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- Carson County
- Cadastral map of Carson County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Several features are marked on the map including the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Coleman County
- Map of Coleman, Callahan, and Brown counties in the Panhandle Plains region of Texas. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Calhoun County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Calhoun County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:80,000 (2400 varas per inch).
- A Map of That Part of Dallas County Lying in Nacogdoches Land District
- Cadastral map of a portion of Dallas County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region that includes an indexed list of surveys and survey locations along the left side of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- A Map of Dallas County
- Cadastral map of a portion of Dallas County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. There is a legal notice in the upper-right portion of the map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Delta County
- Cadastral map of Delta County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Deaf Smith County
- Cadastral map of Deaf Smith County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. Notes have been added in red ink. Some features are marked on the map including the center of the county and the edge of the Staked Plains and Capitol Land Reservation. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Denton County
- Cadastral map of Denton County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. There are notes in red and black ink and a notation for Pilot Point on the Charles Smith Survey. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Erath County
- Cadastral map of Erath County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Several features are marked on the map including bodies of water and the line for Peter's Colony. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Erath County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Erath County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Ellis County
- Cadastral map of Ellis County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. [1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch). This map has an attached legal statement certifying the accuracy of the map and a form with the sketch file number on it. Additional legal statements are written directly on the bottom of the map.
- Erath County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Erath County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Fannin County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Fannin County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Additional notes have been made in red pen showing locations of small towns. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Garza County
- Cadastral map of Garza County, Texas in the Panhandle Plains region. The map is marked with bodies of water and the center of the county. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Erath County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Erath County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Goliad County
- Cadastral map of Goliad County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Goliad County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Goliad County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Goliad County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Goliad County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Hamilton County
- Cadastral map of Hamilton County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Notes have been added in black and red ink. This map appears to have red ink spilled across the right side. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Guadalupe County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Guadalupe County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Hamilton County
- Cadastral map of Hamilton County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Notes have been added in black and red ink. This map has the word "Cancelled" written across the middle in red. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Hamilton County
- Cadastral map of Hamilton County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Notes have been added in black and red ink. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Harrison County
- Cadastral map of Harrison County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Hansford County
- County map of the Panhandle Plains region covering Hansford County
- Map of Henderson County
- Cadastral map of Henderson County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Notes were made in red ink. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Hopkins County
- Cadastral map of Hopkins County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Bodies of water are marked on the map as well as the Mercer Colony boundary line. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Hopkins County
- Cadastral map of Hopkins County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Bodies of water are marked on the map as well as the Mercer Colony boundary line. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Irion County
- Cadastral map of Irion County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Bodies of water are marked in blue. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Hopkins County
- Cadastral map of Hopkins County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Ward County
- Map of Ward County, Texas in the Big Bend Country region. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- [Titus County]
- Cadastral map of a portion of the Piney Woods region covering Titus, Cass, Morris and Marion County, Texas. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
- Map of Van Zandt County
- Cadastral map of Van Zandt County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Major governmental and geographic features are marked including Mercer's Colony Line. Scale ca. 1:133,334.
- Map of Liberty County, Texas
- Cadastral map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas to the inch).
- Revised Map of Jefferson County, Texas.
- Cadastral map of Jefferson County, Texas in the Gulf Coast region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 Varas to 1 inch, and about 2 Miles to 1 inch).
- Montgomery County
- Map of Montgomery County, Texas including the Piney Woods region.
- Kaufman County
- Map of Kaufman County, Texas including the Prairies and Lakes region.
- A Map of Panola County, Texas 1850
- Cadastral map of Panola County, Texas including a handwritten index of property owners written in the margins.
- Map of Brazoria County
- Map of Brazoria County in the Gulf Coast region.
- Map of Limestone County
- Map of Limestone County, Texas including the Prairies and Lakes region.
- Receiver's Memorandum
- These two pages are exerpts from a 141-page Receivers Memorandum dated 1887-1888. Pages appear to show payroll advances to O. Henry, here identified by his given name William S. Porter or W.S. Porter, for the months of June 1887 through December 1887. These pages are written in O. Henry's hand, and show his signature several times.
- My Recollections of O. Henry (W. S. Porter)
- Multiple typescript copies of a short character sketch describing O. Henry as a young man in the late 1800s, before he was a published writer. O. Henry worked as a draftsman at the General Land Office and for Maddox Brothers and Anderson.
- O. Henry Relics Guarded by State Land Office
- Photo essay containing images of photos, maps, and documents describing the General Land Office Archives holdings related to O. Henry. Includes a photo of Land Commissioner Bascom Giles standing next to O.Henry's drafting table in the Land Office.
- Patent 87, Volume 40-A
- This document was issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad Company as the final instrument in the land grant process, assigning ownership to the railroad company for 640 acres in Tom Green County, section 21, block 20, as described in the patent. O. Henry wrote a fictional account of illegal proceedings concerning a land certificate, Bexar Scrip 2692, in the short story "Bexar Scrip 2692.” This is the patent that ultimately gave land ownership to the railroad via that certificate.
- Roster of Employees in the General Land Office
- Ledger contains lists of General Land Office employees, their job titles, and monthly earnings. Excerpted here are 98 pages covering January 1887-January 1891, which are the dates O. Henry was employed at the land office. W.S. Porter, later known as the writer O. Henry, is listed as draftsman, compiling draftsman and assistant draftsman, earning $100 per month. Porter's name appears on roughly half of the pages.
- Stories of the Old Land Office
- Pamphlet printed by the Texas Capital Visitor's Center. Contains a foreward and two O. Henry short stories: "Bexar Scrip 2692" and "Georgia's Ruling." Both stories take place in the old land office building where O. Henry worked as a draftsman, and both are about Texas land grants.
- The Texas Trail of O. Henry
- Newspaper article includes sketches and photos of O. Henry and friends. Describes O.Henry's life and his time in Austin.
- In O. Henry's Memory
- Photo essay includes images of O.Henry's life in Austin, including the Hill City Quartette, houses O. Henry lived in, sketches by O. Henry and letters by his daughter Margaret Porter.
- Bexar Scrip 2692
- Copy of a land Grant file for land issued to the Houston & Texas Central Railway Company in the Bexar Land District. Includes a folder jacket with table of contents and notes about the land grant (filed July 12, 1928); field notes by M.J. Doyle, Deputy Surveyor, Bexar Land District for Section 21 Block 20 (January 13, 1873); the affidavit of ownership of S.N. Allen (July 12, 1928); and a note by Land Commissioner J.H. Walker indicating that the file has no relation to the O. Henry story of the same name (December 4, 1933). O. Henry’s story tells the tale of a Railroad baron taking a poor homesteader’s land by stealing this file. Walker notes that although the file was missing for a period, due to office procedures the land fraud could not have occurred.
- A. G. Startz
- Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes illustrations of livestock, business name, and text reading: "Office of A. G. Startz, Dealer in General Merchandise and Country Produce"; "Proprietor of the Smithson's Valley Cotton Gin and Grist Mill."
- A. H. Pierce, Stock-Raiser and Cattle Dealer
- Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead includes decorative designs, cattle illustration, and business name in lithographic print by Clarke & Courts Lith. Galveston.