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Atlas map of the state of Texas, showing proposed railroad routes and known topographical features of western Texas, and counties, towns, roads, railroads, post offices, mountains, and water bodies of eastern Texas. Map includes a note on El Llano Estacado (or the Staked Plain); a legend indicating railroads, common roads, state capitols, cities, county towns, and post offices; and two inset maps. The inset maps are located in the lower-left corner and are titled "Plan of Galveston Bay from the U.S. Coast Survey" and "Plan of Sabine Lake." Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,118,400] (approximately 65 miles to the inch).
Date:
[1800..]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mapa Geográfico
Blueline map showing the geography around the Texas-Mexico border. Rivers, mountains, and other features are represented pictorially.
Date:
1805
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. I. L. Southard, April 1826]
Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. I. L. Southard discussing the files that were supposedly attached to the letter, as well as the fact that Mr. I. C. Goolrick "wishes to obtain the situation of Purser in the navy."
Date:
April 21, 1826
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas with Parts of the Adjoining States.
Map of Texas and parts of Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma (Indian Territory), showing land grants, property lines, and ownership. The map also includes towns, forts, rivers, creeks, and areas of elevations. Includes notes on various geological features as well as a note written and signed by the General Land Office Commissioner, complete with an official General Land Office seal. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1837
Creator:
Austin, Stephen F.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of that part of the boundary between the Republic of Texas and the United States, comprised between Logan's Ferry on the Sabine River, and the 36th mile mound on the meridian line. (Sheet No. 1)
Map of the boundary line between the Republic of Texas and the United States, as surveyed by the Joint Commission in 1841. The map also includes bodies of water, buildings, and areas of elevation along the boundary line. The back of the map includes a note from Jerry Sadler, Commissioner of the General Land Office, from 1963. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1838
Creator:
Gray, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Part of the boundary between the Republic of Texas and the United States, North of the Sabine River, From the 72nd Mile Mound to Red River (Sheet 3).
Map of the boundary line between the Republic of Texas and the United States, as surveyed by the Joint Commission in 1841. The map also includes bodies of water, buildings, and areas of elevation along the boundary line. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1838
Creator:
Gray, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
That part of the boundary between the Republic of Texas and the United States, North of the Sabine River, from the 36th to the 72nd mile mound on the meridian line. (Sheet No. 2)
Map of the boundary line between the Republic of Texas and the United States, as surveyed by the Joint Commission in 1841. The map also includes bodies of water, buildings, and areas of elevation along the boundary line. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1838
Creator:
Gray, A. B.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Gregg Co.
Survey map of Gregg County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes bodies of water, towns, roads, railroads, and the historic trail, Cherokee Trace. No scale information given.
Date:
September 1839
Creator:
Pressler, C. W.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Fayette County, Texas
Blueline format of survey map of Fayette County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. A list of references on the west side of the Colorado River is included in the lower-left corner. A list of references on the east side of the Colorado River is included in the lower-right corner of the map. No scale information is given.
Date:
1840
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Jackson County, Texas.
Survey map of Jackson County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes bays, rivers, creeks, towns, and roads. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date:
1840
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Jefferson-County
Cadastral map of Jefferson County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, and sandy soil areas. No scale indicated.
Date:
1840
Creator:
Delano, O. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Colorado County.
Survey map of Colorado County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale information given.
Date:
1841
Creator:
Upshur, H. L.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Texas
Atlas map of the state of Texas, showing towns, roads, water bodies, and other geological features. Map includes two inset maps: "Plan of Galveston Bay from a M.S." and map of the Western United States, Texas, and Mexico. Cartouche includes two seals, one of the Republic of Texas and the second of the General Land Office, Texas. Relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:2,661,120
Date:
April 17, 1841
Creator:
Arrowsmith, John
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from A. Jones to Col. Wm. Henry Daingerfield, March 1842]
Letter from A. Jones to Col. Wm. Henry Daingerfield discussing troop movements in the Republic of Texas.
Date:
March 31, 1842
Creator:
Jones, A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Col. William Henry Daingerfield, January 1843]
Letter from Sam Houston to Col. William Henry Daingerfield discussing an errand being run by Daingerfield to New Orleans to have money engraved for the Republic of Texas.
Date:
January 28, 1843
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Daingerfield, January 1843]
Letter from Sam Houston to Daingerfield discussing previous correspondence and meetings, as well as the newly created "order of San Jacinto" and its insignia.
Date:
January 28, 1843
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. William Henry Daingerfield, February 1843]
Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. William Henry Daingerfield discussing an errand being run by Daingerfield to New Orleans to have money engraved for the Republic of Texas. The letter includes an amendment to prior instructions, and a request to bring the money engraving plates to Texas to prevent fraud.
Date:
February 10, 1843
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from General Sam Houston to General William Henry Daingerfield, April 1844]
Letter from General Sam Houston to General William Henry Daingerfield discussing Mr. Henri Castro.
Date:
April 22, 1844
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of the State of Texas from the Most Recent Authorities.
Atlas map of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, rivers, creeks, and other geological features. An inset map of the Texas Panhandle, titled "Texas North of Red River," is included in the lower-left corner, showing the Texas boarder meeting the Arkansas River. Includes notes on the terrain and explorers of Texas. Relief shown in hachures.
Date:
1845
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Four U.S. Congressmen to President Polk, July 1846]
Letter from Four U.S. Congressmen, Sam Houston, Thomas J. Rusk, Timothy Pilsbury, and David S. Kaufman, to President Polk discussing a recommendation for John F. Stephens to "an appointment as the Purser in the Navy of the [United] States."
Date:
July 28, 1846
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[J. C. Garthwaite vs. Owen O'Brien: Court Judgement]
Description of the final court judgment on the case of J. C. Garthwaite vs.Owen O'Brien.
Date:
April 2, 1847
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sam Houston to Col. Joseph Ellis, June 1847]
Letter from Sam Houston to Col. Joseph Ellis discussing a prior letter, Houston's journey, and the many illnesses being suffered by their mutual acquaintances. The outside of the letter contains the postage information.
Date:
June 12, 1847
Creator:
Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Land Sale Record from James H. Mathews to Barry Gillespie]
Official filed record of Sheriff James H. Matthews auctioning off and selling land from the suit of Owen O'Brien vs. Jeremiah C. Garthwaite to the highest bidder, Barry Gillespie.
Date:
July 6, 1847
Creator:
Matthews, James H.
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
J. De Cordova's Map of the State of Texas
Map of Texas, showing Cross Timbers, roads, German settlements, land districts, trading posts, and exploration routes, counties, rivers and cities. Includes "Reference to Land Districts" and official State of Texas seals. The map also includes an elliptical inset map of the Southwest United States and Mexico, titled "Enlarged view of Texas including adjacent lands acquired by the United States as a result of the War with Mexico, 1846-1848," in the lower-right corner. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,169,700].
Date:
1849
Creator:
De Cordova, Jacob; Atwood, John M. & Creuzbaur, Robert
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History