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The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 15, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 15, 1871
Creator:
Goddin, M. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Union Republican. (Huntsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 5, 1871
Weekly newspaper from Huntsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 5, 1871
Creator:
Goddin, M. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 15 November 1874
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
November 25, 1874
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, January 1873
Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
January 1873
Creator:
Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Walker County
Cadastral map of Walker County, Texas in the Piney Woods region. Notes are made in different colors. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1872
Creator:
Klappenbach, Louis & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Scale-Beams.
Patent for "the movable weight used on scale-beams; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the weight to slip over the scale-beam, and with a roller, upon which the weight rests or is suspended, in combination with a locking device." (Lines 12-17) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 29, 1875
Creator:
Robinson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Earth Scrapers
Patent for improved earth scrapers, the class of which are " mounted on Wheel and provided with slatted carriers" (pg 1). This earth scraper has a novel system that allows the machine to be turned around and still used where other machines cannot do so (pg 1).
Date:
August 27, 1872
Creator:
Smith, Amroy B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sheet-Metal Cans.
Patent for sheet-metal cans, specifically a spout attachment for cans.
Date:
December 3, 1872
Creator:
Delany, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants.
Patent for a wheeled, horse-drawn machine, "whereby plants are firs dampened with water and then overspread with poisonous powder, the latter being caused by the former to adhere to the plant" (para. 9).
Date:
January 6, 1874
Creator:
Robinson, William T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Dumping-Cars.
Patent for improvements to Dumping-Cars used for loading locomotives with wood or coal, including illustrations.
Date:
May 6, 1879
Creator:
Johnson, Stephen.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Compound Tools.
Improvement in Kitchen-Utensil for lifting pots, kettles, plates, and as a means for holding a device for mangling meats.
Date:
December 5, 1876
Creator:
Mayfield, Samuel B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bailing-Presses.
Patent for an improved bailing press consisting of "a novel arrangement of levers, connecting-bars, and cords, in combination with the follower and windlass, whereby the follower is worked in the downward direction for pressing, and in the opposite direction for elevating it to recharge the press, by the said windlass" (lines 5-11).
Date:
January 2, 1872
Creator:
Randolph, Jeremiah
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses.
Patent for "an improved cotton-press, which is mainly devised for use on smaller cotton-plantations for baling smaller crops in a very convenient and rapid manner, with considerable economy in power and hands." (Lines 16-20) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
November 24, 1874
Creator:
Koehl, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvements in Cotton-Gins
Patent for improvement in the Cotton-Gin with moveable brushes. This object is designed to make the brushes on the cotton machine move closer to the saw when they become shortened from constant use. This will improve the quality of the machine like a brand new equipment.
Date:
June 22, 1875
Creator:
Koehl, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History