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Cotton-Harvester. (open access)

Cotton-Harvester.

Patent for improvements to cotton harvesting devices, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 1, 1891
Creator: Cunningham, James F. & Dingee, William W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jones County

Map of Jones County, Texas, including the Panhandle Plains region. The Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Orphan Asylum and Blind Asylum lands are marked on map. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: March 1895
Creator: Blau, F. G.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles] (open access)

[Copy of Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles]

Copy of a legal complaint in which the plaintiff, Mary E. Sayles, disputes land rights between herself and the defendants, G. R. Pierce, J. H. Pierce and J. C. Maxwell with intentions to sue for the title and rights to the specified properties.
Date: March 22, 1899
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Copy of Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles] (open access)

[Copy of Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles]

Copy of a legal complaint in which the plaintiff, Mary E. Sayles, disputes land rights between herself and the defendants, G. R. Pierce, J. H. Pierce and J. C. Maxwell with intentions to sue for the title and rights to the specified properties. A second copy of the document received by the Pierces is included, on which a response from the Pierces accepting the citation and agreeing to file answer is handwritten.
Date: March 22, 1899
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles] (open access)

[Legal Complaint from Mary E. Sayles]

Legal complaint in which the plaintiff, Mary E. Sayles, disputes land rights between herself and the defendants, G. R. Pierce, J. H. Pierce and J. C. Maxwell with intentions to sue for the title and rights to the specified properties.
Date: March 22, 1899
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Road Notice to Land Owner Henry Sayles] (open access)

[Road Notice to Land Owner Henry Sayles]

Notice to Henry Sayles informing him of the petitioners in favor of the opening of a public road on the Austin and Williams League #340.
Date: March 28, 1903
Creator: Appling, J. E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will] (open access)

[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will]

Unsigned document in which Mary E. Sayles is gifting land from the Austin and Williams league #340 to her children and their spouses. She names Henry Sayles and her son-in-law George C. Harris as executors of the estate once she passes, and the document includes a response from all parties stipulating that Mary E. Sayles may continue to benefit from the properties as long as she lives. A portion of Mary E. Sayles' final will bequeathing property to her daughters is also included.
Date: March 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, George C.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, Hattie S.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will] (open access)

[Gifting of Land from M. E. Sayles to Relatives with Partial Will]

Unsigned document in which Mary E. Sayles is gifting land from the Austin and Williams league #340 to her children and their spouses. She names Henry Sayles and her son-in-law George C. Harris as executors of the estate once she passes, and the document includes a response from all parties stipulating that Mary E. Sayles may continue to benefit from the properties as long as she lives. A portion of Mary E. Sayles' final will bequeathing property to her daughters is also included.
Date: March 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, George C.; Sayles, Henry; Harris, Hattie S.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 3, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 3, 1905
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hub Wrench (open access)

Hub Wrench

Patent for a hub wrench. Illustration included.
Date: March 14, 1905
Creator: Hicks, Rufus Lee
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mary E. Sayles Naming Her Attorneys] (open access)

[Mary E. Sayles Naming Her Attorneys]

Document written by Mary E. Sayles appointing her son, Henry Sayles, and her son-in-law, George C. Harris, as attorneys in fact to her estate so that they may distribute and sell off her portions of the Austin and Williams land on her behalf. An addendum is handwritten and signed by the two men at the end of the document.
Date: March 15, 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Mary E. Sayles Naming Her Attorneys, Unsigned] (open access)

[Mary E. Sayles Naming Her Attorneys, Unsigned]

Unsigned portion of a document written by Mary E. Sayles appointing her son, Henry Sayles, and her son-in-law, George C. Harris, as attorneys in fact to her estate so that they may distribute and sell off her sections of the Austin and Williams land on her behalf.
Date: March 15, 1905
Creator: Sayles, Mary E.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Relinquishing of Land Rights Over to Mary E. Sayles] (open access)

[Relinquishing of Land Rights Over to Mary E. Sayles]

Signed document from relatives of Mary E. Sayles relinquishing all of their rights to the Austin and Williams land onto her.
Date: March 15, 1905
Creator: Sayles, Henry; Sayles, Emma H.; Sayles, Harriet McAlpine (Hattie); Harris, George C.; Sayles, Mary E.; Sayles, B. G. et al.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1905 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, March 17, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 17, 1905
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1905 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 24, 1905
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1905 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 31, 1905

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 31, 1905
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mixing Plant. (open access)

Mixing Plant.

Patent for new mixing plants materials and procedures, "comprising novel means for handling, conveying, and mixing the several materials which constitute the feed and for accurately determining the proportion of each such materials" (lines 11-15), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 3, 1906
Creator: Binnings, Charles Elijah
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. [7], No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1906 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. [7], No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 9, 1906
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. [7], No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1906 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. [7], No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1906

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 23, 1906
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1907 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, March 1, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1907
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1907 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 1907
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1907 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, March 22, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 22, 1907
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1907 (open access)

The Stamford News. (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 29, 1907

Weekly newspaper from Stamford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 29, 1907
Creator: Gay, S.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for a harrow, which has adjustable teeth and van also be used as a cultivator.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Wells, George H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History