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Traveller's Map of the State of Texas

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Texas geography, settlements, and county borders. Includes ancillary maps: "Map of the western part of Texas" and "Map of the northern part of Texas." Scale [ca. 1:1,000,000].
Date: 1867
Creator: Pressler, Chas. W.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Coast of Texas : from Galveston to Corpus Christi.

Description: Map shows railroads, place names, islands, inlets, and passes; Texas coast line from Corpus Christ Bay in the south to Galveston Bay in the north. Relief shown by shading. Depths shown by soundings. Scale [ca. 1:400,000].
Date: 1867
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Texas Almanac for 1868

Description: The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, history, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: December 1867
Creator: The Galveston News
Partner: Texas State Historical Association

[Letter from Mrs. Watts to Effie Watts Rector, February 19, 1867]

Description: Letter from Mrs. Watts, to her daughter, Effie Watts Rector discussing how Effie has many blessings from her. To Effie and her husband, kisses for their little boy. The winter has been rough back home, many deaths have occurred, just as many marriages. A lot of couples are tying the knot; she accepts the invitation to visit Texas.
Date: February 19, 1867
Creator: Watts, Mrs.
Partner: McWhiney History Education Group

[Letter to William M. Rice - April 10, 1867]

Description: Letter from E. B. Nichols to William M. Rice discussing his disappointment at not yet getting the order for the $2000 bonds so that their debt can be settled. He also mentions various transactions on William's accounts. Continuation of same letter [Letter from E. B. Nichols to William M. Rice - April 10, 1867].
Date: April 10, 1867
Creator: Nichols, E. B.
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center
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