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Texas: Its Geography, Natural History and Topography

Description: Reprint of statements by William Kennedy (in an English edition) regarding his experiences and opinions on the Republic of Texas. It also includes a copy of the field notes and survey journals kept by A. Le Grand (pp. 105-115) to provide additional context.
Date: 1844
Creator: Kennedy, William, 1799-1849
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

America

Description: Map of the western hemisphere; it is a hand-colored engraving showing settlements and topography. Countries are outlined in various colors.
Date: 1844
Creator: Arrowsmith, J.
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

Treasury warrant

Description: Treasury warrant for $237.50 from the Republic of Texas to William Ochiltree, Washington, for compensation of Chief Justice and seven associate judges; signed by auditor H.W. Raglin and comptroller James B. Shaw
Date: 1844
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Receipt of payment]

Description: Receipt of payment from Martha and Michael Reed on the account of William Boyles, signed by William M. Prendergast.
Date: September 17, 1844
Creator: Prendergast, William M.
Partner: Southwestern University

Map of the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with the settled part of Michigan.

Description: Map shows counties, roads, railroads, canals, cities and towns for Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and parts of Michigan and Wisconsin Territory; mining activity for lead region of Illinois and Wisconsin Territory; township grid for lower Michigan. Insets: "Vicinity of Detroit," "Vicinity of Cincinnati," "Falls of Ohio," and "Lead region east of the Mississippi River." Includes explanation and table of steamboat routes. Scale [ca. 1:2,028,000].
Date: 1844
Creator: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Transcript of Letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, April 25, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, in which Holley makes a second appeal to Perry for assistance in gathering materials to create an authoritative history of the Republic of Texas and the role of Stephen F. Austin in its founding and preservation.
Date: April 25, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, May 19, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry in which Holley provides a cursory inventory of the documentation she has collected in order to write the biography of Stephen F. Austin. Holley requests that Perry locate any additional personal papers belonging to Stephen F. Austin that document the early years (1821-1831).
Date: May 19, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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