Texas State Archives Map Collection



A Plan of Galveston Harbour
Date: 1838-1846 c
Publisher: -- None Listed --
Cartographer: -- None Listed --
Scale: none given
Size: 31 cm x 19 cm
Type of Map: plan
Format: photocopy
Language: English
AC Number: 02070
Photo Media: 6 x 7 cm b&w negative, photo no. 2002/1-40-1

A Plan of Galveston Harbour Image:
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Description:
Shows part of Galveston Island, Galveston Bay, wharves, U.S. Customs Houses, a shipyard, some buildings, and the ports or anchorage for merchant and war vessels. The original map is located in the Treasury Department Records, Custom House Papers, District of Galveston (Box 4-26/18, folder 11). Two reproductions are in the map collection. 6/12/84

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