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[Transcript of Schedule of Property Returned by Messrs Moses and Stephen Austin, January 1797]

Description: Copy of transcript for a schedule of property returned by Messrs Austin as the Property of Messrs Austin and Company. The itemized list includes: debts associated with the lead mines, legal fees, debts owed to the Austin family by individuals, and a list of African American slaves.
Date: January 1797
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Land Grant Indenture Document]

Description: Legal document for an indenture between James Winchester and Israel Moore of Sumner County, Tennessee which grants Moore land when he can pay $100 to the current owner, written October 17th, 1796. There are addenda acknowledging the land transfer, finalized in December, 1797.
Date: December 13, 1797
Creator: Tennessee
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Map of the Western Hemisphere]

Description: Map shows major cities for North and South America, major islands in the Caribbean area, the Pacific Ocean, including New Zealand, and in the South Atlantic Ocean; the Kamchatka peninsula. Includes text notes and expeditionary routes of Capt. Cook with dates of travel and discoveries. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Scale not determined.
Date: [1791..1811]
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new map of North America, with the West India Islands : Divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783. Wherein are particularly distinguished the United States and the several provinces, governments & ca. which compose the British dominions; Laid down according to the latest surveys and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. 1783 [Sheet 1].

Description: Map shows the geography, some settlements, and some Native American habitation in late eighteenth century North America. Includes historical notes, text, and inset: "A particular map of Baffin and Hudson's Bay." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

A new map of North America, with the West India Islands : Divided according to the preliminary articles of peace, signed at Versailles, 20, Jan. 1783. Wherein are particularly distinguished the United States and the several provinces, governments & ca. which compose the British dominions; Laid down according to the latest surveys and corrected from the original materials, of Goverr. Pownall, Membr. of Parliamt. 1783 [Sheet 2].

Description: Map shows the geography, some settlements, and some Native American habitation in late eighteenth century Central America. Includes historical notes, text, and inset: "The passage by land to California, discover'd by Father Eusebius Francis Kino, a Jesuit; between the years 1698 and 1701, before which, and for a considerable time since California has always been described in all charts & maps as an island." Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,000,000].
Date: 1794
Creator: Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Transcript of notice of partnership dissolution between Stephen Austin, Moses Austin, and Thomas Ruston, June 15, 1797]

Description: Copy of transcript of a notice dissolving a business partnership between Stephen Austin, Moses Austin, and Thomas Ruston. Brothers Stephen and Moses Austin continued in the lead mining business in Virginia after the dissolution of this partnership.
Date: June 15, 1797
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of agreement between Stephen Austin and his brother Moses Austin, July 20, 1797]

Description: Copy of transcript of agreement between Stephen Austin and his brother Moses Austin concerning the settlement of the account of Stephen Austin Co. and Moses Austin Co. This agreement addresses adjusting balances due and settling disputes concerning interest accounts.
Date: July 20, 1797
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letter from Stephen Austin to James Austin, October 22, 1799]

Description: Copy of transcript of letter from Stephen Austin (Moses Austin's brother) to James Austin advising him in business matters. Stephen Austin specifically advises James Austin to stockpile provisions, such as: pork, beef, corn and rye. Additionally, he recommends making lead shot to be sold in Richmond during the fall.
Date: October 22, 1799
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister, Ann Upshur Eyre - April 1799]

Description: Letter from Elizabeth Upshur Teackle to her sister Ann Upshur Eyre, undated. The date of this letter is either April or May of 1799 due to context. The letter mentions the long awaited return of the ship Delaware, captained by John E. Sword from Canton. It discusses the wedding of Sarah Corbin Cropper, as well as mentioning Mrs. Vear, Henrietta Teackle, John Teackle, Mrs. John Dennis, Col. Cropper, and Col. Savage.
Date: April 1799
Creator: Teackle, Elizabeth Uphsur
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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