Case No. 11783-A: Original Petition (open access)

Case No. 11783-A: Original Petition

Document certifying the original petition in the suit, City of Abilene vs. J. Rupert Jackson, Jr. Administer of Estate of Rupert Jackson, et. al, which is dealing with the collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes, interest, and penalties related to properties in Abilene, Texas.
Date: July 27, 1939
Creator: Caffey, Wiley L.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Henry Sayles to T. A. Irvin, January 27, 1912] (open access)

[Letter from Henry Sayles to T. A. Irvin, January 27, 1912]

Letter from Henry Sayles to T. A. Irvin discussing the route for the railroad at the most optimal cost. Sayles says he will make time to meet with Irvin in the near future.
Date: January 27, 1912
Creator: Sayles, Henry
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Spray (open access)

Cotton Spray

Patent for Cotton Spray. "The present invention relates to spraying devices for destroying insect life which infests plants. The device is primarily intended for spraying cotton plants, and is so constructed and arranged as to travel over the plants, and to spray the said plants from opposite sides" (lines 8-15).
Date: September 27, 1912
Creator: Walker, Walter
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History