Galveston Co.

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Blue line print of survey map of Galveston County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:228,571] (6000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).

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1 map : photocopy ; 26 x 38 cm.

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Pressler, Chas. W. 1899.

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  • Main Title: Galveston Co.
  • Added Title: Galveston County

Description

Blue line print of survey map of Galveston County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, roads, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:228,571] (6000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).

Physical Description

1 map : photocopy ; 26 x 38 cm.

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"Traced in Sept. 1899."

"General Land Office, Austin, Texas, Septr. 22nd/99. I, Jno. J. Terrell, chief clerk and acting Commissioner of the General Land Office of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that this map is a true and correct copy of the map of Galveston County now in use in this office. Witness my hand and the seal of this office on the date first above mentioned. [signed] John J. Terrell, Chief Clerk and Acting Commissioner, Genl. Land Office."

Similar map published in Maps of All Texas Counties, (Tulsa: Wolf and Bennett, c/o American Royalty Petroleum Company).

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  • Accession or Local Control No: HSU-0307002028131
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2.A.83
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth493223

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Abilene Library Consortium

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Jesse Wallace Williams Map Collection

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  • 1899

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  • Sept. 14, 2014, 9:07 a.m.

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  • Dec. 19, 2017, 5:28 p.m.

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Pressler, Chas. W. Galveston Co., map, 1899; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth493223/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

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