Lee, T.J. Map of the River Sabine from its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the Sea to Logan's Ferry. 1838

THE MAP USED BY TEXAS & THE UNITED STATES TO SETTLE THE REPUBLIC’S EASTERN BOUNDARY   Drawn by Lieut. T. J. Lee, U.S. Topographical Engineers Map of the River Sabine from its Mouth on the Gulf of Mexico in the Sea to Logan's Ferry Lithograph Overall size: 2'4" x 14' (in five sections) Issued by the United States and Texas Joint Commission for Marking Boundary Certificate of correctness signed by U.S. Commissioner J. Overton Washington D.C., 1842 References: T. W. Streeter, Bibliography of Texas, 1795-1845 (Cambridge, 1955-60), 1439 and p. 239; and J. C. Martin & R. S. Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 1513-1900 (Albuquerque, 1984), p. 36n.   This extremely important document is listed by Texas authority Thomas Winthrop Streeter as being one of the six most important maps for a collector of Texana. Its significance is also noted by Martin and Martin.   One of the first diplomatic duties of the first President of Texas, Sam Houston, after the Republic's new congress met in