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Vereinigte Staaten von Nordamerika [Sheet 4]

Description: Map shows state and territorial boundaries, railroads, canals, cities and towns, marshlands, and areas of Native American habitation. Includes legend. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Scale not given.
Date: [1850..1863]
Creator: Handtke, F. (Friedrich), 1815-1879
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the chief part of the southern states and part of the western : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography.

Description: Map shows state and county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, canals, battlefields, swamps, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, text notes, dates, distances, and population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date: 1852
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the chief part of the southern states and part of the western : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography.

Description: Map shows state and county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, canals, battlefields, swamps, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, text notes, dates, distances, and population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Map of the chief part of the southern states and part of the western : engraved to illustrate Mitchell's school and family geography.

Description: Map shows state and county boundaries, cities, towns, railroads, canals, battlefields, swamps, and notable physical features. Includes explanation, text notes, dates, distances, and population statistics. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,700,000].
Date: 1858
Creator: Williams, W. (Wellington)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, August 29, 1859]

Description: Letter to David Fentress from his mother, Maud, discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee which includes: Maud's health and the health of Anne and Sallie; home improvements made to Maud's house; a horse purchased by Maud; the health of the cattle and the hogs as well as the death of a cow from "black tongue" and the death of ten hogs from cholera; news of David's baby, it's growth and health, and it's appearance; news of the weather; a dialogue about Jimmie and Mary as well as details on their wh… more
Date: August 29, 1859
Creator: Fentress, Maud C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Virginia.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Virginia and West Virginia counties, railroads, roads, canals, swamps, cities, towns, and notable physical features. Insets: "Richmond, Henrico County, Manchester and Spring Hill, Chesterfield Co." and "Norfolk, Portsmouth and Gosport." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,840,000].
Date: 1853
Creator: Colton, J. H. (Joseph Hutchins), 1800-1893
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Portrait of Julia Beville and Alexander Archer Beville]

Description: A tintype portrait of Julia Beville and Alexander Archer Beville. Julia, left, wears a floral printed dress which is cinched at the waist with a belt. She wears gold earrings, a ring, and two strings of pearls. Julia's right hand holds Alexander's, while in her left hand she holds a small purse. Alexander sits on the right. He wears a suit with a silk vest underneath. The hand-colored photograph is housed in a decorative leather case with a traditional brass matte. Behind the photograph, the fo… more
Date: 1857~
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, November 26, 1856]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, discussing Quinby's move out to Accomack County, Virginia. She talks about visiting their cousin Anna Bancker and meeting their cousin Virginia's new baby. She akso writes about the death of Mrs. Sevel, a servant that had been with the family for 40 years.
Date: November 26, 1856
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Celia Williams to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, March 2, 1857]

Description: Letter from Celia Williams to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, thanking her for writing to the Williams family. Celia writes about James Buchanan passing through York on his way to the Capital for his presidential inauguration. She says that scarlet fever and measles were abundant in town during the winter, with many children passing. She also updates Elizabeth on their mutual friends in York. Lastly, she announces the birth of her daughter.
Date: March 2, 1857
Creator: Williams, Celia
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Eliza Archer to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, July 20, 1857]

Description: Letter from Eliza Archer to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, celebrating Quinby's move to the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Archer also writes of her two new grandchildren, the death of her husband, and the idea of buying land in Virginia. She does not want to buy a farm, because she cannot afford to buy slaves to work the land.
Date: July 20, 1857
Creator: Archer, Eliza
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, June 26, 1857]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, celebrating Elizabeth's health and success at her new land in Virginia. She also discusses $30 she loaned her cousin. She writes that the Savage family is in Northampton, staying at Eyre Hall, and updates her on other shared acquaintances.
Date: June 26, 1857
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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