[Letter from Austin with Map] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Letter from Austin with Map]
  • Added Title Map of land surveys

Creator

  • Correspondent: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
    Creator Type: Personal

Date

  • Digitized: 2007-08-02
  • Creation: 1830-11-01
  • Digitized: 2007-08-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Hand-written instructions concerning land surveys along the coast, signed by S. F. Austin. He mentions Duke, Nelms, and [Rales]. On the reverse, a map of the land survey is sketched with notes about dimensions. In the digital version, the first page is included twice - the second time a hand-written transcription of the letter is pictured beneath the original.
  • Physical Description: [2] p. : ill., map ; 11 cm.

Subject

  • NMC Chenhalls: Communication Artifacts
  • NMC Chenhalls: Documentary Artifact
  • Named Person: Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836
  • Keyword: Duke
  • Keyword: Nelms
  • Keyword: cadastral maps
  • Keyword: survey maps
  • Keyword: surveys
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Landscape and Nature - Geography and Maps
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Social Life and Customs - Correspondence
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals - Stephen F. Austin

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas
  • Coverage Date: 1830

Collection

  • Name: Star of the Republic Museum Objects
    Code: STAR

Institution

  • Name: Star of the Republic Museum
    Code: STAR

Resource Type

  • Letter

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: 1975-33
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth31152

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