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Map of Liberty County, Texas

Cadastral map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Washington County, Texas

Cadastral map of Washington County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Map of Bastrop County, Texas

Cadastral map of Bastrop County, Texas in the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bastrop County

Map of Bastrop County, Texas, including the Prairies and Lakes region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: May 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Liberty County

Map of Liberty County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: 1879~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879] (open access)

[Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person, enclosed with letter to W.E. Hutchison, July 1, 1879]

Letter from Lorenzo de Zavala Jr. to unknown person enclosed with with an additional letter to W.E. Hutchison. The letter addressed to Hutchison describes the mis-handling of the affairs over the estate and property of the deceased Lorenzo de Zavala Sr. The additional letter to unknown person describes his own eye-witness account of the events of the Battle of San Jacinto and his personal endeavors afterwards. Merida, Yucatan, July 1, 1879.
Date: July 1, 1879
Creator: de Zavala, Lorenzo, Jr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Baling-Presses. (open access)

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Patent for improvements to presses used for baling cotton and other materials, including illustrations.
Date: April 8, 1879
Creator: McGowen, Edmond Felder
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Odometers. (open access)

Improvement in Odometers.

Patent for an improvement to odometers used for measuring distance traveled in motor vehicles.
Date: July 15, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cart-Saddle (open access)

Cart-Saddle

Patent for a more animal-friendly saddle to attach a horse to a cart by adjusting the way the girth is handled as the cart is loaded.
Date: April 1, 1879
Creator: Franks, Ely Anderson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders. (open access)

Improvement in Speed and Time Recorders.

Patent for improvements in recording instruments to "document of all the movements of a locomotive while in charge of the engineer, to record any stoppages that may be made; the duration of such stoppages, and any backward motion of the locomotive at any point during the trip." (Lines 7-13) Illustration is included.
Date: September 9, 1879
Creator: Richardson, John D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Transmitting Rotary Motion. (open access)

Improvement in Devices for Transmitting Rotary Motion.

Patent for an improvement to devices that transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another. It is comprised of a wheel on a rotary shaft that has has a groove that grips an angular nut mounted on a shaft.
Date: December 23, 1879
Creator: Howe, Milton G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Deed of land, 1879 (open access)

Deed of land, 1879

Deed transferring land from David A. Wiggins and Anne J. Wiggins to Mary Jones.
Date: 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 November 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 1 November 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: November 1, 1879
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 27 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 27 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: 1879~
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 16 [December] 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 16 [December] 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 16, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 12 October 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 12 October 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: October 12, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 22 May 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 22 May 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: May 11, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 8 [January] 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 8 [January] 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 8, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 3 January 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 3 January 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 3, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 30 October 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 30 October 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: October 30, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 December 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 14 December 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: December 14, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 March 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 11 March 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: March 11, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 February 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 February 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 25, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 17 Februrary 1879 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 17 Februrary 1879

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: February 17, 1879
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History