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Tax receipt for Mary Jones, signed in 1860

Tax receipt for Mary Jones, signed in 1860

Date: 1860-03-11
Creator: unknown
Description: Receipt documenting property tax paid by Mary Jones for the year 1859. Includes list of property.
Holding Partner: University of Houston Libraries' Special Collections
Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities.

Map of the State of Texas from the Latest Authorities.

Date: 1859
Creator: Young, J. H. (James Hamilton)
Description: Map of the state of Texas shows major cities, bodies of water, and geographic features (relief shown by hachures); each of the counties is outlined and colored. Additionally, the major rail lines are marked with listings in the lower right corner. There are two insets on the map: "Northern Texas on the same scale as the larger Map" in the upper left corner and "Map of Galveston Bay from the U.S. Coast Survey" in the lower left corner. There is also a key and list labeled "Population &c of Texas according to the Census of 1850" on the left side of the map near the middle of the page. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington. Scale 1: 3,400,000 (W 106°--W 94°/N 36°--N 26°).
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
New map of the state of Texas / compiled from J. De Cordova's large map.

New map of the state of Texas / compiled from J. De Cordova's large map.

Date: [1859]
Creator: Colton, J. H., & Co.
Description: Hand drawn color-shaded map showing counties, cities, rivers, creeks, railroads, roads, and topographical features of Texas as of 1859. Insets of Plan of the northern part of Texas, Plan of Galveston Bay and Plan of Sabine Lake.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
[Letter from Jane Long to M.B. Lamar]

[Letter from Jane Long to M.B. Lamar]

Date: 1859-12-10
Creator: unknown
Description: Letter from Jane Long to M.B. Lamar 10 December 1859.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
Letter to Colonel Allen, 15 October 1859

Letter to Colonel Allen, 15 October 1859

Date: 1859-10-15
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Description: Letter from Mary Jones, widow of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Letter to Colonel Allen, 25 October 1859

Letter to Colonel Allen, 25 October 1859

Date: 1859-10-25
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Description: Letter from Mary Jones, widow of the last president of the Republic of Texas. The original letter is housed in the University of North Texas Archives.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas during part of Galveston session, and part of Tyler session, 1859. Volume 23.

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas during part of Galveston session, and part of Tyler session, 1859. Volume 23.

Date: 1882
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1859 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a list of cases, and an index.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas during Austin session, 1858, and part of Galveston session, 1859. Volume 22.

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas during Austin session, 1858, and part of Galveston session, 1859. Volume 22.

Date: [1882]
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1858 and 1859 along with a list of the justices of the Texas Supreme Court, a list of cases, and an index.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during part of Tyler session, 1859, Austin session, 1859, and part of Galveston session, 1860.  Volume 24.

Reports of cases argued and decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Texas, during part of Tyler session, 1859, Austin session, 1859, and part of Galveston session, 1860. Volume 24.

Date: 1861
Creator: Texas. Supreme Court.
Description: Includes Texas Supreme Court case reports from 1859 and 1860 along with a list of Texas Supreme Court Justices, a table of the names of cases included in the volume, and an index.
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103

Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, Page 103

Date: 1859-01-15
Creator: unknown
Description: Illustrations of "Texan Handmen," "The Fandango, "Main Plaza, San Antonio," "Mission Concepcion," "Primitive Bathing," and "Cock Fighting" from Frank Jessie's illustrated newspaper
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
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