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Map of Texas with parts of the adjoining states / Contributor Names Tanner, Henry Schenck, 1786-1858. Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836. Created / Published Philadelphia : H.S.Tanner, 1837
- Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
- “The latitude and longitude of Saltillo, Monterey, Laredo, Bexar, Nacogdoches, and the point where the boundary line leaves the Sabine are from the observations of General Teran of the Mexican Army.” From Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C.