A New Map of Texas with the Contiguous American and Mexican States by J. H. Young.

Published in Philadelphia in 1836 by S. Augustus Mitchell. Hand-colored and engraved on onion-skin paper. Scale one inch equals approximately 72 miles.

This is the second issue of the first edition of this map, one of the earliest printed maps from the Republic era. Texas is shown divided into the various land grants parceled out by the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas. The shape coincides with the land-grant outline, ending with the Nueces River to the south. The land that would become the Texas Panhandle after the new Republic lines were drawn by the first Congress, is assigned to Santa Fe. Generally, the map follows the conformation of the Burr map of 1833, only here the Louisiana - Texas boundary is shown correctly. The lengthy inset texts make the map extremely interesting, giving pertinent contemporary information on Land Grants, Rivers of Texas and Remarks on Texas. The copy notes that “Texas is one of the finest stock countries in the world. Cattle are raised in great abundance, and with but little trouble.”

J. H. Young’s engraving skills were outstanding, making the Mitchell-Young map one of the finest examples of map engraving from the U.S. in the early 19th century.