"Entered according to Act of Congress the 7th day of April, 1814, by Jason Torrey of the state of Pennsylvania."
Publisher:
Printed by Joseph Rakestraw,
Subject (Geographic):
Pennsylvania--Pike County. and Pennsylvania--Wayne County
Subject (Name):
Rakestraw, Joseph, 1780?-1860 and Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858
Subject (Topic):
Land grants, Land grants--Pennsylvania--Pike County--Maps., Land grants--Pennsylvania--Wayne County--Maps., Landowners, Landowners--Pennsylvania--Pike County--Maps., and Landowners--Pennsylvania--Wayne Co
Autograph letter, signed, from Edward Otho Cresap Ord to Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War of the United States. Ord describes the reaction in California and Mexico to the Gadsden Purchase, including American filibusters in Mexican territory and ...
Description:
Edward Otho Cresap Ord (1818-1883) was an engineer and officer in the United States Army stationed in California and New Mexico Territory, circa 1839-1854.
Subject (Geographic):
Mexico., Arizona., New Mexico., Mexico, United States., and United States
Subject (Name):
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889. and Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Filibusters, Gadsden Purchase, Land grants, Railroads, Surveying, and Foreign relations
Land grant, manuscript on parchment, originally made to Alonzo Prieto, and awarded after his death to his brother Gonzalo Prieto, following litigation. The grant, valued at 35,000 maravedis annually, was given to defray the costs of preparing land and...
Description:
In Spanish.
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, Jerez de la Frontera., Connecticut, New Haven., Jerez de la Frontera (Spain), and America
Subject (Name):
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558.
Subject (Topic):
Land grants, Land titles, Manuscripts, Medieval, Colonies, History, and Politics and government
Thirty-six manuscript letters and legal documents. Papers concern formation of the Ross Company and travel by Ross to Mexico, 1825-1828; travel by William Arnold to Mexico to confirm Ross's land grant, 1832-1833; and efforts to establish title to lan...
Description:
Reuben Ross was a member of the Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition, an American filibustering expedition against Spanish rule in Texas, 1812-1813. The Ross Company, formed in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1825, consisted of shareholders supporting Ross's attempt...
Subject (Geographic):
Texas., Madison County (Tenn.), and Roane County (Tenn.)
Subject (Name):
Arnold, William, d. 1833., Blackwell, David, fl. 1812., Bowie, Jim, 1796?-1836., Branham, Ambrose., Clark, Thomas C., Hays, James C., fl. 1825., Hill, William K., McMahan, Elijah., Rives, Marthe E., Ross, Nancy, fl. 1833., Ross Randolph., Ross, Reuben, d. 1828., Shelby, John, fl. 1825-1833., Tolleson, Annie Elise Harris., and Frederick Ross Company.
Subject (Topic):
Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition, 1812-1813, Land grants, and Land tenure
Correspondence and property records concerning the Talbot family, primarily Richard Ely Talbot. Correspondence includes circa 80 autograph letters, signed, between Richard Ely Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge Talbot, and their daughters Elizabeth Talbo...
Description:
The Talbot family was an American family of ranchers and politicians in Texas, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Richard Ely Talbot (1816-1884) was a rancher and cowboy in Georgetown, Texas who was involved in the Texas Republican Party and Texas Reconstr...
Subject (Geographic):
Texas., Texas, Williamson County., Massachusetts., Louisiana, New Orleans., Chisholm Trail., Georgetown (Tex.), and Williamson County (Tex.)
Subject (Name):
Anderson, Edwin Ruthven, -1905., Anderson, Elizabeth Talbot, 1847-1900., Kinsey, Peter., Talbot family., Talbot, Anna Louisa Trowbridge, -1869., Talbot, Elias W., 1820-1876., Talbot, John W., 1805-1876., Talbot, Joseph W., 1815-1886., Talbot, Richard Ely, 1816-1884., Talbot, Thomas, 1818-1886., Shell, Anna Louisa, 1848-, Tone, Sarah Gilleland Kinsey, 1797-1857., and Abbot Academy.
Subject (Topic):
Cattle breeders, Frontier and pioneer life, Land grants, Land titles, Pioneers, Ranches, Ranchers, Ranching, Real property, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Voter registration, Women, Education, Yellow fever, Economic conditions, Social life and customs, and Politics and government
