latin text on its front at the top of a stone platform with stairs flanked by two statues of Roman muses. The image is paired with descriptive Italian text below the printed image.
Date: 1800
Creator: Buzi, Leopoldo & Acquaroni, Giovannia
Object Type: Artwork
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell of Glasgow to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - April 11, 1801] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell of Glasgow to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - April 11, 1801]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, in which he shares news of the death of his father James Campbell and its effects upon the Campbell family.
Date: April 11, 1801
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell of Glasgow to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - May 1, 1800] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell of Glasgow to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle - May 1, 1800]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. He teases her about flirting with boys in Virginia, discusses their shared acquaintances, including Henrietta Liston, wife of the British Prime Minister to the U.S. He talks about his family and the news of the wedding of Elizabeth's cousin Sarah Custis Handy to Ephraim King Wilson. He also talks about the marriage of Anna Teackle Smith to John Donnell of Baltimore and his dislike of her husband. He discusses the death of George Washington: "With you, I grieve for the loss your country has sustained in the death of your great Hero. Few are the ages that produce such characters, but we shall hope, as America is yet in her infancy, that she will produce many who will emulate him. Imagination can hardly picture one to surpass him. It is also a matter of consolation to reflect that he died in the zenith of his glory, in the possession of the noblest faculties of man to his last breath, and without experiencing any of those vicissitudes to which human nature, particularly in the high ranks of life, are so subject. In how few nations do we find men distinguished by their …
Date: May 1, 1800
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, May, 1809] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, May, 1809]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle. He recounts receiving his first letter from her 10 years ago, and conveys his regret that some of his letters and boxes that he sent have been lost in transport. He also talks of the death of William Eyre.
Date: May 1809
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, November 14, 1802] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, November 14, 1802]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, detailing how he wishes to hear from her family more often. He warns her not to be absorbed by household duties and alludes that he might have business in Virginia soon.
Date: November 14, 1802
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, September 21, 1806] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, September 21, 1806]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Elizabeth Upshur Teackle, written from Bothwell, sharing news of his recent activities and enquiring about her family. He talks about fellow alums from Columbia University.
Date: September 21, 1806
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, July 13, 1807] (open access)

[Letter from Andrew D. Campbell to Littleton D. Teackle, July 13, 1807]

Letter from Andrew D. Campbell, a merchant in Glasgow, to Littleton D. Teackle. He's sending the letter via the nephew, Mr. Nicholson, of a mutual friend, the Hon. John Stratton.
Date: July 13, 1807
Creator: Campbell, Andrew Donaldson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History