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[Correspondence to Rev. T.H.[?] Rees]

Description: Correspondence from an unknown writer to T.H.[?] Rees concerning his/her arrival in Texas, settlement in lands in Burlisson [Burleson] County close to the Brazos River, and teaching in a local school. The writer speaks of a disappointment from an "Isaiah" and asks Rees to reply with the reasoning as to why Isaiah has hurt the writer.
Date: June 20, 1846
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Partner: Southwestern University

[Jasper County, Texas Tax Roll: 1846]

Description: Tax rolls for Jasper County, Texas documenting real and personal properties taxed during the year 1846. Information includes land plot(s) and owner's name, the acreage and assessed value for each property, additional assets, taxes assessed by the state and county, and other relevant details.
Date: 1846
Creator: Jasper County (Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Libraries

Parables of our Lord

Description: An elegant gift volume from the early Victorian era consisting of a selection of parables from the New Testament. The text is done in a calligraphic style, with ornate illuminated borders. Within many of the borders are small illustrations of the text. The text and illuminations were recreated from the originals by chromolithographs. The binding is a "papier-mâché" binding, consisting of front and back covers of deeply-molded black paper-mâché and a leather spine.
Date: 1846
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Original Platmap of the City of Palestine, TX]

Description: In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Palestine to serve as seat for the newly established Anderson County. James R. Fulton, Johnston Shelton and William Bigelow were hired by the first Anderson County commissioners to survey the surrounding land and lay out a town site, consisting of a central courthouse square and the surrounding 24 blocks.
Date: 1846
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Palestine Public Library

Map of the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Kentucky and Tennessee stage roads with distances, canals, railroads, counties, cities and towns. Includes list of stage routes through and distance tables for steam boat routes. Insets: "Vicinity of Louisville," "Vicinity of Frankfort & Lexington," and "Vicinity of Nashville." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:1,450,000].
Date: 1846
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

New York.

Description: Map shows counties, cities and towns, canals, roads, railroads, and lighthouses. Includes explanation, "Reference to the canals & rail roads," and "Heights of Mountains on the Hudson River." Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [ca. 1:1,102,000].
Date: 1846
Creator: Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Ohio.

Description: Map shows early nineteenth century Ohio counties, township grid, existing canals, proposed canals, roads, railroads, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Street names, public institutions, and select businesses indicated in inset. Includes explanation, remarks, and table of distances. Inset: "Cincinnati." Scale [ca. 1:966,000].
Date: 1846
Creator: Burr, David H., 1803-1875
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
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