[Receipt from the Continental Hotel to William M. Rice - December 31, 1867] (open access)

[Receipt from the Continental Hotel to William M. Rice - December 31, 1867]

A receipt from the Continental Hotel to William M. Rice confirming payments for a room.
Date: December 31, 1867
Creator: J. E. Kingsley & Co.
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine. (open access)

Improvement in Field Threshing-Machine.

Patent for "a new threshing-machine, which is arranged upon wheels, so that it can be drawn over the field" (lines 12-15) and make the process for which it was built: more efficient. The patent includes instructions and an illustration.
Date: December 31, 1867
Creator: Tucker, A. W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History