Surveying -- Texas, East
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Albert Aldrich Nelson Papers
Collection
Identifier: A-0022
Scope and Contents
In addition to a diary of Nelson's adventures on a whaling ship, the collection includes business, legal and personal correspondence pertaining to topics like surveying and local politics.
Dates:
1833-1965
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
Elmer Hill Collection
Collection
Identifier: B-0116
Scope and Contents
The collection of materials consists of plat maps, field notes and other information accumulated by Elmer Hill, his father, H. C. Hill and his father’s predecessor, W. T. Harlson who worked in the 1800’s in Tyler, San Augustine and Nacogdoches counties.
Dates:
-
Found in:
East Texas Research Center
George Aldrich Papers
Collection
Identifier: A-0050
Scope and Contents
The correspondence in these papers, directed to Aldrich, mostly deals with surveys and sale of land. Among the more interesting letters in this collection are: Charles A. Sewell's denying that he ever sold arms to the Caddo Indians (1839); Charles Taylor's relating the marriage of Anna Raguet to Robert Irion, whom she chose over Sam Houston (1840); and that of David G. Burnet, Secretary of State (once President) of the Republic of Texas, calling for a survey of land for the establishment of...
Dates:
1835-1854; Event: Donated in 1932
Found in:
East Texas Research Center