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[Letter to Moore, July 16, 1853]

Description: Letter written to a Mr. Moore about the history liquor laws enacted in Portland, the politics behind the passage of the 1851 version of the law, and observations made after it was passed. Author is unnamed, but states he was a member of the senate when the law was passed.
Date: July 16, 1853
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

United States.

Description: Map shows state boundaries, canals, routes of transportation, major cities and towns, "Western Territory," "Missouri Territory," Texas bordering along the "Rio Grande del Norte" but without its panhandle, "New Mexico or Santa Fe" with the Rio Grande del Norte as its western border, and Nebraska with the Missouri Territory to its west and all of Minnesota and Iowa to its east. Includes emblem, shield, and illustrations: "Buffalo Hunt," "Penn's Treaty with the Indians," and "Washington's Monument… more
Date: [1853..1873]
Creator: Rapkin, J.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

United States of North America (Eastern and Central).

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century United States from the eastern coast to the Rocky Mountains. Geography, cities, towns, state borders, territory borders, locations of Native American tribes, and railway routes are indicated. Relief shown by hachures. Scale: [ca. 1:3,976 ,000].
Date: [1853..1863]
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Texas] Sketch I

Description: Map shows Texas coast from Cavallo Pass in the southwest to the Sabine Pass in the northeast, and towns used for triangulation. Includes legend. Scale 1:600,000.
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Reconnoissance of Sabine Pass.

Description: Map shows the mouth of the Sabine River in Texas at the Gulf of Mexico and indicates navigation hazards. Includes sailing directions. Depths shown by soundings. Scale: [1:40,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Preliminary Survey of the Entrance to the Rio Grande, Texas

Description: This map is a nautical chart showing the topography and hydrography of the area in Texas around the entrance to the Rio Grande River. The physical features are shaded with relief (and depths) shown by soundings. Depths are marked with lines, shading (rendered in a dot pattern), and numbers in feet. Depths are marked with lines and numbers in feet. According to text in the lower left corner, the various measurements to create the map were made between 1853 and 1854; the text also gives speci… more
Date: [1853,1854]
Creator: United States Coast Survey
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of Mexico, Central America, New Granada, Venezuela, and the West Indies : to illustrate Olney's school geography.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century geography and cities in Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and part of the southwestern United States. Includes mileage information between selected United States cities. Inset: "Isthmus of Darien." Relief shown by hachures. Scale information not indicated.
Date: 1853
Creator: Olney, J. (Jesse), 1798-1872
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the State of Texas: from the Latest Authorities

Description: Map of the state of Texas, with counties outlined and colored in the eastern half of the state. It includes labels for major cities, railway lines, and geographic features, with relief shown by hachures. The northern portion of the Texas panhandle is marked in an inset in the upper-left corner of the sheet. A second inset in the lower-left corner provides detailed views of the city of Galveston and the surrounding area. Text above the inset describes the railroads in Texas, El Llano Estacado, t… more
Date: 1853
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Documents pertaining to the case of The State of Texas vs. John B. Raines, cause no. 301, 1853

Description: Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. John B. Raines, accused of betting money at a gaming device called Rondeau, filed March 15, 1853. Documents include an arrest warrant and a bill of indictment, signed by grand jury foreman M.C. Hamilton.
Date: 1853
Creator: Costley, John M.
Partner: Travis County District Clerk’s Office
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