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[Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Bradley - November 23, 1862]
Letter from L. D. Bradley to Minnie Graysen Bradley, dated November 23, 1962 and sent from a camp at Rocky Ford, in which he writes to about the movements of his regiment and scolds her for falling and hurting herself.
Date:
November 23, 1862
Creator:
Bradley, L. D.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Washing-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of washing machines, using two washboards. It includes a description and illustrations.
Date:
May 21, 1872
Creator:
Harper, William F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for an improvement in seed-planters, illustration included.
Date:
January 26, 1875
Creator:
Garner, John G.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Single-Trees
Patent for "a new and Improved Single-Tree and Breast Yoke." (lines 3-4) Includes specifications and illustrations.
Date:
October 3, 1876
Creator:
Flatau, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Combined Seed-Planter, Fertilizer-Distributer, and Cultivator.
Patent for improvement in a combined seed-planter, fertilizer-distributer, and cultivator by attaching some prongs to a dropping-wheel for the purpose of taking hold of the cotton-seed and draw it out of the hopper. This dropping-wheel can be covered with a case when planning seeds and, removed if fertilizer is to be distributed with small seeds. Illustration is included.
Date:
November 21, 1876
Creator:
Flatau, Louis
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Single-Trees.
Patent for "a new and useful improvement in Wooden Single-Trees" (lines 3-4), "for plows and other similar drafts" (lines 15-16), including instructions and illustrations.
Date:
December 18, 1877
Creator:
Bass, Thomas Gibson
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Hame-Fastenings.
Patent for improvements in economical and durable hame-fastening.
Date:
July 30, 1878
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pistol and Carbine Holder.
Patent for a new and improved holster for pistols and carbines. This design includes a button to be attached to the desired firearm, and the button is designed to fit into a groove attached to a strap. The strap is secured around a person or horse, and a tug at the handle of the firearm causes springs in the groove to release the button, thus freeing the firearm quickly and easily.
Date:
January 17, 1882
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Planter.
Patent for a new and improved cotton planter. This design "consists in a cotton planter constructed with a funnel-shaped hopper, supported by a plate and frame carried by wheels, and an axle driven by a worm and worm-wheel, and held erect by a stationary tube having a flaring upper end, and carrying the furrow-opening plow. With the rotating hopper is connected a screw extending into the stationary tube, so that the seed will be fed out by the revolution of the said hopper" (lines 20-29).
Date:
October 28, 1884
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pittsburg 1885 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1885
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with the frame, the rotary funnel-shaped hopper, the gear thereon, the axle and the gear of the inner fixed funnel-shaped pan, around which the hopper revolves, the apertured bottom plate in the hopper-shaped pan, the shaft connected to the hopper and revolving therewith, and a seed-operating device carried by the lower end of the said shaft over the seed-plate" (lines 98-107).
Date:
January 12, 1886
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for a new and improved plow. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a plow-point, of the curved guides or fenders recessed at their rear ends and provided with cutting lower edges, said fenders being detachably connected to the plow-standard" (lines 63-67).
Date:
March 16, 1886
Creator:
Felder, John L.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Garden Tile.
Patent for a new and improved garden tile. This design "is to provide a . . . garden-tile which can be used as a plant-protector or as a curbing for walks, &c. The invention consists in a tile having a semicircular or U-shaped cross-section and open at the bottom and provided on its top with one or more necks through which the plants can grow" (lines 7-15).
Date:
May 25, 1886
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter.
Patent for a new and improved planter. This design "is an improvement in the class of walking planters. It is particularly adapted for sowing cotton-seed, but will also plant corn and distribute fertilizing material. The principle feature of the invention is the construction of the seed-discharging device arranged and rotating in the bottom of the seed-hopper. The construction of the latter and the frame of the machine likewise embody novel and important features" (lines 7-16).
Date:
November 16, 1886
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Continuous Recording-Seal and Door-Fastener.
Patent for a continuous recording-seal and door-fastener. The purpose behind this patent is the continuous recording-seal and door-fastener itself which is intended to "provide a simple means of fastening, sealing, and cleating or closing the crack of a car or other sliding hinge door" (lines 9-12).
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Ferguson, George J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Motor.
Patent for a motor for vertically-reciprocating dasher-churn.
Date:
March 29, 1887
Creator:
Waston, Josiah P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire Tightener.
Patent for a new and improved wire tightener. This design is especially "for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened. The invention consists, broadly, in a wire-tightener having a frame provided with guides for the wire and with a threaded bearing, a screw turning in said bearing, and a hook on said screw to engage the wire" (lines 8-20).
Date:
February 12, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press
Patent for an improvement in the construction and design of baling presses.
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Seeder.
Patent for a new and improved cultivator and seeder. This design consists in "the combination, with the frame and plows, the hopper supported on the frame, and the oscillating agitator or stirrer in the bottom of the hopper, having a gear of the wheel-axle having an eccentric, the ring or strap embracing the eccentric and having a rod, and the rocking segment having a tubular arm receiving the rod to be oscillated thereby" (lines 73-81).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Whiffletree.
Patent for a new and improved whiffletree. This design consists in "[t]he combination of a whiffletree formed of a single metal plate having the perforations and bent to form a hollow tree, the hooks and ring having the enlarged perforated ends, and the rivets" (lines 91-95).
Date:
July 2, 1889
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pittsburg 1891 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Pittsburg 1891 Sheet 2
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1891
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wagon-Brake.
Patent for improvements in automatically operated wagon-brakes using the combination of tongue, rods, hook, levers, spring and chains that connected with each other and secured beneath the wagon-bed to operate the wagon-brake. Illustration is included.
Date:
August 25, 1891
Creator:
Garrett, James B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Wire-Tightener.
Patent for "an improved wire-tightener especially designed for use in the tightening of wires in the construction of fences and in taking up slack after such fences have been constructed, but which instrument is also capable of use in tying packages with wire, binding planks to posts, and in other instances where it is desirable to tighten wire and secure it when so tightened." (Lines 7-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
September 7, 1891
Creator:
Flatau, Louis S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History