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[Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother, April 20, 1854] (open access)

[Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother, April 20, 1854]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter from James [Metcalfe?] to his mother; addressed to John W. Metcalfe on outside of letter
Date: April 20, 1854
Creator: Metcalfe, James
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes] (open access)

[Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes]

Papers of Jesse Grimes. Letter from L. Pilsbury to Jesse Grimes, concerns mail route
Date: January 20, 1848
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 20, 1853 (open access)

The Lone Star, and Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 5, Ed. 1, Saturday, August 20, 1853

Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 20, 1853
Creator: Lancaster, J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 20, 1854 (open access)

Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 38, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 20, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 20, 1854
Creator: Lancaster, J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 20, 1854 (open access)

Texas Ranger. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 50, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 20, 1854

Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: July 20, 1854
Creator: Lancaster, J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The National Vindicator. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 20, 1844 (open access)

The National Vindicator. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1, Saturday, April 20, 1844

Weekly newspaper from the Washington, Texas area that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: April 20, 1844
Creator: Johnson, Thomas
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 8, Ed. 1, Friday, February 20, 1880 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 8, Ed. 1, Friday, February 20, 1880

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: February 20, 1880
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, June 20, 1879 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 25, Ed. 1, Friday, June 20, 1879

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: June 20, 1879
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1881 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: January 20, 1881
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 20, 1886 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 20, 1886

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1886
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 47, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 20, 1890 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 47, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 20, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: November 20, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 20, 1891 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 20, 1891

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 20, 1891
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 20, 1882 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 16, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 20, 1882

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 20, 1882
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 20, 1881 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 42, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 20, 1881

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 20, 1881
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 20, 1890 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 12, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 20, 1890

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: March 20, 1890
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, April 20, 1877 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 16, Ed. 1, Friday, April 20, 1877

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: April 20, 1877
Creator: Rankin, John G. & McCrimmon, D.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1, Friday, September 20, 1878 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 38, Ed. 1, Friday, September 20, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: September 20, 1878
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, December 20, 1878 (open access)

Brenham Weekly Banner. (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 51, Ed. 1, Friday, December 20, 1878

Weekly newspaper from Brenham, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: December 20, 1878
Creator: Rankin, John G.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences. (open access)

Improvement in Fences.

Patent for improvement in rail-fence by using “triangular-shaped posted or couplings; it consists in arranging posts of a triangular form and a certain construction diagonally with the rails forming the body of each panel, so that long and short rails may be utilized.” (Lines 14-19) Illustration is included.
Date: August 20, 1872
Creator: Willie, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Electric motor. (open access)

Electric motor.

Patent for improved electric motor used in motor vehicles "which may be associated directly with the driving-wheel of a motor-vehicle" (lines 40-41), bypassing the need for other power-transmitting mechanisms. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1897
Creator: Perret, Frank A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter. (open access)

Improvement in Convertible Cotton-Planter.

Patent for improvement in convertible cotton-planters. The mechanism has a seed-dropping mechanism and a rear or side plow covers the dropped seed.
Date: December 20, 1877
Creator: Willie, William T.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Nut Lock. (open access)

Nut Lock.

Patent for a new and improved nut lock. This design "consists in a friction roller held loosely between two nuts, or between a nut and any object to be held by a bolt, which roller, when the nut or lock-nut is screwed down upon it, binds the nut or nuts upon the bolt and locks them securely thereon" (lines 11-16).
Date: January 20, 1885
Creator: Campbell, James A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Folding Packing Case. (open access)

Folding Packing Case.

Patent for a new and improved folding packing-case. This design "consists in the construction of a folding packing-case with a bottom tray adapted to receive the inner detachable partitions of the case when it is folded up for transportation, and with a lid formed with flanges adapted to overlap and inclose and thus protect the edges of the sides and ends of the case and tray when folded down, so that it will the more securely withstand rough handling in shipment, and in providing ventilating-apertures in the sides of the case, to be left open or closed at pleasure" (lines 19-30).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Van Hutton, William B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Washington American. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 20, 1856 (open access)

The Washington American. (Washington, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 20, 1856

Weekly newspaper from Washington, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 20, 1856
Creator: Crawford, G. W. & Pendleton, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History