[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper] (open access)

[Letter to an Editor of a Newspaper]

Newspaper clipping containing several letters to the editor published in a Waco newspaper, starting with a poem from " Portfolio of a Deceased Confederate Soldier " and commentary providing insight on the soldier's life, family, property, and death. Other letters and articles discuss horse thieves that were shot, the Election Law that had recently been passed on the front, with text on the back describing recent events and anecdotes and bounties, with advertisements.
Date: August 1872
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 109, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 109, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 23, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 110, Ed. 1 Monday, August 26, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 110, Ed. 1 Monday, August 26, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 26, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 111, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 28, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 111, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 28, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 28, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 112, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 112, Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 30, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 107, Ed. 1 Monday, August 19, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 107, Ed. 1 Monday, August 19, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 19, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 108, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1872 (open access)

Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 108, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 21, 1872

Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 21, 1872
Creator: Elliott, J. D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record X (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record X

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from August 1872 to March 1873, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1872-08/1873-03
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record X (transcript) (open access)

Travis County Deed Records: Deed Record X (transcript)

Recorded copies of Travis County deeds, conveyances, and other muniments of title affecting ownership to real estate from August 1872 to March 1873, including warranty deeds, gift deeds, partition deeds, guardian deeds, quitclaim deeds, royalty deeds, various types of affidavits, appointments and resignations of trustees, trust indentures, transfers of liens, conveyances of liens, assignments of liens, subordination of liens, various types of partial releases, leases, easements, contracts of sale, bills of sale, homestead designations, various types of agreements, powers of attorney, revocations of powers of attorney, restrictions, removals of disabilities (minor, coveture), certified copies of probate proceedings, certified copies of divorce decrees (when real property is divided), extensions, options, rental divisions, and amended restrictions. Specific information includes instrument number, kind of instrument, date and place of execution, names of parties involved, amounts of principal and interest (when applicable), description of property, signatures of parties, and notarization. Also includes recording certificate, showing date filed, date recorded, and signature of county clerk or deputy. Arranged chronologically by date recorded.
Date: 1872-08/1873-03
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters. (open access)

Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planters.

Patent for improvement in corn and cotton planting machinery, including illustrations.
Date: August 20, 1872
Creator: Svenson, Bengt Johan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Cultivators.

Patent for the improvement of cultivators, consisting in the construction and arrangement of of a double-sweep plow. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: August 20, 1872
Creator: Svenson, Bengt Johan
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History