Houston and Texas Central Railway and State of Texas
Description:
"A--12-17-77--5 M.", "Compiled from the official county maps of the general land office, and actual survey, From the Streeter collection., and Text, distance list, and ill. of "Side view, capitol at Austin, Texas" and "Tide water connection at Houston" on verso.
Publisher:
Houston & Texas Central R.R.,
Subject (Geographic):
Texas--Maps
Subject (Name):
Houston & Texas Central Railway Company and Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Railroad land grants--Texas--Maps and Railroads--Texas--Maps
"Though the map ... has an 1840 date, it appears from a letter of J.H. Overton, United States Commissioner, dated Opelousas, Louisiana, August 10 1841 ... and the reply of October 1, 1841 ... that the maps ... had not been forwarded at that time. However, they had been received by January 15, 1842 ... and that they were issued by March 17, 1842, is shown by the reprintings of them accompanying the President's Message of that date"--Streeter, Bibliography of Texas, 1438.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Sabine River (Tex. and La.)--Maps, Texas--Boundaries--United States--Maps, and United States--Boundaries--Texas--Maps
Subject (Name):
Graham, J. D. (James Duncan), 1799-1865, Pillans, P.J. (Palmer Job), 1816-1898, and Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership
"Drawn & engraved for Thomson's New general atlas.", Appears in A new general atlas ... Edinburgh : John Thomson and Co., From the Streeter collection., In upper right margin: No. 58., and Relief shown by hachures.
Publisher:
John Thomson and Co.,
Subject (Geographic):
Central America--Maps and Mexico--Maps
Subject (Name):
Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership and Thomson, John, geographer. New general atlas
"Drawn and engraved for Thomsons New general atlas, 1814.", From the Streeter collection., In upper right margin: No. 58., Library's copy annotated in pencil; one note questions whether this map is from the 1817 edition of Thomson's, and Relief shown by hachures.
Publisher:
John Thomson and Co.,
Subject (Geographic):
Central America--Maps and Mexico--Maps
Subject (Name):
Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership and Thomson, John, geographer. New general atlas
Survey of five leagues of land belonging to Wm P. Harris & others
Description:
"...in the 1837 [New Orleans] directory...P. Snell was listed, 'Canal near Bourbo, Library's copy imperfect: upper left corner missing., Oriented with north toward lower right., and Shows land tracts west of Galveston Bay and north of Clear Lake and Clear Creek.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Geographic):
Harris County (Tex.)--Maps
Subject (Name):
Harris, William P, Snell, P, and Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1855 by J.H. Colton & Co. in the clerks office of the district court of the United States for the southern district of New York.", "No. 35.", Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington., Relief, and Shows counties.
Publisher:
J.H. Colton & Co.,
Subject (Geographic):
Texas--Administrative and political divisions--Maps and Texas--Maps
Subject (Name):
Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership
"[Juan] Dominguez [Y Valdez] was granted a colonization contract by the Texas government on July 6, 1829....the contract expired in 1835"--Taylor, V.H. Dominguez Y Valdez, Juan, in The handbook of Texas online. Texas Historical Association. 1997-2001. and From the Streeter colletion.
Subject (Geographic):
Dominguez Grant (Tex.)--Maps, Manuscript and Texas--Maps, Manuscript
Subject (Name):
Streeter, Thomas W.--(Thomas Winthrop),--1883-1965--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Land grants--Texas--Maps, Manuscript and Manuscript maps