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[Copy of File No. 1153]

Description: Copy of the plat and field notes for survey no. 334 in section 16 of Bexar County. The original survey was done May 3, 1852. There is a statement asserting this is an accurate copy of the records of the General Land Office of Texas.
Date: March 31, 1854
Creator: McDonald, I. S.

Abstract of Title

Description: Booklet entitled "Abstract of Title, to One League and Labor of land situated in Runnels County in the name of Rama Christa as appears from the records of Bexar County while Runnels Co. was a part of Bexar, made by Cocke, Hildebrand & Co. for John C. Beasley," containing records about land titles and legal transactions.
Date: June 16, 1857
Creator: Beasley, John C.

Castro's Colony, Bexar district [cartographic material].

Description: Map of Castro's Colony, showing numbered tracts of land, some including names of owners, boundary of colony, and the boundary of McMullen's Grant. The map also includes blocks of land, land surveys, counties, rivers, and creeks. The back of the map includes a stamped note, dated April 23, 1964, from the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Jerry Sadler. Scale [ca. 1:133,333] (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1856

Map of Gillespie County

Description: Survey map of Gillespie County, Texas, and the surrounding area, showing property lines, ownership, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, forts, and bodies of water. No scale information given.
Date: March 23, 1857
Creator: Von Rosenberg, W.

A new map of the state of California, the territories of Oregon and Utah, and the chief part of New Mexico.

Description: Atlas map of the newly formed state of California and the territories of Utah, New Mexico, and Oregon. The map includes boundary lines, major towns, early settlement roads, bodies of water, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:6,969,600] (110 miles to the inch).
Date: 1850
Creator: Thomas Cowperthwait & Co.

Youngland District

Description: Blueline print of survey map of Youngland District, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and land grants. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map. No scale information given.
Date: 1857
Creator: Matthews, R. H.

Map of the United States and Texas Boundary Line and Adjacent Territory.

Description: Map of the boundary lines between Texas and the United States, showing military trails, bodies of water, and areas of elevation. Includes table of "Points which can be easily found on the Earth's surface," indicating the latitude and longitude of mountains, hills, rivers, and creeks. Scale [ca. 1:950,400] (15 miles to the inch).
Date: 1857
Creator: Clark, J. H. & Weyss, J. E.

Sketch of Texas

Description: Sketch map of the state of Texas, showing major cities and water bodies, with two proposals for the Texas northwestern boundary, Clay's Compromise Line and Pearce's Line. Map includes table of "Areas" in the lower-left corner. Relief shown in hachures. No scale information given.
Date: September 5, 1850

Texas, Part of New Mexico &c.

Description: Atlas map of Texas and New Mexico as well as parts of Oklahoma (Indian Territory), northern Mexico, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Shows counties, towns, military posts, areas of American Indian habitation, American Indian reservations, roads, railroads, and geological features.
Date: 1856
Creator: Bartholomew, J.

Map exhibiting the lines of march passed over by the troops of the United States during the year ending June 30th 1858.

Description: Map of the lines marched to military bases by United States troops in 1858. Lines included marches up the Mississippi River to St. Louis; travels between numerous forts, camps, and barracks in Texas; similar trails among the plains and Rocky Mountain military posts; a line from New York to Havana to Panama then to San Francisco; and marches in New Mexico and Arizona, including a march from Fort Yuma to Tuscon and Fort Buchanan along the Mexico-United States border. Relief shown in hachures. Sca… more
Date: November 1858

Bosque County

Description: Blueline format of survey map of Bosque County, Texas, showing blocks of land, rivers, creeks, and roads. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil. No scale information is given.
Date: 1855
Creator: Martin, Jos.

Map of the Country Upon the Brazos and Big Witchita Rivers

Description: Map of north central Texas, showing the route followed by Captain R. B. Macy and troops in an effort to locate suitable land for an American Indian reservation. Locates copper and iron ore and shows western and southern boundaries of Peter’s Colony. Relief shown in hachures. Scale [ca. 1:506,880] (10 miles to 1 1/4 of an inch).
Date: 1854
Creator: Marcy, R. B.

Houston County.

Description: Cadastral map of Houston County, Texas, showing property lines, ownership, land grants, and plat numbers. The map also includes towns, roads, rivers, and creeks. No scale indicated.
Date: 1859
Creator: Stremme, C. C.

Pressler's Map of the State of Texas (1).

Description: Map of part of Texas, showing counties, towns, roads, railroads, bodies of water, and other geologic features. The map includes and extensive map of counties in the upper-right corner and a note from the commissioner of the General Land Office. Relief shown in hachures. No scale indicated.
Date: 1858
Creator: Pressler, Charles W.
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