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Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1856 (open access)

Minutes of the Seventeenth Annual Session of the Union Baptist Association, 1856

Minutes of the annual meeting of the Union Baptist Association in Texas include accounts of proceedings at the session, committee reports, statistics regarding Baptist churches in Texas, and other relevant notes and commentaries.
Date: 1856
Creator: Union Baptist Association (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Jacinto County

Map of the Piney Woods region covering San Jacinto County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: February 1872
Creator: Schutze, Ed. & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 29 March 1872 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 29 March 1872

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: March 29, 1872
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 January 1874 (open access)

Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 25 January 1874

Letter from Mary Jones, wife of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date: January 25, 1874
Creator: Jones, Mary Smith McCrory
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Wire Stretcher. (open access)

Wire Stretcher.

Patent for a new and improved wire stretcher. This design "consist[s] of the bar notched at one end to receive a barbed wire, and provided with a ferrule at its opposite end, having the short arm and the long arm, the stud serrated on its inner side at the outer end of the arm, and the serrated cam-lever pivoted between the arms, the bar being adapted to be used as a lever in connection with a fence-post as a fulcrum" (lines 53-61).
Date: August 11, 1885
Creator: McMickin, Levi Scott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for an more efficiently designed cotton chopper.
Date: April 27, 1886
Creator: Brown, Thomas Jefferson
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

San Jacinto 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: 1889
Creator: [Texas]. General Land Office.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub for Vehicle Wheels. (open access)

Hub for Vehicle Wheels.

Patent for a new and improved wheel-hub. This design "has for its object the provision of a simple and effective separable hub composed of the fewest possible number of parts and capable of resisting strain in every direction. [The] hub is made with a central box for receiving the axle spindle, and having a central enlargement or collar on its outer side. The two body portions of the hub are set upon the box and fit up against the collar. They are provided on their opposing faces with lugs, which form the spoke-mortises, and are made plane and straight on one side, while the other side is inclined" (lines 17-30).
Date: June 25, 1889
Creator: Clark, Edward D. & Clark, Simmion C.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1890] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1890]

Photostat copy of a receipt for taxes paid on a property in San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for the year 1890.
Date: November 7, 1890
Creator: Darden, S. H. & Walsh, D. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1891] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1891]

Photostat copy of a receipt for taxes paid on a property in San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for the year 1891.
Date: November 23, 1891
Creator: Darden, S. H. & Walsh, D. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1892] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1892]

Receipt for taxes paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company on land owned by S. J. McAlpine in San Jacinto County, Texas for the year 1892.
Date: December 7, 1892
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1893] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1893]

Receipt for taxes paid on a property in San Jacinto County by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for the year 1893. "San Jacinto 1893" is written on the back of the receipt.
Date: November 18, 1893
Creator: Walsh, D. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. W. Downey to T. C. Sears, February 21, 1894] (open access)

[Letter from H. W. Downey to T. C. Sears, February 21, 1894]

Letter of introduction for C. C. Cox, from H. W. Downey of the Houston East & West Texas Railway to T. C. Sears, a station agent in Shepard, Texas. A map of the HE&WT system and the envelope are included.
Date: February 21, 1894
Creator: Downey, H. W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1894] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1894]

Photostat copy of a receipt for taxes paid on a property in San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for the year 1894.
Date: December 13, 1894
Creator: Walsh, D. H.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1895] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1895]

Receipt for taxes paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of S. J. McAlpine for property in Montgomery and San Jacinto Counties for the year 1895.
Date: December 31, 1895
Creator: Walsh, D. H. & Finley, R. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox, March 27, 1897] (open access)

[Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox, March 27, 1897]

Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox discussing recent correspondence, buying land, and Shepard, Texas.
Date: March 27, 1897
Creator: Compton, R. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox, April 9, 1897] (open access)

[Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox, April 9, 1897]

Letter from R. B. Compton to C. C. Cox discussing recent correspondence and selling a piece of land. Envelope is included.
Date: April 9, 1897
Creator: Compton, R. B.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1897] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1897]

Receipt for taxes paid on property in San Jacinto and Montgomery Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of the estate of Sarah J. McAlpine for the year, 1897.
Date: December 31, 1897
Creator: Walsh, D. H. & Finley, R. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1899] (open access)

[Receipt for Taxes Paid by H. M. Trueheart & Company, 1899]

Receipt for taxes paid on property in Montgomery and San Jacinto Counties by H. M. Trueheart & Company on behalf of the estate of Sarah J. McAlpine.
Date: November 15, 1899
Creator: Walsh, D. H. & Finley, R. W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Photostat Copy of Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1902] (open access)

[Photostat Copy of Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1902]

Photostat copy of a receipt for property taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Henry Sales for the year 1902. The receipt includes the assessed property of the property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: November 29, 1902
Creator: Robinson, W.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fence-Post. (open access)

Fence-Post.

Patent for "improvements in fence or other posts and bases thereof, and especially telegraph and telephone posts" (lines 13-15). The design involves "a minimum amount of lumber" and "a maximum amount of strength" (lines 17-19). It claims further benefits, such as "preventing early decay" (lines 22-23) allowing "perfect drainage" (lines 25-26), and facilitating the re-use of old posts.
Date: August 11, 1903
Creator: Beazley, John & Beazley, William H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1905] (open access)

[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1905]

Receipt for property taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Hattie Sayles for the year 1905. The receipt includes the assessed property of Sayles' property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: February 5, 1906
Creator: Hale, W. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1906] (open access)

[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1906]

Receipt for property taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Hattie Sayles for the year 1906. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 24, 1907
Creator: Hale, W. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1907] (open access)

[Receipt for San Jacinto County Taxes, 1907]

Receipt for property taxes paid to San Jacinto County by Hattie Sayles for the year 1907. The receipt includes the assessed value of Sayles' property in San Jacinto County and an inventory of taxes paid.
Date: January 28, 1908
Creator: Hale, W. B.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History