United States -- Boundaries -- Texas
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Jean Louis Berlandier papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-300
Abstract:
The papers consist of diaries and accounts written or collected by Jean Louis Berlandier, including works by Rafael Chovell, Manuel de Mier y Teran, José Francisco Ruiz, Stephen F. Austin, Juan Pedro Walker and others. The papers include maps, letters, diaries, histories, and government documents containing geographical, ethnographic, and historical information about the Mexican Republic, particularly the region between the Sabine River and Sierra Madre, with extensive coverage of the areas...
Dates:
1745-1860, bulk 1815-1850
J. D. Graham papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1403
Abstract:
The papers document the military career of a topographical engineer in the nineteenth century. The collection contains correspondence, reports, maps, and data from astronomical observations created during the surveys of the Northeastern and Mexican boundaries, a review of the Mason-Dixon Line, a project to improve the Great Lakes's harbors, and a survey of the North and North West Lakes. The papers also have information on Graham's personal life as well as family members such as his son,...
Dates:
1804-1896, bulk 1848-1865
Henry Raup Wagner collection of Texas manuscripts
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-339
Abstract:
Letters, including several from or pertaining to Stephen F. Austin, official correspondence and documents, degrees, "expedientes" and reports, recording the history and development of Mexico's northeastern frontier from 1707-1847. Most of the collection concerns Texas, but there are also documents concerning Louisiana and New Mexico.
Dates:
1707-1847