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Object Name |
Map |
Catalog Number |
1988.070c.0053a, b |
Title |
Map - Angleton Drainage District and Adjoining Territory. Letter - Recommendation of J. Lee Chambers d Letter of Recommendation |
Search Terms |
Angleton Angleton Drainage District Austin, Henry League Austin, Stephen League Bastrop Bayou Bastrop Beach Boggs Bayou Brazoria County Abstract Company County Road 210 CR 210 Danbury Ditches Flores Bayou Groce, Jared League Houston and Brazos Valley Railway Houston Tap and Brazoria Railway Marsh, Shubael League McDermott, William League Meyrick, E.P. League Mitchell, Asa League Oyster Creek Patrick Survey St. Louis, Brownsville and Mexico Railway Suzette Union Pacific Railroad |
Scope & Content |
Map and with accompanying letter ==================================================== 1988.070c.0053a Map Cyanotype Blueprint with yellow pencil and blue pen overwrite. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Map of the Angleton Drainage District and Adjoining Territory. Scale 2000 feet to one inch. Compiled by The Brazoria County Abstract Company. Ditches according to Survey by J. Lee Chambers, Chief Engineer. 1908. Explanation: Names in tracts are merely for identification being the names by which said tracts are generally known, & in most cases are not the name of the present owners. Where fractional acreages occur in small tracts, nearest whole number if substituted. Ditches: Ditches are from 4 to 7 feed deep and 8 to 12 feed wide, except for A, B, D, and 16, which are much wider. Drawn by Frank K. Stevens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- North arrow: no North direction: top of map Compass bearings: no Scale: 1" = 2000 feet Scale unit: feet Prominent features: - Angleton townsite - Asa Mitchell League - Bastrop Bayou - Boggs Bayou - County Road to Alvin (now CR 210) - Danbury townsite - E.P. Meyrick League - Flores Bayou - G. M. Patrick Survey - Henry Austin 13 Labors - Henry Austin League 6 - Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad (no longer extant north of Angleton; UPRR south of Angleton). - Jared E. Groce 5 Leagues - Oyster Creek - Shubal (sic) Marsh League - St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railroad (now UPRR). - Stephen F. Austin 5 Leagues - Stephen F. Austin League No.2 - Suzette townsite (now Bastrop Beach) - William McDermott League ==================================================== 1988.070c.0053b Letter from G. W. Gayle, secretary of the Angleton Drainage District, recommending J. Lee Chambers as 1st Class Engineer Negative photostat |
Subjects |
Angleton Angleton Drainage District Austin, Henry League Austin, Stephen League Bastrop Bayou Bastrop Beach Boggs Bayou Brazoria County Abstract Company County Road 210 CR 210 Danbury Ditches Flores Bayou Groce, Jared League Houston & Brazos Valley Railroad Houston Tap & Brazoria Railway Marsh, Shubael League McDermott, William League Meyrick, E.P. League Mitchell, Asa League Oyster Creek Patrick Survey St. Louis, Brownsville, and Mexico Railroad Suzette Union Pacific Railroad UPRR |
People |
Abbott, Joshua Amendaris, J. Austin, Henry Austin, Stephen Fuller Bartell, A.H. Booth, J.B. Bradley, John Calvin, H. Carter, R.W.P. Chambers, J. Lee Childs Cloud, John Wirtz Cobb, T.M. Cornwall, H.H. Gayle, G.W. Groce, Jared E. Hamilton, Frank Herrick Hulverson Jamison, M. Jamison, S. Kingslving, M. Kreid, J.G. Kuykendall, J.H. Lee, Theodore S. Lewis, T.P. Mann, F.H. Marmion, J.R. Marsh, Shubal Massey, H. Masterson, A.E. Masterson, H. McDermott, William Meyrick, L.P. Mitchell, Asa Moller, Daniel Joshua Moller, Godfrey John Moore, James J. Nye Osborne, B.S. Patrick, George Moffitt Robarson, E. Roberts, Noel Francis Robinson, George Russell, Hiram H. Seibeal, Mary Stevens, Frank W. Stevens, Frank Kirkland Stevens, S.B. Swisher, J.M. Tobin, Martha C. Valderas, Jose de Jesus Walker, John C. Watts, A.J. Wisdom, B.H. Yocum, Anne E. |
Date |
1908 |
Dates of Creation |
1908 |
Extent of Description |
1988.070c.0053a Paper: 30" wide x 32" high Image: 28.5" wide x 31" high --------------------------------------- 1988.070c.0053b Paper: 8" wide x 11" high Image: 7" wide x 8" high |
Collection |
Nan Bass |
Accession number |
1988.070c |
Other number |
1988-70-53a |
Source |
Nan Bass |
Credit line |
Nan Bass |
Lexicon category |
8: Communication Artifact |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Condition |
Fair |
Imagefile |
007\1988.070c.0053-1.JPG |
Number of images |
4 |