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Texas, part of New Mexico &c.
Map shows counties, cities, military outposts, areas of Native American habitation, roads, railroads, and routes of military expeditions for Texas, New mexico, and "Indian Territory." Includes names and dates of expeditions. Scale not given.
Date:
[1876..1883]
Creator:
Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Seed-Planters.
Patent for improvement of planters.
Date:
February 15, 1876
Creator:
Albertson, Ichabod H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Devices for Teaching Musical Transposition.
Patent for an improvement in devices for teaching musical transposition. The invention in question is composed of a keyboard "with sliding instruments and scales" (1).
Date:
April 25, 1876
Creator:
Allison, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Animal-Traps.
Patent for improvement in animal-traps, with description and illustrations.
Date:
December 26, 1876
Creator:
Anderson, Zachariah J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Horse-Powers.
Patent for a horse-power with a master-wheel, communicating, through a pinion, crank, and pitman.
Date:
April 18, 1876
Creator:
Andrews, Henry K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in ventilating cars, &c.
Patent for a system which prevents ashes and cinders from railroad engines from entering the train cars and also allows for ventilation of the cars. Includes illustration.
Date:
August 22, 1876
Creator:
Andrews, Wright S.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dimmit County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Dimmit County, Texas. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1876
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Kimble County
Map of Kimble County, Texas, including the Hill Country region. The roads to Fort McKavett and to Fort Clark are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1876
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Kimble County
Blueline format of survey map of Kimble County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, and blocks of land. No scale information given.
Date:
1876
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Map of Zavala County
Cadastral map of Zavala County, Texas in the South Texas Plains region. Several sections of the map are outlined in color. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
1876
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Uvalde County
Map of Uvalde County, Texas in the Hill Country region. Some borders and notes are marked in color; several features are marked including the location of an old silver mine. Scale [ca. 1:133,334] (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
January 1876
Creator:
Arlitt, F. H.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Umbrella-Supporters.
Patent for "a simple and convenient device for supporting and carrying a parasol or umbrella in such a way as to leave the hands free, and which will enable the parasol or umbrella to be tilted or inclined forward or back, or to either side, as may be required" (lines 8-14). Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
January 11, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, Eliza M.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in folding tables.
Patent for combination folding tables that fold into a convenient traveling-trunk.
Date:
March 21, 1876
Creator:
Arnold, James Edwin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Letter to Cromwell Anson Jones, 24 April 1876
Letter from Sallie Jones Ashe, daughter of the last president of the Republic of Texas.
Date:
April 24, 1876
Creator:
Ashe, Sallie Jones
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ditching-Machines.
Patent for the improvement of ditching-machines by way of new construction techniques.
Date:
May 5, 1876
Creator:
Austin, Matthew J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Ironing Apparatus.
Patent for "a machine for ironing clothing by means of a revolving heated roller, under which is passed a reciprocating table, on which the clothing is placed." (Lines 7-11) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
October 24, 1876
Creator:
Bailey, Charles F. & Perrenot, George F.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Chairs.
Patent for improvement in chairs, which provides adjustable shoulder supports and back (inclination and height), with intended advantages of better lung capacity and spinal alignment. The chair can be adjusted to fit all sizes of bodies. It is noted that some of the adjustable features could be incorporated into other furnishings such as beds or lounges. An additional feature of the chair is a retracting spring to assist the user in exiting the chair.
Date:
May 9, 1876
Creator:
Barnes, James W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Pessaries.
Patent for an improved uterine supporter with changes to the arrangement of the wings, with illustrations and instructions.
Date:
October 31, 1876
Creator:
Barnett, Jonathan P.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas, New Mexico & Indian Territory: with environs of Chicago & New Orleans.
Map shows railroads, major roads, cities, counties, and notable physical features; Greer county as part of Texas; Native American lands and reservations in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, and public lands that later became the Oklahoma panhandle. Insets: "Environs of Chicago" and "Environs of New Orleans." Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:3,754,700].
Date:
[1876..1878]
Creator:
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Texas, part of New Mexico &c.
Map shows late nineteenth century Texas counties, cities, military outposts, roads, railroads, areas of Native American habitation, and geographical features. Relief shown by hachures. Scale [ca. 1:4,400,000].
Date:
[1876..1883]
Creator:
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stilts
Patent for improved stilts "whereby a stilt-stirrup may be quickly, easily, and securely fastened at different elevations on the standard" (para. 3).
Date:
March 28, 1876
Creator:
Beaumont, Franklin, Jr.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows.
Patent to improve the construction of the mold-board of the plow described in Letters Patent No. 163,352, "to make it more effective in preventing the black lands of Texas and other sticky and waxy soils from adhering to it, and to enable a proper furrow to be turned, however sticky and waxy the soil may be." (Lines 17-22) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date:
June 20, 1876
Creator:
Bell, Francis R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Anderson County
Map of Anderson County, Texas, including the Piney Woods region. Old Indian Village, which is located on the Neches River, is shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
February 1876
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Duval County
Map of the South Texas Plains region covering Duval County, Texas. The roads from San Diego to Mier, to Rio Grande, and to Eagle Pass, Texas are shown on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date:
November 1876
Creator:
Blau, F. G.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History