Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 20, 1857 (open access)

Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 20, 1857

Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1857
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 20, 1858 (open access)

Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 15, Ed. 1, Tuesday, July 20, 1858

Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 20, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 9, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 20, 1856 (open access)

Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 9, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 20, 1856

Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1856
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 20, 1855 (open access)

Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 2, Ed. 1, Tuesday, March 20, 1855

Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 20, 1855
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 40, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 20, 1853 (open access)

Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 40, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 20, 1853

Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 20, 1853
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 50, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 20, 1855 (open access)

The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 50, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 20, 1855

Tri-Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 20, 1855
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 63, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 20, 1855 (open access)

The Galveston News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 63, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 20, 1855

Tri-Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1855
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 20, 1847 (open access)

The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 10, Ed. 1, Saturday, November 20, 1847

Semiweekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1847
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 20, 1851 (open access)

Galveston Weekly News (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 6, Ed. 1, Tuesday, May 20, 1851

Weekly newspaper from the Galveston, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1851
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Machines for Polishing Marble, &c. (open access)

Improvement in Machines for Polishing Marble, &c.

Patent for an improved machine that rubs and polishes marble using a sand and water box moving forward and backward to polish the stone without man power and tools, including illustration.
Date: March 20, 1860
Creator: Emmett, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Automatic Fans. (open access)

Improvement in Automatic Fans.

Patent for " a new and improved Table-Fan"
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Stamps, Lorenzo D.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to a Liquid. (open access)

Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to a Liquid.

Patent for a process to "reduce asphaltum to a liquid, and hold the same in a semi-fluid condition without heat, and which constitutes an entirely new article of commerce, and furnishes to the trade an article of asphaltum prepared and ready for use, without the labor, expense, and delay of melting, for paving and roofing purposes, and one most admirably adapted for use by manufacturers of varnish and japan." (Lines 8-16) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Back-Band Buckle. (open access)

Back-Band Buckle.

Patent for an improved back-band buckle and an improved hook that connects the buckle with the trace-chain. The lever-hook snaps "into position and is held secure in a pane substantially flush with the lower portion of the buckle-frame when the buckle is closed by the forcing down of the lever" (lines 15-19).
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Brown, John Staddart
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Chair for Railroad Rails. (open access)

Chair for Railroad Rails.

Patent for a new and improved chair for railroad rails. This design utilizes a metal key and wrought-iron straps so that "the rails are held firmly both laterally and vertically, so that they are kept level at the joint and any sagging is prevented. At the same time endwise movement by expansion or contraction is not hindered, and the chairs being fastened to the ties, the expansion and contraction will take place entirely between the several chairs" (lines 49-57).
Date: February 20, 1883
Creator: Armstrong, Charles & Abbott, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Spurs. (open access)

Improvement in Spurs.

Patent for improvements in spurs that permanently attaches the spur to the boot, including illustrations.
Date: May 20, 1879
Creator: Brown, John S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fire-Kindler. (open access)

Fire-Kindler.

Patent for a composition of matter to be used for kindling fires. Ingredients, proportions of ingredients and mixing instructions are included. No illustration.
Date: December 20, 1881
Creator: Boyd, William
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to Liquid. (open access)

Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to Liquid.

Patent for improved “process of reducing asphaltum to a liquid and holding the same in a fluid condition without heat or the use of dead-oils” (lines 31-34).
Date: April 20, 1875
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Gin. (open access)

Cotton-Gin.

Patent for a saw-cleaning attachment for cotton gins. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: April 20, 1897
Creator: Griffin, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1860 (open access)

The Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 33, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 20, 1860

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 20, 1860
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 20, 1858 (open access)

Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 13, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 20, 1858

Weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1858
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1844 (open access)

The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 20, 1844

Bi-weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1844 (open access)

The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 20, 1844

Bi-weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 20, 1844 (open access)

The Civilian and Galveston Gazette. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 20, 1844

Bi-weekly newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: July 20, 1844
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Union (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 144, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1861 (open access)

Union (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 144, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1861

Tri-weekly German newspaper from Galveston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 20, 1861
Creator: Flake, F.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History