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Embroidered sampler

Description: Very delicate sampler stitched on fine linen with embroidered verse, trees, birds, building, floral designs, geometric designs, and "Watnall School"; stretched on wooden frame and nailed with rusty handmade tacks
Date: 1804
Creator: Allcock, Mary
Partner: Star of the Republic Museum

[Transcript of Invoice of Sundry Merchandise Tools, etc., Sent to Illinois for the Account of S. and M. Austin [1800]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from invoice for merchandise tools and other items for the account of Moses and Stephen F. Austin, which contains an itemized list of items, quantities ordered, the value of the items represented in Virginia currency and the conversion of the value of those items to silver. A sampling of items from the invoice include: blankets, nails, chisels, keys, scales, and drying pans.
Date: 1800
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Bowles's Geographical Game of the World]

Description: Game board for "Bowles’s Geographical Game of the World" printed with a map of the world. It was meant to be played with multiple players, spinning a teetotum (spinning dice) to move their marker around the map, and to teach players basic facts about different parts of the world.
Date: [1803..1821]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Provincia de Texas]

Description: Map shows provincial boundaries of Texas and portions of adjacent provinces and territories. Scale not given.
Date: 1807
Creator: Puelles, José María de Jesús, 1772-1840
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Mexico or New Spain.

Description: Map shows provinces and intendencies [including Texas] of New Spain, settlements, and areas of Native American habitation. Inset: [Map continuation of Mexico or New Spain from the Mosquito Coast to the Isthmus of Darien]. Relief shown by hachures. Scale not given.
Date: [1805..1825]
Creator: Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Oath of Office for Employees]

Description: Document with an oath of office written down, to be taken by local employees. The paper is badly stained in the upper right corner and has a piece of tape covering the right edge of the document.
Date: 1802-04~
Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library
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