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Map of the United States of North America, upper & lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & British Columbia, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, St. Domingo and the Bahama islands.

Description: Map shows union and confederate states at the onset of the Civil War; cities and towns, proposed and existing railroad lines. Inset: [Map of Mexico's southern tip]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:5,963,000].
Date: 1861
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Mexico, California and Texas.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Mexican states and cities, towns, and geography of Mexico, Texas, and California. Insets: "Gold washing," "Mexican peasantry," and "Ruins at Uxmal, Yucatan." Relief shown by hachures. Map appeared in Tallis' The illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World [1851]. Scale [ca. 1:14,000,000].
Date: 1851
Creator: Rapkin, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

San Diego entrance and approaches: California

Description: Map shows buildings, roads, observatories, lighthouses, and settlements along the San Diego, California coastline during the mid-nineteenth century. Includes sailing directions and notes. Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings and isolines. Scale [ 1:25,000 ] and [ 1:150,000 ].
Date: 1851
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Marriage Certificate of Robert and Sallie Parker]

Description: Photograph of a certificate certifying the marriage of Robert Henry Parker and Sallie Ann Clarke. The certificate features an ornamental, floral border with the image of a couple riding in a boat being led by a robed woman with a torch. According to the certificate, they were married on November 20, 1851. This marriage certificate was found in the R. H. & S. A. Parker Bible.
Date: 1980~/1989~
Creator: Willis, T. Bradford
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

Carte générale de l'Amérique du Nord et des Iles qui en dépendent.

Description: Map shows major cities and areas of Native American habitation in North America, Central America, and the West Indies; western territories of the United States, Russian America [Alaska], pre-Gadsden Treaty boundary between Mexico and the United States; state and territorial boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:26,610,000].
Date: [1851..1854]
Creator: Dufour, A.-H. (Auguste-Henri), 1798-1865
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to Sarah Osterhout, December 21, 1851]

Description: Letter from John Patterson Osterhout to his mother, Sarah Osterhout, discussing his safe arrival to Bellville, Texas. He told her he might be staying there for a few months and starting a school, but was unsure. He promised to write her a longer letter soon and let her know the mail only came through once a week.
Date: December 21, 1851
Creator: Osterhout, John Patterson
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Austin College

[Historic Marker Application: Dog Run Log Cabin]

Description: Application materials submitted to the Texas Historical Commission requesting a historic marker for the Dog Run Log Cabin, in Williamson, Texas. The materials include the inscription text of the marker, original application, narrative, map, and photographs.
Date: 1968
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Texas Historical Commission

[Petition Related to the Fisher Estate]

Description: Legal petition related to the estate of minors Alexander P. and Minerva P. Fisher (wards of Austin County) from their trustees, describing costs related to their care and requesting additional funds due to special circumstances (laid out in the text). A statement at the end indicates that the petition was accepted by the Court.
Date: 1851
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

R.H. Leetch & Bros. Day Book, Brazos Santiago

Description: Handwritten ledger from the business, R.H. Leetch & Brothers. Brazos Santiago, February 24, 1849. It includes a list of customers and their purchases, which include shoes, clothing, ham, rice, herring, raisins, claret, beef, Madeira, sugar, coffee, castor oil, and other products along with their prices.
Date: February 24, 1849
Creator: R.H. Leetch & Brothers
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Texas Almanac, 1990-1991

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, wildlife, science, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time. The general index and advertisers index begin on page 574.
Date: 1989
Creator: Kingston, Mike
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Texas State Historical Association
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