[W. F. Hearne's Acknowledgement of Receiving Payment] (open access)

[W. F. Hearne's Acknowledgement of Receiving Payment]

Document certifying that William F. Hearne has received payment from W. K. McAlpine, one of the executors of the estate of Dugald McAlpine.
Date: May 2, 1881
Creator: Hearne, William F.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[W. F. Hearne's Acknowledgement of Received Payment] (open access)

[W. F. Hearne's Acknowledgement of Received Payment]

Document certifying that W. F. Hearne received $35 from W. K. McAlpine, executor of the estate of Dugald McAlpine.
Date: May 2, 1881
Creator: Hearne, William F.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Document Acknowledging Receipt of Payment] (open access)

[Document Acknowledging Receipt of Payment]

Document certifying that John A. McAlpine received money from the estate of [..] McAlpine paid to him by the executors of the estate.
Date: May 3, 1887
Creator: McAlpine, John A.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oil Press Mat. (open access)

Oil Press Mat.

Patent for a new and improved oil press mat. This design "relates to mats between which cakes of ground cotton or other oil-yielding seed are held while being subjected to the action of the press which separates the oil from the cakes. The invention has for its object to provide certain improvements in the construction of such mats, whereby they are made more efficient and durable than those in general use" (lines 9-17).
Date: May 1, 1883
Creator: Mann, Frederic C. & Schumacher, Henry
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History