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Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record M (transcript)

Description: Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from November 1857 to January 1859, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts o… more
Date: 1857-11/1859-01
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Gillespie County

Description: Map of the Hill Country region covering Gillespie County, Texas. The map also shows parts of Mason, Llano, Blanco, and Kendall Counties. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 23, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.
Location: None
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota [Sheet 1].

Description: Map shows areas of military posts, trading posts, settlements, Native American habitation, and physical features in Nebraska Territory, Dakota Territory, and Minnesota. Includes notes and routes of explorers or survey parties. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:1,200,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Military map of Nebraska and Dakota [Sheet 2].

Description: Map shows areas of military posts, trading posts, settlements, Native American habitation, and physical features in Nebraska Territory, Dakota Territory, and Minnesota. Includes notes and routes of explorers or survey parties. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale [1:1,200,000].
Date: 1857
Creator: Warren, G. K. (Gouverneur Kemble), 1830-1882
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Frame with pressed edelweiss]

Description: Image of a frame with pressed edelweiss. The frame is an oval shape painted royal blue with gold gilded flourishes and outer rim. On the inner rim of the frame are raised gilded dots. Inside the frame are three pressed edelweiss flowers which have stems that have been discolored with time. At the top is a label for ownership. Mrs. N. H. Dole is likely Helen B. Dole who was one of the translators of the novel "Heidi" by Johanna Spyri from German to English. On the paper backing is illegible, fad… more
Date: [1857..1944]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Improvement in Cotton-Presses.

Description: Patent for the improvement of the cotton press using screws and nuts in conjunction of a shifting pinion for changing the motion for the revolving wheels and shafts, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1857
Creator: Parry, M. L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Map of Texas and part of New Mexico

Description: Map of most of the state of Texas and some of the surrounding areas, including parts of New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana. It includes markings for roads, major cities, bodies of water, and and some geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Greenwich. Includes list of authorities, coordinates of selected locations, and descriptive notes on various rivers.
Date: 1857
Creator: United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers.
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Texas

Description: Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. Excludes Texas west of the 101st meridian.
Date: 1857
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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