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Carte politique de l'Amérique Septentrionale.

Map shows early nineteenth century political boundaries marking areas of North America claimed by the United States and European countries. No scale noted.
Date: 1810?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A chart of the internal part of Louisiana including all the hitherto unexplored countries, lying between the River La Platte of the Missouri on the N., and the Red River on the S., the Mississippi east, and the mountains of Mexico west, with a part of New Mexico & the Province of Texas.

Map shows the sources in New Mexico of the Arkansaw [Arkansas] and Red Rivers and the Spanish settlements along the "Rio del Norte" [the Rio Grande] north of Santa Fe. Includes legend and notes on vegetation, geography, and previous explorations. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:2,450,000].
Date: 1810
Creator: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Karta öfver Amerika sammandragen efter den af Geografiska Institutet i Weimar år 1810.

Map shows North and South America, the West Indies, and a few cities, and Catharina Archipelag [Aleutian Islands]. Legend included to denote countries with possessions in the Americas, but political divisions are difficult to determine because map is uncolored. Inset: "Kamtchatka Hafvet" [Kamchatka Sea or Bering Sea]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: 1810
Creator: Geographisches Institut (Weimar, Thuringia, Germany)
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of New Spain from 16 [degrees] to 38 [degrees] North Latitude : Reduced from the Large Map Drawn from Astronomical Observations at Mexico in the Year 1804 and Comprehending the Whole of the Information in the Original Map, Except the Heights of Mountains.

Map shows provinces, cities, military posts, areas of Native American habitation, mines, and geographic features. Includes legend and notes on explorers and dates of their discoveries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000].
Date: 1810
Creator: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of New Spain from 16 [degrees] to 38 [degrees] North Latitude : Reduced from the Large Map Drawn from Astronomical Observations at Mexico in the Year 1804 and Comprehending the Whole of the Information in the Original Map, Except the Heights of Mountains.

Map shows provinces, cities, military posts, areas of Native American habitation, mines, and geographic features. Includes legend and notes on explorers and dates of their discoveries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:7,500,000].
Date: 1810
Creator: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of the internal provinces of New Spain the outlines are from the sketches of, but corrected and improved by Captain Zebulon M. Pike, who was conducted through that country, in the year 1807 by order of the Commandant General of those provinces.

Map shows early nineteenth century settlements and known geography within the "Internal Provinces" of New Spain. Includes notes. Scale [ca.1:4,827,000]. Map appeared in Expedition of Zebulon Montgomery Pike by Elliott Coues [1810].
Date: 1810
Creator: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

A map of the internal provinces of New Spain: The outlines are from the sketches of, but corrected and improved by Captain Zebulon M. Pike, who was conducted through that country, in the year 1807 by order of the Commandant General of those provinces.

Map shows the "boundary between the Vice Royalty and the Internal Provinces which are independent of the Vice Roy." Includes notes. Scale [ca.1:4,827,000]. Map comes from Expedition of Zebulon Montgomery Pike by Elliott Coues
Date: 1810
Creator: Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 1779-1813
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Mississippi River : from its source to the mouth of the Missouri

Map of the Mississippi River : from its source to the mouth of the Missouri / laid down from the notes of the Lieut. Z.M. Pike ; by Anthony Nau ; reduced and corrected by the astronomical observations of Mr. Thompson at its source ; and of Capt. M. Lewis, where it receives the waters of the Missouri ; by Nichs. King ; engraved by Francis Shallus.
Date: 1810
Creator: King, N. (Nicholas), 1771-1812
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of the Mississippi River from its source to the mouth of the Missouri laid down from the notes of Lieutt. Z. M. Pike by Anthony Nau.

Map shows military posts and Native American villages along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,700,000].
Date: 1810
Creator: King, N. (Nicholas), 1771-1812
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Request to Leave Laredo from Maria Josefa] (open access)

[Request to Leave Laredo from Maria Josefa]

Request to leave Laredo from Maria Josefa to José Ramón Díaz de Bustamente. The document is heavily stained and has frayed edges along the top right corner.
Date: 1810?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Royal Decree from Viceroy Lizana] (open access)

[Royal Decree from Viceroy Lizana]

Royal decree from Viceroy Lizana announcing that Spain has declared war on Denmark due to their pro-French activity and obstructing the departure of Spanish troops from Denmark.
Date: 1810-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an Account for Moses Austin, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of an Account for Moses Austin, 1810]

Copy of transcript for an account for Moses Austin in 1810, showing a list of those paid cash or credit for their help in building Austin's mines.
Date: 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Warning from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish Officials] (open access)

[Warning from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish Officials]

Warning from Manuel de Iturbe to Spanish officials to be on their guard against intruders from the United States along the border. The message is signed by local Spanish justicias in the towns and villas of Mexico, including Laredo, Revilla, Camargo, etc.
Date: 1810-01~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Hart, Barton and Hart, January 2, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Moses Austin to Hart, Barton and Hart, January 2, 1810]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Moses Austin to Hart, Barton, and Hart discussing payment of draft.
Date: January 2, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Eyre, January 4, 1810] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Eyre, January 4, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre. She talks of George Teackle Kendall accompanying her while her husband is away. She mentions also Robert Barraud Taylor, Anne Hack Waters Robinson Bayly, and Hugh Ker. She recounts being invited to Easton and Cambridge, Maryland. The end of the letter is missing.
Date: January 4, 1810
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a List of Goods Bought by Moses Austin, January 10, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of a List of Goods Bought by Moses Austin, January 10, 1810]

Copy of transcript a list of goods bought by Moses Austin from Davins Shaw, on January 10, 1810, including several animals and farming equipment. There is also a second list of tools belonging to the tan yard and currying shop.
Date: January 10, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of letter from Joseph Ficklin to Moses Austin, January 14, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Joseph Ficklin to Moses Austin, January 14, 1810]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Joseph Ficklin to Moses Austin discussing land claims.
Date: January 14, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 15, 1810] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 15, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband Littleton Dennis Teackle. She talks of sending hair in a locket and her love for him. She says she will write to his mother, Elizabeth Dennis Teackle, and tells him to talk highly of his wife in the American nobility circles.
Date: January 15, 1810
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 20, 1810] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, January 20, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband Littleton Dennis Teackle. She mentions a health "mishap," a miscarriage. She discusses the rumors she has heard about his business, including the sale of his ship, and gives him some carefully worded advice. She also talks of their acquaintances who have asked about him.
Date: January 20, 1810
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, February 12, 1810] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, February 12, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre, discussing her plans to go to Baltimore to visit her husband Littleton Dennis Teackle, before he leaves for business in the West Indies. She tells her sister to remind their brother, Arthur Upshur, to repay his debt to her. She also expresses her hope that Littleton will be successful in his business.
Date: February 12, 1810
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of a List of Tools, February 23, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of a List of Tools, February 23, 1810]

Copy of transcript of a list of tools for use by J. Austin at the Tan Yard plantation, on February 23, 1810, including farming equipment and cooking utensils.
Date: February 23, 1810
Creator: Austin, J. & Austin, Moses
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Transcript of an Account of Shot Sold to Moses Austin, February 24, 1810] (open access)

[Transcript of an Account of Shot Sold to Moses Austin, February 24, 1810]

Copy of transcript of an account of shot sold to Moses Austin by Hart, Bartlet, and Cox in 1809 and 1810.
Date: February 24, 1810
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March, 1810] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, saying they made it to Mrs. Dawson's place in Annapolis and she will write again when she gets home.
Date: March 1810
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March 13, 1810] (open access)

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, March 13, 1810]

Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her husband, Littleton Dennis Teackle, detailing her arrival home.
Date: March 13, 1810
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History