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[Letter from Illies & Co. to Ferdinand Louis Huth, October 13, 1849]

Description: Letter from Illies & Co. to [Ferdinand Louis] Huth sympathizing with Huth's hard times, giving his negative opinion of Castro, discussing the great sums of money Castro owes him and asking if Huth can prevent the colonists from cutting down pecan trees that need centuries to grow. Signed Illies & Co. on October 13, 1849 in New Orleans.
Date: October 13, 1849
Creator: Illies & Co.
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Neueste Karte von Louisiana mit ihren Kanälen, Straßen, Eisenbahnen, Entfernungen der Hauptpunkte und Routen für Dampfschiffe.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Louisiana roads, towns, Native American villages, swamplands, flood plains, and mineral resources. Includes legends and tables of steamboat routes and distances. Inset: New Orleans. Scale [ca. 1:2,050,000].
Date: 1845
Creator: Meyer, Joseph, 1796-1856.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

Louisiana.

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Louisiana parishes, roads, railroads, township grid, swamps, cities, and towns. Scale [ca. 1:1,700,000].
Date: 1842
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. William Henry Daingerfield, February 1843]

Description: Letter from Sam Houston to Hon. William Henry Daingerfield discussing an errand being run by Daingerfield to New Orleans to have money engraved for the Republic of Texas. The letter includes an amendment to prior instructions, and a request to bring the money engraving plates to Texas to prevent fraud.
Date: February 10, 1843
Creator: Houston, Sam, 1793-1863
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

A New map for travelers through the United States of America showing the railroads, canals & stage roads : With the distances.

Description: Map shows roads, railroads, canals, cities and towns, swamps, state and territorial boundaries, and areas of Native American habitation. Insets: "Railroad & canal routes from Albany to Buffalo," "Map showing the rail roads between the cities of New York, Boston & Albany, and the Hudson R. from N. York to Albany," "Railroad route from New York to Philadelphia," "Railroad route from Philadelphia to Washington," and "Map of Oregon, Northern California, Santa Fe &c." Relief shown by hachures on ins… more
Date: 1848
Creator: Smith, J. Calvin (John Calvin)
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Transcript of Letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry, May 19, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Mary Austin Holley to Emily Margaret Austin Perry in which Holley provides a cursory inventory of the documentation she has collected in order to write the biography of Stephen F. Austin. Holley requests that Perry locate any additional personal papers belonging to Stephen F. Austin that document the early years (1821-1831).
Date: May 19, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of letters between Mary Austin Holley and Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry, March 23, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for letters between Mary Austin Holley and Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry. Holley writes to Perry proposing to write a memoir or biography of Stephen F. Austin, as well as sends her regrets for not visiting her while in Texas. Perry responds with an approval of the biography project, but feels that writing a more complete version of early Texas history ought to wait out of respect for parties involved.
Date: March 23, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

[Transcript of Letter from George L. Hammeken to Guy M. Bryan, February 28, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from George L. Hammeken to Guy M. Bryan in which Hammeken recounts events from Hammeken's long acquaintance with Stephen F. Austin. Subjects include: Hammeken's plan to help Austin escape from one of several prisons where he was detained, Austin's views on statehood and independence, Austin's death, and general reflections on Austin's character.
Date: February 28, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Carte du Golfe du Mexique.

Description: Map shows Gulf of Mexico coastal detail from the Yucatan Peninsula to the Florida Peninsula, the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, and neighboring islands; Atlantic coastal detail from Georgia and the Carolinas to Cape Fear. Includes a measurement conversion chart and logo. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings and isolines. Soundings in meters. Scale not given.
Date: 1843
Creator: France Dépôt général de la marine
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Transcript of an Extract of a Letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, April 25, 1844]

Description: Copy of transcript for a letter from Ad Interim President Burnet to Mary Austin Holley, in which Burnet describes his ideas of Stephen F. Austin. Burnet praises Austin's character and offers an explanation for Austin's name slipping into relative obscurity among younger Texans, while Sam Houston rose in popularity.
Date: April 25, 1844
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
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