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United States of North America (Eastern & Central) [Sheet 1]

Description: Map shows mid-nineteenth century Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Cities, towns, railway lines, roads, and locations of Native American tribes are noted throughout. No scale is indicated.
Date: 1856
Creator: Ettling, Theodor, b. 1823
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The American Central Rail Way.

Description: Map shows the mid-nineteenth century American Central rail lines stretching from the middle of North American to Nebraska and Kansas territories. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:1,600,000].
Date: 1856
Creator: Sylvester, J. W.
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, November 26, 1856]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, discussing Quinby's move out to Accomack County, Virginia. She talks about visiting their cousin Anna Bancker and meeting their cousin Virginia's new baby. She akso writes about the death of Mrs. Sevel, a servant that had been with the family for 40 years.
Date: November 26, 1856
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

[Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, May 14, 1856]

Description: Letter from Henrietta Chauncey Booth to her cousin, Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby. She lends her cousin $30 and wishes her luck on moving out to a farm that she bought. She shares some advice, drawing from her own experience of owning a farm in Indiana. She shares that many of their family members are sick with the mumps and updates her on daily ongoings.
Date: May 14, 1856
Creator: Booth, Henrietta Chauncey
Partner: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
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