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Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement for Axle-Boxes for Vehicles

Patent for an improvement in axle-boxes for vehicles which incorporates an adjustable tube that may take up the wear on its ends.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Axles for Vehicles (open access)

Improvement in Axles for Vehicles

Patent for "an Improvement in Wagon-Axle Skeins" that "has for its object to furnish an improved iron axle for wagons and other vehicles which shall be stronger without being heavier than iron axles made in the ordinary manner."
Date: July 2, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings. (open access)

Improvement in Whiffletree-Fastenings.

Patent for the improvement of whiffletree fastenings, relating to the means by which single-trees are attached to a double-tree. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: June 11, 1872
Creator: Ahrenbeck, Charles
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fruit-Corers. (open access)

Improvement in Fruit-Corers.

Patent for a device to core fruit and cut it into slices.
Date: December 17, 1872
Creator: Alexander, Oscar W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Car-Couplings. (open access)

Improvement in Car-Couplings.

Patent for "an improved car-coupling simple in construction, convenient in use, and effective and reliable in operation." (lines 12-14) e.g., including illustration.
Date: September 24, 1872
Creator: Allen, Henry & Baldwin, Addison H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John Atkinson to J. D. and D. C. Giddings - January 18, 1872] (open access)

[Letter from John Atkinson to J. D. and D. C. Giddings - January 18, 1872]

Letter from John Atkinson to J. D. and D. C. Giddings. Atkinson asks the Giddings brothers to meet with a Mr. Breedlove to settle the amount owed on the Crockett Estate. He and his partner are in danger of losing some land if Mr. Chadwick issues a judgment and execution.
Date: January 18, 1872
Creator: Atkinson, John
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor,  September 9, 1872] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor, September 9, 1872]

Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor Papers. Letter to Judge R.E.B. Baylor from Jonathan Ray Baylor regarding Law Department, family matters, and personal acquaintances
Date: September 9, 1872
Creator: Baylor, Jonathan Ray
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Jackson Miller, principal, William Swancy, and Armstead Otty, securities, cause no. 867 and cause no. 738, 1872 (open access)

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Jackson Miller, principal, William Swancy, and Armstead Otty, securities, cause no. 867 and cause no. 738, 1872

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. Jackson Miller, principal, William Swancy, and Armstead Otty, securities, accused of "aggravated assault and battery of J. D. Lewis," filed July 1, 1872. Documents include an answer from the defense, a scire facias, and a bond.
Date: 1872/1874
Creator: Bishop, J. B.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. James Pruitt, et al, Cause no. 872 and Cause no. 753, 1874 (open access)

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. James Pruitt, et al, Cause no. 872 and Cause no. 753, 1874

Documents related to the case of The State of Texas vs. James Pruitt, principal, D. M. Dickenson and Wiley Taylor, securities, filed July 16, 1874. Documents include a scire facias, an answer, and a bond.
Date: 1872-03/1874-07-16
Creator: Bishop, J. B.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from R. E. Bledsoe, October 2, 1872] (open access)

[Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from R. E. Bledsoe, October 2, 1872]

Letter to R.E.B. Baylor from his nephew, R.E. Bledsoe regarding family matters, western railroads, mining, Indians, and bandits.
Date: October 2, 1872
Creator: Bledsoe, R. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A young man wearing a striped three-piece suit.]

Photograph of a young man wearing a striped three-piece suit. He has on a white shirt with a short tie of dark and white design. He has curly hair, parted on his left side. He has a short, thin mustache and short, trimmed beard. Photograph is mounted on tan cardboard substrata with red trim around edge. Bottom of photo reads in red: Blessing & Co. Galveston. Back of photo: B&C interwoven, Blessing & Co. 174 Tremont Street (written on drawn banner), Galveston. Vine in background. Top, right corner of photo is worn away.
Date: 1872
Creator: Blessing and Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Breithaupt & Wilson to Louis Huth, Esq., January 15, 1872] (open access)

[Letter from Breithaupt & Wilson to Louis Huth, Esq., January 15, 1872]

Letter from Breithaupt & Wilson to Louis Huth, Esq. regarding a balance of $259.42 due on his account. Signed Breithaupt & Wilson in New York on January 15, 1872.
Date: January 15, 1872
Creator: Breithaupt & Wilson
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bird's eye view of Jefferson Texas.

Map shows late nineteenth century Jefferson, Texas street names, buildings, and riverboats. Includes key to numbered buildings. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given.
Date: 1872
Creator: Brosius, H.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

Williamson County

Cadastral map of Williamson County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Additional notes have been made in red and black ink. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: July 1872
Creator: Brotze, Richard & Lungkwitz, Herman
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fences (open access)

Improvement in Fences

Patent for an improvement in fences through the manufacturing of a fence or fence-paneling of hoop-iron, so that it may be sold in sections of any desired length, rolled up in compact form, easily and cheaply transported to any distance, and put up by the farmer with rapidity and facility.
Date: June 4, 1872
Creator: Brown, Floyd G.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Enterprise. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1872 (open access)

North Texas Enterprise. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 7, 1872
Creator: Burnett, Tom R. & Farr, Jim
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
North Texas Enterprise. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 21, 1872 (open access)

North Texas Enterprise. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 21, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Bonham, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 21, 1872
Creator: Burnett, Tom R. & Farr, Jim
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from P. E. Carnes to J. D. Giddings - February 26, 1872] (open access)

[Letter from P. E. Carnes to J. D. Giddings - February 26, 1872]

Letter from P. E. Carnes to Mr. Giddings. Carnes explains that he is returning a deed to Giddings because he has failed to make any progress in making arrangements for the property. There is a homestead with considerable land for cultivation, but it cannot be sold until its heirs come of age. Carnes is concerned at the possibility that F. A. Mood may leave Soule University. He knows of people who would leave the college along with Mood, and he feels that this would be very detrimental to the school. In the postscript, Carnes requests the order of a kitchen implement.
Date: February 26, 1872
Creator: Carnes, P. E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1872 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 11, 1872
Creator: Carraway, T. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1872 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 18, 1872
Creator: Carraway, T. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1872 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: July 25, 1872
Creator: Carraway, T. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1872 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 1, 1872
Creator: Carraway, T. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1872 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: August 15, 1872
Creator: Carraway, T. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1872 (open access)

The Jasper News-Boy (Jasper, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 12, 1872

Weekly newspaper from Jasper, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising.
Date: September 12, 1872
Creator: Carraway, T. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History