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[Heavy cast iron grist mill for grinding corn meal.]

Heavy cast iron grist mill for grinding corn meal. The large bowl tapers into grinding blades. There is a large wheel to hand turn blades. Imprinted on the wheel: "ENTERPRISE M'F'G CO. PHILADELPHIA U.S.A. #23409". Imprinted on the hub that holds the blades and the wheel: "ENTERPRISE GRIST MILL NO. 60".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830] (open access)

[Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes, October 20, 1830]

Zavala's receipt of purchase from C. E. Childes: Philadelphia October 20, 1830
Date: October 20, 1830
Creator: Childes, C. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore, dated May 20, 1858] (open access)

[Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore, dated May 20, 1858]

Letter from Jacob De Cordova to Dr. Thomas Moore and Moore's son Hamilton. The letter discusses De Cordova's upcoming tour of Europe.
Date: May 20, 1858
Creator: De Cordova, Jacob Raphael
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man posing with horse in front of a wrought iron fence]

Man posing with horse in front of a wrought iron fence.
Date: 1876
Creator: Centennial Photographic Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Henry DeBarger, March 29th, 1841] (open access)

[Letter to Henry DeBarger, March 29th, 1841]

Letter to Henry DeBarger of York, Pa. from someone in the paper mill business in Philadelphia. Signature of person sending the letter is indecipherable.
Date: March 29, 1841
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876 (open access)

Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876

Front cover of an exhibition guide from Philadelphia.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876 (open access)

Authorized Visitors Guide to the Centennial Exhibition and Philadelphia, 1876

Front cover of an exhibition guide from Philadelphia.
Date: 1876
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son] (open access)

[Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son]

Papers of Alexander Simon. Letter to Simon from Edwin Harrington & Son, "Manufacturers of Iron Planers, Lathes, Drills, Patent Portable Hoists, and Other Machinists' Tools" regarding an order for a portable hoist.
Date: October 2, 1882
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Stan Kenton with Benedict Gimbel, Jr. and Murray Arnold]

Photograph of Stan Kenton with two other men shown, from left to right: Stan Kenton; Mr. Benedict Gimbel, Jr., president and general manager of WIP (radio station) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Mr. Murray Arnold, project director. Kenton and Arnold are seated at a table with Gimbel standing behind them; Arnold is presenting Kenton with a plaque for the First Annual Showmanship award in a contest arranged by WIP.
Date: May 1952
Creator: Schick, Jules
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library
City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement (open access)

City Smoke Ordinances and Smoke Abatement

From Introduction: "In connection with the fuel investigations conducted by the Bureau of Mines much information has been accumulated as to the smoke abatement activities in various cities. The essential features of the information are presented in this report, which, it is believed, will be of public interest and benefit, especially to those communities that are just beginning organized effort to abate unnecessary smoke."
Date: 1912
Creator: Flagg, Samuel B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Sea Systems Command Shipbuilding Support Office, August 5, 2005] (open access)

[Memorandum of Meeting: Naval Sea Systems Command Shipbuilding Support Office, August 5, 2005]

Memorandum of Meeting with Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Shipbuilding Support Office (NAVSHIPSO) Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Detachment Philadelphia representatives and Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation regarding the recommendation to relocate the NAVSHIPSO from Philadelphia, PA to NNSY in Virginia.
Date: August 10, 2005
Creator: United States. Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to a Liquid (open access)

Improvement in Processes of Reducing Asphaltum to a Liquid

Patent for a new and useful process of reducing asphaltum to a liquid and the patent includes a list of solvents suitable for use in the process.
Date: March 20, 1877
Creator: Lee, Archibald K.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Baling-Press. (open access)

Baling-Press.

Patent for a baling press made up of a vertically movable core that moves up as it gets wrapped up in the internet, supporting drums, a feed apron that presses the material to the core, a pivoted swinging frame with a compression roller, a bale support, a mechanism that lifts the frame when the bale is finished, and a rack-and-pinion mechanism that raises the compression roller that moves up to let the bale get bigger, and a mechanism that rotates the rack-and-pinion.
Date: November 27, 1894
Creator: Smith, Hamilton E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plant for Generating Electricity. (open access)

Plant for Generating Electricity.

Patent for a "simple, durable, compact, and reliable plant, house, or means operated by the force and energy of the wind without supervision or attention, and generating electricity and storing the same for use" (lines 10-14).
Date: August 20, 1895
Creator: Bowen, George R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clothing account request, March 8, 1865] (open access)

[Clothing account request, March 8, 1865]

Letter requesting that the descriptive list and clothing accounts for Maus V. V. Washburn, who is a patient in the Cuyler U. S. Army General Hospital in Philadelphia, be forwarded to the Medical Director's Office in Philadelphia as he was admitted with nothing.
Date: March 8, 1865
Creator: Kendall, T. C.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from A. S. Ashmead to the Paymaster General, August 11, 1864] (open access)

[Letter from A. S. Ashmead to the Paymaster General, August 11, 1864]

Letter to the Paymaster General that transportation was furnished to Baltimore MD for Joseph Freeman at the cost of $2.06.
Date: August 11, 1864
Creator: Ashmead, A. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from H. S. Schell to Capt. T. C. Kendall, March 8, 1865] (open access)

[Letter from H. S. Schell to Capt. T. C. Kendall, March 8, 1865]

Letter from Assistant surgeon H.S. Schell to Capt. T.C. Kendall requesting the descriptive list of Private Mauz. V.V. Washburn. A descriptive list is a soldier's record which documents his medical history, physical description, as well as clothing accounts and deposits. In this case, Schell would be requesting his medical history, but would receive an all-encompassing descriptive list of Private Washburn. Schell states that two application requests have been made for this soldier's descriptive list: one on October 24, 1864 and the other on January 24, 1865. He notes that the Cuyler Hospital has yet to receive the requested descriptive list.
Date: March 8, 1865
Creator: Schell, H. S.
Object Type: Letter
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Extension agreement, January 1, 1901] (open access)

[Extension agreement, January 1, 1901]

Extension agreement for Mrs. Loriette C.Redway which secured the payment of a $250.00 bond and extended the time in which the loan amount was to be paid. The agreement states that the principal sum plus interest, 7% per year payable semi-annually, will be due three years from January 1, 1901. Six payment coupons were handwritten at the bottom of the agreement and were to be clipped then taken with payment to the Union Trust Co., where payments would be paid and noted on record. Only two of the coupons remain attached to the extension agreement.
Date: January 1, 1901
Creator: Union Trust Co.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Extension agreement, January 1, 1898] (open access)

[Extension agreement, January 1, 1898]

Extension agreement for Mrs. Loriette C.Redway which secured the payment of a $250.00 bond and extended the time in which the loan amount was to be paid. The agreement states that the principal sum plus interest, 7% per year payable semi-annually, will be due three years from January 1, 1898. Six payment coupons were handwritten at the bottom of the agreement and were to be clipped then taken with payment to the Union Trust Co., where payments would be paid and noted on record. None of the coupons remain attached to the extension agreement.
Date: January 1, 1898
Creator: Union Trust Co.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Extension agreement, January 1, 1895] (open access)

[Extension agreement, January 1, 1895]

Extension agreement for Mrs. Loriette C. Redway which secured the payment of a $250.00 bond and extended the time in which the loan amount was to be paid. The agreement states that the principal sum plus interest, 7% per year payable semi-annually, will be due three years from January 1, 1895. Six payment coupons were handwritten at the bottom of the agreement and were to be clipped then taken with payment to the Union Trust Co., where payments would be paid and noted on record. None of the coupons remain attached to the extension agreement.
Date: January 1, 1895
Creator: Union Trust Co.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The UNT Digital Library

Philadelphia.

Map shows mid-nineteenth century Philadelphia, Pennsylvania street names, wards, some buildings and institutions, cemeteries, military installations, and railroads. Scale not given.
Date: 1855
Creator: J.H. Colton & Co.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Envelope addressed to John Barrows, October 22, 1888] (open access)

[Envelope addressed to John Barrows, October 22, 1888]

Envelope addressed to John Barrows. Postmarked October 22, [18]88 from Philadelphia.
Date: October 22, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Air-Consumption Parameters for Automatic Mixture Control of Aircraft Engines (open access)

Air-Consumption Parameters for Automatic Mixture Control of Aircraft Engines

From Introduction: "The purpose of this analysis was to investigate the use of a function of intake-manifold pressure, exhaust back pressure, intake manifold temperature, and engine speed in place of a venturi as a means of measuring engine air consumption and to determine if this function is suitable for automatic mixture control."
Date: September 1, 1944
Creator: Shames, Sidney J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Transcript of letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin, June 29, 1794] (open access)

[Transcript of letter from Thomas Ruston to Moses Austin, June 29, 1794]

Copy of transcript for a letter from Thomas to Moses Austin concerning land warrants. Ruston gives Austin permission to begin surveying the land covered by the warrants as well as any additional vacant land.
Date: June 29, 1794
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History