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Here for your enjoyment is a Pressler's map of the state of Texas / compiled from the records of the General Land Office of the State and various other sources by Chas. W. Pressler, principal draftsman. It was created in 1862.
Texas.
"General Land Office, Austin, November 18th 1857." Relief shown by hachures. Shows longitude West from Greenwich and Washington. "Entered according to an act of Congress, in the year 1858, by Jones, Root & Co. in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District Office of Texas." Includes table of contents, notes, and ill. Insets: Map of the old colony -- Map of original land districts.
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