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[Titus County]
Cadastral map of a portion of the Piney Woods region covering Titus, Cass, Morris and Marion County, Texas. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1858
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from David S. Kennard to Jennie Kennard, June 6, 1862]
Letter from David S. Kennard, to his sister Jennie updating her on his current living situation. He describes how often he has been traveling, and he also mentions how he is in need of a wagon. He tells her about a skirmish that resulted in the death of 200 Yankees. He also promises to send her needles if he finds the correct size.
Date:
June 6, 1862
Creator:
Kennard, David S.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from David S. Kennard to Sarah Kennard, June 11, 1862]
Letter from David S. Kennard to his mother, Sarah Kennard from Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas discussing his marching from Dangerfield and their continued marching into Little Rock to meet up with his regiment. Mentions meeting soldiers who were discharged because of their age. He met several soldiers in Washington who were in his company and left behind because of sickness and Mart White, who had died. He also discusses the high prices of corn and paper.
Date:
June 11, 1862
Creator:
Kennard, David S. & Kennard, Sarah
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in rotary engines.
Date:
June 5, 1866
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Rotary Engines.
Patent for improvements in valves used in rotary engines.
Date:
May 9, 1871
Creator:
Hughes, Robert
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morris County
Map of Morris County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
October 1879
Creator:
Groos, Otto
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Condenser.
Patent for a new and improved cotton condenser. This design involves "[t]he lint pass[ing] from the gin through the flue and between the condensing-cylinders, by which it is formed into a bat. The blast from the gin serves to blow all dust from the lint through the wire-cloth of the cylinders and out through the openings in the ends of the latter. The upper cylinder will move vertically in its bearings . . . and thus adjust itself to any quantity of lint that may pass from the gin" (lines 46-55).
Date:
July 10, 1883
Creator:
Sewell, Franklin Milner
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-beam, of two side-bars, the rear portion of each of which is folded back upon itself, forming a standard, a shorter standard, a handle the front end of which and the end of the double portion are secured to the said bar by means of a single bolt, and the downturned end of one-half of the adjusting device and a brace for said handle being secured by a single bolt at another place" (lines 8-17).
Date:
February 2, 1886
Creator:
Putman, John Howard
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Steam Plow
Patent for Steam-Plow. "The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved steam-plow, which is simple in construction, has great tractive force, can-not slip, and plows very rapidly and perfectly." (lines 7-10)
Date:
August 3, 1886
Creator:
Lay, William
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Portable Derrick.
Patent for improvements to derricks which make them portable and easily manipulated. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
July 15, 1891
Creator:
Hurd, George Murray
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Daingerfield 1892 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Daingerfield in Morris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1892
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest
This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date:
1896
Creator:
Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Type-Writer Attachment.
Patent for a typewriter attachment that holds and feeds rolls of paper through typewriters. It is inexpensive and fits on several types of typewriters.
Date:
August 25, 1896
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Ball-Bearing.
Patent for ball-bearings that "consists in improvements in hubs or journal-boxes and in the journals of axles or spindles" (lines 8-10), the "object [of which] is to construct journals and journal-boxes which will be perfectly adjustable and durable and which will be subjected to the least possible friction" (lines 12-15).
Date:
January 26, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tool-Holder.
Patent for "a holder for any class of tools, but being especially adapted for hatchets, garden-tools, and tools of like character." (Lines 7-10) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
August 31, 1897
Creator:
Richardson, John M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Roller-Bearing.
Patent for improvements in roller bearing for vehicles.
Date:
October 5, 1897
Creator:
Baker, Joseph B.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Daingerfield 1898 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Daingerfield in Morris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1898
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Daingerfield 1903 Sheet 1
Sanborn map sheet showing an area of Daingerfield in Morris County, Texas, including geographic features, buildings, and details related to risk assessment for fire insurance.
Date:
1903
Creator:
Sanborn Map Company
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for clothes pins. Illustration included.
Date:
November 22, 1904
Creator:
French, Alfonso Claude
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harness Attachment
Patent for a harness attachment. Illustration included.
Date:
March 14, 1905
Creator:
Bass, John T.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morris County
Blue line print of survey map of Morris County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:190,476] (5000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date:
1906
Creator:
McDonald, H. F. & Duke, James K.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Morris County.
Map shows land patents, block and tract numbers, landowners, towns, and railroads; portions of adjacent counties where property boundaries extend beyond county limits. Scale not given.
Date:
1906
Creator:
[Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Bed-Brace.
Patent for bed braces that tighten the mattress support wires in a bed frame. These bed braces securely keep their position and allow easy adjustments.
Date:
February 5, 1907
Creator:
Lockett, Wyatt W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Clothes Pin
Patent for a clothes pin. Illustration included.
Date:
November 5, 1907
Creator:
Lewis, Joseph Wesley & Phillips, Joseph E.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History